2007-03-02 11:14:35 · 8 answers · asked by PILOT 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
speculation
2007-03-02 11:18:30 · answer #1 · answered by Sari 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
This is the astronomy section. People who are interested in astronomy are too intelligent to waste their time thinking about the stock market.
If you want a wild variety of answers, some of which are related to the truth, try asking the same question in the "economics" or "business and finance" sections.
Better yet, if you want some real information, try an internet search on "stock market," "stock prices," or "stock trading."
Best of all, go to the library and look up the same subjects.
2007-03-03 00:37:48 · answer #2 · answered by aviophage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What AD said - but mostly this past week it has been based upon a number of things:
Initially the Hang Seng (Hong Kong's market) dropped drastically in response to a new law which would tax capital gains. Folks in China were taking their gains before they would be taxed for doing it. When the US market's opened, folks saw the down-turn in China's market, and that, along with Greenspan's comment on a recession, the high market, and the Cheney incident, decided to dump stocks. This week has been a roller-coaster of folks selling on fear and smart folks buying on sale.
2007-03-02 19:24:46 · answer #3 · answered by rtistathrt 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
1) Supply of the stock and demand for it.
2) Its estimated earnings per share.( Are they going up, or down??)
3) Its pipeline of new products.
4) Its position within its industry.(Leader?, Laggard?)
5) Interest rates, especially if the company relies on debt financing.
6) Misc problems( Product recalls, strikes, Accounting irregularities, Government investigations)
7) Merger and Acquisition activities. Buy-outs et
2007-03-02 19:19:12 · answer #4 · answered by A D 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
When people get nervous, they sell their stocks hoping to get rid of them before the price drops, which of course makes the price drop due to the law of supply & demand -- there are more stocks being sold than people actually want, so one has to lower the price to get people to but it).
When large numbers of people buy the stock, prices go up because of increased demand.
2007-03-02 19:19:25 · answer #5 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Up - unwarranted public confidence
Down - public hysteria
2007-03-03 00:59:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some idiots say that sunspots do, but it really has nothing to do width astronomy.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/NeatAstronomy/
2007-03-02 20:38:05 · answer #7 · answered by chase 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
supply and demand ... value of the company ... stability of the company ... people's views on the company
2007-03-02 19:23:54 · answer #8 · answered by Special K 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋