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What are some examples of Index Funds?

May 26th, 2010

Funds that mimic the performance of the D&J or NASDAQ’s ups and down.

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Stock MArket ??

April 6th, 2010

I need to know how to invest in the stock market game, I do have some money but I don’t know how to start, and i need to know how do companies rates affect me,, and why there’s Nasdaq and other’s what do they mean ??
sorry I’m so dummy about this.. but there’s a first time for everything right ?

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List of Preferred Stocks Their Yields

January 29th, 2009

Against The Top Down Approach To Picking Stocks

If you have heard fund managers talk about the way they invest, you know a great many employ a top down approach. First, they decide how much of their portfolio to allocate to stocks and how much to allocate to bonds.

At this point, they may also decide upon the relative mix of foreign and domestic securities. Next, they decide upon the industries to invest in. It is not until all these decisions have been made that they actually get down to analyzing any particular securities. If you think logically about this approach for but a moment, you will recognize how truly foolish it is.

m1 a stocks A stock’s earnings yield is the inverse of its P/E ratio. So, a stock with a P/E ratio of 25 has an earnings yield of 4%, while a stock with a P/E ratio of 8 has an earnings yield of 12.5%. In this way, a low P/E stock is comparable to a high – yield bond.

Now, if these low P/E stocks had very unstable earnings or carried a great deal of debt, the spread between the long bond yield and the earnings yield of these stocks might be justified. However, many low P/E stocks actually have more stable earnings than their high multiple kin.

Some do employ a great deal of debt. Still, within recent memory, one could find a stock with an earnings yield of 8 – 12%, a dividend yield of 3- 5%, and literally no debt, despite some of the lowest bond yields in half a century. This situation could only come about if investors shopped for their bonds without also considering stocks. This makes about as much sense as shopping for a van without also considering a car or truck.

All investments are ultimately cash to cash operations. As such, they should be judged by a single measure: the discounted value of their future cash flows. For this reason, a top down approach to investing is nonsensical. Starting your search by first deciding upon the form of security or the industry is like a general manager deciding upon a left handed or right handed pitcher before evaluating each individual player.

In both cases, the choice is not merely hasty; it’s false. Even if pitching left handed is inherently more effective, the general manager is not comparing apples and oranges; he’s comparing pitchers. Whatever inherent advantage or disadvantage exists in a pitcher’s handedness can be reduced to an ultimate value (e.g., run value).

For this reason, a pitcher’s handedness is merely one factor (among many) to be considered, not a binding choice to be made. The same is true of the form of security. It is neither more necessary nor more logical for an investor to prefer all bonds over all stocks (or all retailers over all banks) than it is for a general manager to prefer all lefties over all righties.

You needn’t determine whether stocks or bonds are attractive; you need only determine whether a particular stock or bond is attractive. Likewise, you needn’t determine whether ‘the market’ is undervalued or overvalued; you need only determine that a particular stock is undervalued. If you’re convinced it is, buy it – the market be damned!

Clearly, the most prudent approach to investing is to evaluate each individual security in relation to all others, and only to consider the form of security insofar as it affects each individual evaluation. A top down approach to investing is an unnecessary hindrance. Some very smart investors have imposed it upon themselves and overcome it; but, there is no need for you to do the same.

About The Author – Geoff Gannon writes a daily value investing blog and produces a twice weekly (half hour) value investing podcast at www.gannononinvesting.com.

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DAVAO CITY, Philippines — The Social Security System (SSS) will try to steer clear of the stock market this year, in favor of industries instead that will yield predictable returns, as it takes a more conservative stance.

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Australia Stock Market Crash

The recent Australian stock market crash is the most prolific since the crash of October 1997. For many this devastating news, however it presents an.

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3 Stocks for Beginners

January 22nd, 2009

The trick to finding the best penny stocks!

One of the hottest ways to make money in the stock market is taking a chance with what is known as "penny stocks" – shares that have incredibly low prices in the hopes that they jump up.

There’s the potential to make some huge dollars so let’s have a look at what makes the best penny stocks.

Obviously there’s a risk to investing in these stocks. The companies behind them aren’t "in the big times" yet and run the risk of going under. The best penny stocks, for obvious reasons, are ones that have been properly researched.

i need a list of symbols that represent stocks Choosing penny stocks in a reasonable fashion means having the business model of the company selling them independently appraised. This is like buying shares in any other company that’s being publicly traded. It’s important to understand the company’s business model, what they’re doing, who’s competing with them, what they make and what products are being offered.

The thing that makes penny stocks so appealing is that most businesses offering them are actually extremely simple. One typical example of a penny stock company is that of a mining company that profits only when the price of the material it extracts reaches a certain number. There are also a few oil exploration stocks that are valued in this way. The best penny stocks in terms of performance seem to be the ones that react to the price of an external commodity.

Penny stocks are rated as a high risk vehicle by the Securities and Exchange commission. Some of the risks you’ll encounter when dealing with these stocks include incomplete and indirect financial reporting, limited liquidity and even complete fraud. People who are playing with a day trading strategy will find that sudden demands for penny stock creates enormous volatility. Penny stocks are hard to short sell for this reason.

The financial reporting guidelines on the best penny stocks are actually pretty loose. Unlike the national exchanges, not much is required of companies that list this way – in fact, sometimes these stocks will just de list for a few days! In the investment type called Pink Sheets, penny stocks have nearly no regulatory requirements at all, including few to no minimum accounting standards or reporting guidelines.

Because these stocks aren’t standardized and don’t have an generally accepted requirements for accounting, they can be extremely vulnerable to being manipulated or even just plain fraud. People posing as independent observers can encourage people to run up the price, then they sell and de list the stock. This is the classic pump and dump scam.

Of course, that doesn’t mean you should never invest in penny stocks. There are lots of real, legitimate startup companies out there, and they need to have a good place to get up and running. If you’re able to pick a winner, you’ll get an impressive return.

If you’re able to find a company with lots of promise, you could get an enormous payday. The best penny stocks will land you a massive gain on your money! Even if you lose four out of five of your picks, the single winner you get will give you enough to forget about the other losses.

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