The way I do research has been the area that has changed and evolved the most since starting to invest. I used to put together detailed stock screeners on places like FINVIZ.com – Stock Screener. And look for companies that had good-looking ratios. That was about it.I looked for things like a high current ratio, high margins, growing revenues, high […]
The Dow and the S&P 500 closed at record highs for the second consecutive session on Tuesday driven by an upward revision of March’s retail sales data and encouraging small-business sentiment. However, the Nasdaq ended in negative territory after Cisco forecasted disappointing fiscal third quarter results. A new deal between Keurig Green Mountain and Coca-Cola was also welcomed by the […]
SummaryPut the market-makers and prop-desk traders on your side.
They tell what big-money funds are buying, how far those clients will push prices.
Not by what the sales types say, but by the way the block desk hedges its bets.
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Global leader in stock imagery Getty Images recently announced that 35 million photos will now be available for free. In the past, visiting Getty’s website for an image promised to cost the user upwards of $75 for a small image. For growing companies, bloggers and publishers on a tight budget, this left two options: spend the money or steal the […]
While I realize that fundamentals are important to investment success I also appreciate the relevance of technical analysis in gauging investor sentiment and in timing entry and exit points.From the technical point of view the market is in a strong bull trend and would appear to be poised to reach new highs. However, when I research into the fundamental reason […]
Chesapeake Energy Corporation (CHK) is involved in the exploration, development and production of natural gas and oil properties throughout the United States. Chesapeake has a market cap of $17 billion and its stock price is around $27.Many investors would like to know if Chesapeake is still a turnaround story or if it is now ready to trade in line with […]
Peter Drucker and the Big Data RevolutionRick WartzmanIn his latest column for Forbes online, Drucker Institute Executive Director Rick Wartzman writes about the growing ability of businesses to harness Big Data.Although ever more data is being generated by a host of new technologies, Wartzman writes, “this surfeit of information is not simply piling up, like grain in a silo. It is being carefully sifted […]
