Investing - July 2007

Market cap is now 500 billion! Its such a cash cow, I wish they would split so I could buy some more, I can't afford it at 90.73.

2007-07-13 15:50:44 · 7 answers · asked by George 3

I wish to start investing at minimum risk and without pay brokers' commission. wanting to simply learn how to read stock reports. Determine which early stock may be profitable.

2007-07-13 15:45:23 · 7 answers · asked by cshaq2 1

I am 15 and want to get started in the stock market. can anyone give me any help on understanding and getting into the stock market for the first time. i dont wanna do anything big for awhile, maybe i can start out with a couple hundred dollars. any books that you read that helped would be good to.

2007-07-13 15:29:01 · 8 answers · asked by da_jtac_0 2

Can I avoid paying annual mutual fund expenses by selling the mutual fund before the annual fee charged or am I charged the fee during the sale?

2007-07-13 11:46:25 · 8 answers · asked by sam 1

I am nearing a transaction for the sale of my business and would like to know some good ideas as to how I should invest at least 65% of it in personal investments.

What are some good websites as to how to learn about Roth IRA, stocks, cds, bonds, etc? I would like to invest some of that 65% into stocks, and I've heard that you should do at least an hour of research on each stock you purchase per week. Is that a good idea?

Any general finance informational website and/or forum/messageboard link would be great.

2007-07-13 11:45:32 · 4 answers · asked by Don 2

I have heard from several individuals that it is only a matter of time before the economy tanks and that we are about to enter a economic depression. I am a college student and really want to start investing some of my cash in either precious metals and stocks... is now a good time to do it? Do you think the economy will tank in the foreseeable future?

2007-07-13 11:09:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

Is it possible for me to open an investment account in the USA? I wish to purchase dollars and interest rates in the USA of 5.25% look encouraging.

As the pound is now worth over $2 is it a prudent investment to buy dollars in the expectation that that the value of the pound will fall? Looking at historical data the pound has been worth less than $2 since 1976. In 1981 the pound was strong (almost = $2.5) but by 1985 it had dropped sharply to almost £1 = $1. I'm thinking the exchange rate is due a correction in time...

2007-07-13 10:26:40 · 5 answers · asked by Kurt 3

2007-07-13 10:17:46 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 09:47:07 · 4 answers · asked by edwin m 1

how does one know if they should trade stocks online or get mustual funds. should on just see a broker.

2007-07-13 08:57:32 · 11 answers · asked by dally_baba 1

I'm not sure what steps to take to find out where my money is. I've received no communication from my former employer or the financial institution that had my money. Is it possible that I will never see it again? Please advise.

2007-07-13 08:36:49 · 7 answers · asked by my3boyz 1

When you buy a company's stock, you are buying a fraction of the company.

If a company has 10 million shares

and if the stock price goes up $20 dollars in a given year

then is it logical to say that all the buyers and sellers during that same year, all of their "monetary gains and losses" will add up to $200,000,000.00 ?

Because if it is, then it sorta implies that to make profits in the stock market, you either make an "average profit" and if you do superior, your gains are at the expense of those who do inferior.

I define these in the following inequality

inferior
I ask this because I have studied finance and there are losers who are smart yet not logical enough to see that people who simply "hold stocks" for an entire given year simply shrink the amount of shares available for trading during that same year.

Therefore concluding people who "actively trade" only do so at each other's expense, and their group makes no "magic profit"
Because

2007-07-13 08:07:08 · 7 answers · asked by Voltaire's book Candide 3

2007-07-13 07:55:12 · 2 answers · asked by alexdv_71 1

could someone explain what i can do with that money?

2007-07-13 07:00:40 · 5 answers · asked by zesty 3

if so what companies should I be looking at?

2007-07-13 06:57:24 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-07-13 06:57:01 · 10 answers · asked by negoshable 1

If I want to get a stock, say Yahoo's daily trading data (High, low, close, volume) in the last year, where can I get it?

2007-07-13 06:43:27 · 4 answers · asked by Stanyan 3

as stock brokers provides the service of online and offline trading i want to know that what is that.

2007-07-13 05:47:21 · 2 answers · asked by krishna 1

2007-07-13 05:18:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

What is up with this? Has the US. Gov. completely gone to "Crap" ? Do you have to have an inside track with G.W. Bush? How can the stock market go from below 10,000 when I purchased the bond to over 13,000 now...and it's market value just goes down lower more and more all the time? What's the deal? I will never purchase a US Bond ever again. I am beginning to think that America is really in trouble.

2007-07-13 04:24:37 · 6 answers · asked by Sonnyblu442 2

All you hear is bad or mixed news about the health of the economy, yet the market keeps going up. I don't get it. What's driving it up?

2007-07-13 04:11:32 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

i am a person looking for a project.place is ready.want to know every details about the same.looking for fund providers also.more intrestd in foriegn funds.i have a charity trust registerd in 1994.this proposed project will come under my trust.

2007-07-13 03:18:16 · 1 answers · asked by nambia 1

perfect condition

2007-07-13 02:03:04 · 3 answers · asked by travis s 1

2007-07-13 01:12:03 · 2 answers · asked by Paul H 1

I have an old company pension, which was frozen when i changed employer, i contributed for approx' 11 or 12 yrs, now i'm thinking i might be bettter of investing this money in an isa, anyone have any good advice.. ?

2007-07-12 23:57:27 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have just read MSN's StockScouter report about Apple Inc. ( http://moneycentral.msn.com/investor/StockRating/transparency.asp?Symbol=AAPL ) and it says there that:

• The price-to-sales multiple is significantly higher than the average for all stocks in the StockScouter universe. Very positive for a medium- to large-sized company like AAPL

How come?

2007-07-12 22:12:22 · 2 answers · asked by Grim R 1

In a few months I will turn 18. I've decided to invest in a mutual fund with Vanguard. I am unsure of opening an account as an Individual or ROTH IRA/ Trad IRA. I really want to save for my retirement in the future, but I am also afraid that I am need the money before I turn 59. Would it be possible if I open an both accounts? What are your ideas and recommendations for this?

Thanks alot, Dat

2007-07-12 21:02:35 · 6 answers · asked by Jimmy 2

There are two stocks in the market stock A and Stock B. The price of Stock A to day is USD50. The price of stcok A next year will be USD 40 if the economy is in a recession, USD 55 if the economy is normal and USD 60 if the economy is expanding. The probabilities of recession, normal and expansion are 0.1, 0.8, and 0.1 respectively. Stock A pays no dividend and has a correlation of 0.8 with the market portfolio. Stock B has expected return of 9 percent a standard deviation of 12% a correlation with the market portfolio of 0.2 and correlation with stock A of 0.6. The market portfolio has a standard deviation of 10 percent. Assume the CAPM holds.

*** What are the expected return and standard deviation of a portfolio consisting of 70 percent of stock A and 30 percent of Stock B?

2007-07-12 19:50:09 · 2 answers · asked by Milon 1

2007-07-12 19:08:50 · 4 answers · asked by theangel2g 2

I called a broker and asked what I could do with $1000 to invest. I didn't want long term mutual funds, or bonds - I just wanted to risk the cash and buy something I could watch go up or down on the market - He said with such a small amount of money he'd be wasting his time to work with me. Is my idea really that crazy?

2007-07-12 18:43:03 · 8 answers · asked by katy 2