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| a friend of mine invested in vending machine company,she brought some stock in it. she says ,she can make thousands of dollars in this kind of stock. is she right.... |
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 How much is this penny worth? |
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 What should I invest in?? |
| I'm getting what I consider a lot money from my car accident and my mom wants me to put a little bit of it in something that will gain money. I have no idea what the whole idea behind investing ... |
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 If I had approximately £50,000 in my bank right now, what would be the best way to invest it? Profit-wise.? |
| Let's just say I had £50,000 sitting in my bank right now. I'm 18-25 years old and live in London. Obviously I wouldn't be able to live off that for the rest of my life, so what would ... |
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 Can we and how to invest in oil? |
| Crude oil prices are hitting the roof. As a common man I want to know how i can benefit from this. How can I invest in oil and then make a profit when the price of oil becomes high?... |
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 Is it possible to purchase just a few shares of stock? what's the cheapest way? it's for a 3 year old w/ a ssn |
| I would like to buy a few shares of stock (preferably Microsoft) for a three year old. I plan to add to his "portfolio" as the birthdays pass and would like for everything to be in the ... |
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 What's best way to buy stock online or broker?if online than what would be a good website.Investing only $1000 |
| Hy i am college student and i wana invest about Onetime $1000.00 how should i go about doing it and i would hate to lot of fees.... |
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 What should I do with my 401-K? |
| I recently left my job after 10 years. I have my 401-K that I am going to rollover into and IRA however I am not sure what to roll it into. Broker has suggested Large Cap Growth fund or a ... |
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 18 years old and want to learn to invest.? |
| Currently in college, and my major is Business Administration. I've been curious in investing but I don't know how to go about it. Anyone recomend any books,websites, and etc. On second ... |
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 What are the fears of money? |
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IN OTHER WORDS: What is MONEY afraid of? Do you see how I worded it......... |
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 How do you know when is the best time to invest in the stock market? |
| The stock market is dependent on a whole lot of factors. People say it is good to invest when shares are low and watch it rise. However, you can also lose A LOT of money. What should people look out ... |
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 Doesn't the stock market drop because of dumb people? |
| If people wouldn't panic and start selling all their stocks off, the market would not have dropped 777 points in a day. Chill out and keep your stocks.... |
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 Is the stock market gonna crash? |
i think it is but what is you opinion? are we gonna go into a mini version of the great depression like it will be the "almost-great great depression"?
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Dave M | Do companies really care if their stock goes up or down? See details below:? |
Believe it or not, I trade stocks for a living. But only for 5 years now. I am learning a lot. Steep learning curve too. I've been reading all kinds of things, books, charts, ananlyst ratings, etc.... But I was just wondering if the CEO's, CFO's etc really care all that much about their company's stock price (except for the fact that they probably own stock in it, so forget that part). Does it really affect the company's ablility to do business? Thoughts? Thanks for your answers in advance. Dave
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And yeah, "spike and spikey" I am a stock trader, running a 34/% gain this year. I don't have to know everything to make good decisions. |
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Ignoring management's stock ownership, stock price has no direct financial impact on the company, unless ... If the company wishes, it may do a secondary offering of new shares of stock at any time.
If the stock price is doing well, a modest sized offering can be done without upsetting investors too much and can raise a lot of money for the company.
Finally, if the stock price really tanks, then the company is much much more vulnerable to a hostile takeover. If I am an upper management exec., I guess I would like to keep my job.
I might lose my job anyway purely because of the poor stock price performance. The board of directors might fire me. That is what happened to Bob Nardelli at Home Depot. |
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bebo
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yes, they care, its an indicator of profits and how well they're doing their job |
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labare
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Companies have to care for their stock value because companies are owned by shareholders. Shareholders care about their fortunes in those invested companies which are measured by up and down of their stock prices. If the level goes down, shareholders can call for the heads of the management, just like Citibank in which one major shareholder called for the former CEO to get out once the amount of the write-offs of subprime was revealed. |
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Jefe
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I'm not an expert, but from what I've observed, a company has more money to work with if you buy stock in it, thus allowing it to expand and attract more people to invest in it. |
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Greg M
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Listen bro, it is definitly important. It's a measure of how well run a company is. For example Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, he gets a salary of 1 USD and the rest is rewarded to him as stock options. So.. if he does a good job he gets a big check and vice versa. Good Luck trading in this bear market.- hurts to say so |
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Zeltar
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Corporations use Employee Stock purchase plans, options, and provide compenations to their senior leaders through grants. Of course they care what their stock price is. Most CEO's make 10 to 20 percent of their money via salary. All the rest comes from stock. The further down the food chain you go, the more money comes from salary, and the less it comes from stock. The very bottom of the food chain doesn't get a salary at all, just hourly, and they get no stock. For them, they do not care what the stock does. They can't see that if it goes up, they get to keep their job, and if it goes down, they are at risk of loosing it. |
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Yes because when stock prices go up, that's an indicator of good management and people are buying. Remember, for long term stock prices are determined by earnings. More earnings, higher stock prices. |
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spike and spikey
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Whew that's scary you are a stock trader???!!!
I work for a large manufacturing company and I like to spend 80% of my business time working with the top 80% producers...If sales are down or flat the stock goes down and it freaks out the investors! I am glad I lead a team that works with the retailer that is currently the Wallstreet sweetheart...I trust they know their business in good times and in bad.
PS I work for one of the largest manufactors in the world, they are no. 1 in their line of business and quess what their stock is still up! |
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No they don't care. Most have the Golden chute, the contract that gives, regardless of how the company does. Look at history of companies like Polaroid, Enron, etc. If you want to invest, look to a no-load mutual fund. Let the people who do it for a living do it. |
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