2007-01-16 10:13:28 · 4 answers · asked by NewYorkGuy 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Most anything can change the price of a stock. Here are some examples.
Oil price,
Energy price
Fed chairman speaking
President speaking
New products
Earnings guidance
Rumors of accounting irregularities
Weather (i.e. hurricanes in 2005)
and so forth
Plus, rumors will make stocks run too. Fortunately, over time, the fundamentals of a company usually deteremine the stock's destiny and despite all the noise, the best usually rise, and the worst usually fall.
Hope that helps!
2007-01-16 10:55:42 · answer #1 · answered by Yada Yada Yada 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Other than issues concerning the economy as a whole, things that affect a stock's price individually are:
If profits rise or sink
A major lawsuit
Death of the CEO
Invention of new product (look what the IPod did for Apple... when up 8x it's value between 2004-05)
2007-01-16 20:48:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Almost Anything!!
Warm weather: oil stocks down.
New apple phone: AAPL stocks up
Interest or unemployment up: housing and retail stocks down
Oil prices up: solar and corn ( ethanol) up
HOT HOT summer: energy prices up
SEC investigation: stock down
Terrorist attack ( anywhere); defense/security stocks up
Chinese getting richer and richer: Macau gambling stocks up
CEO quits/dies: might go either way
Unemployment down: restaurants/ hotels up
Taxes up: stocks down
2007-01-16 18:39:50 · answer #3 · answered by jebediabartlett 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything relevant to the company. Geopolitical changes that effect the business environment. Changes in monetary policy.
2007-01-16 18:34:03 · answer #4 · answered by gradatusf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋