Investing - November 2007

Basically for my finance project we had about $500,000 of fake money to invest Ive been keeping track of my portfolio for the past two months below is a data of my balance for the first four days of my investment period
my question is how do i calculate my daily Rate of return I understand the formula is
P1-P0 / (P0) but does P0 stay constant at 500,000 since its my initial investment or does it change daily depending on my new balance??

Date (balance)
initial investment 500,000
9/18/2007 518620.8
9/19/2007 509737.53
9/20/2007 501256.52
9/21/2007 521507.73
9/24/2007 520368.71
9/25/2007 515269.73

2007-11-25 15:22:05 · 4 answers · asked by Ms Behaved 1

2007-11-25 13:49:25 · 1 answers · asked by Jay 1

I am 19 and looking into opening an account. Which company is the most reliable?

2007-11-25 13:34:44 · 7 answers · asked by Marissa H 1

gold per ounce

2007-11-25 10:18:32 · 2 answers · asked by pres 1

What is the percentage return on a stock that was purchased for $40.00, paid no dividend after one year and was then sold for $39.00?

2007-11-25 08:11:18 · 3 answers · asked by Bridgette 1

I would like to ask more abou finance and currenct situation about USA, EU and India, as my questions are directly connected

2007-11-25 07:02:45 · 2 answers · asked by AlienChap 1

Supposed investors expect the market rate of return this year to be 14 percent. A stock with a beta of .8 has an expected rate of return of 12 percent. If the market return this year turns out to be 10 percent, what is your best guess as to the rate of return on the stock?

2007-11-25 06:50:54 · 4 answers · asked by Bridgette 1

If the risk-free rate of return is 6 percent and the expected rate of return on the market portfolio is 13 percent, is a security with a beta of 1.25 and an expected rate of return of 16 percent overpriced or underpriced?

2007-11-25 06:49:38 · 3 answers · asked by Bridgette 1

2007-11-25 06:24:34 · 8 answers · asked by huntingmydeer42003 1

how much money would you have to have invested in stocks to get interest payments of 50 to 60 thousand a year? just a ball park number. Lets say you had stock in Washington Mutual or/Bank of America/ public storage? commerical real estate

2007-11-25 05:54:47 · 4 answers · asked by leggs 2

It has really put a squeeze on my cash flow.

2007-11-25 05:39:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

In layman terms earnings per share is the profit the company makes / total no: of shares the company has floated .
Say a company makes 5 Million USD profit , and 50000 shares means 5/50k is the EPS . Am I correct ????
My question then is

1) if there are preferred shares then the profit percentage for preferred shares is deducted from computing the EPS .?

2) doesnt the capital of the company have any significance in computing EPS ?


Recently a company said it is diluting its real estate ( capital ) into business and caused a huge uproar in the stock of the company . they claim if you take the land price alone of the company - the value of the share would be 2000 INR instaed of 600 INR which it is trading today ...is this justified ? I mean real estate is a capital first of all and need not reflect in the profit of the company . Suppose company sells of the whole real estate then this is justified . But is it a reality ?

2007-11-25 04:51:36 · 5 answers · asked by Nishant V 1

2007-11-25 04:08:21 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

I was told that if I buy $1000 worth of a CD that has a 5% return in 3 months, I will end up with $1050 in 3 months for sure, no matter what, with no risks whatsoever. Is that how it works???

2007-11-25 04:07:09 · 6 answers · asked by Allee K 3

JP Morgan Chase GLOBAL MTN ZERO CPN SER E INDEX-LINKED (RETURN ENHANCED) bond is trading at $50.620. It is due to mature on 4/23/2008, i.e. in 5 months from now. Its offering price is $100, i.e. at par.

Any of you hold any investment in this bond series? I am suprised by this low current price. I cannot believe that if I buy this bond now for $50.620, I will make $48 in return per bond in 5 months from now, thats a whopping 98% return on my money.

It seems too good to be true. Whats your take on it?

2007-11-25 03:51:00 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

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I understand that my current status is tax deferred. I am currently in the upper end of my 15% tax bracket @ $29,624 adjusted and I will get a 3% COLA Jan 1. I don't have alot of wiggle room as far as staying in the 15% tax bracket is concerned.

The financial advisor that comes to my hospital is very difficult to work with. He wants to do what HE wants to do and gets annoyed if I don't go along. I really just want out of the plan. The plan we are in keeps changing. In just SIX years it has been Smith Barney,Citistreet, then Traveler's, Metlife CHART and now he wants to do American Funds. I am really frustrated with the cost of all of these changes and also of the limitations imposed upon me with regard to what I can do to rollover these accounts. The government and the financial advisor and my employer have more control over my money than I do. They can misuse it at will.

Can I get something close to a 403b that I can manage myself?

2007-11-25 02:01:39 · 8 answers · asked by Lynn 5

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2007-11-24 23:38:12 · 7 answers · asked by niftytimes 1

I am to receive a monthly payment in 2023 of $1,200/month. I would like to know the value of this payment in today's dollars.

2007-11-24 21:14:38 · 2 answers · asked by MsBlues 2

if a company valued at 1.2 billion go public on the nasdaq
with 1 billion shares priced at $1.25 since a company needs an share price of at least $1

2007-11-24 19:15:55 · 1 answers · asked by V-8 BLAST 1

2007-11-24 16:52:47 · 5 answers · asked by newtoshares 1

lets say a company valued at 1.2 billion is going public can it issue shares at $1.20 and have 1 billon shares outstanding.

2007-11-24 15:01:07 · 5 answers · asked by V-8 BLAST 1

2007-11-24 14:32:39 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous

i wanna know if any of you have done this and be successful at it?
How do you start?
what is the minimum amount of money to invest?
what site is good to know everything about investing?

2007-11-24 14:23:37 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous

I come across many and many so called Gurus out there trying to teach how to trade.
As we know we have unlimited access to the Internet but limited time to view every single page.
Right now I am having a tough time to review who has the correct path to learn how to trade stock in the fastest and precise way.
Your contribution will help me tremendously. Thank you in advance

2007-11-24 13:47:35 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous