Archive for June, 2011

June 26, 2011 | In: Technology

Is LNKD a Buy?

I have discussed LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD) a couple of times before: the first time it was before the IPO, and the second time on May 20th, the same day of the IPO. The first time I discussed LinkedIn I estimated that its market cap will be anything between...

Small investors always want to know which stocks the "big" investors own. And who's a bigger investor than Warren Buffet? Warren is a legend in Wall Street, who, according to his story, started his multi-billion investment empire with only a few thousand...

June 25, 2011 | In: Trivia

What Is Airbus Stock Ticker?

I just learned today that Air Asia ordered 200 Airbus 320 planes. Apparently, the deal was closed 2 days ago (June 23rd, 2011). Immediately, I wanted to know what Airbus stock ticker is, just to see how much the stock has jumped for this huge order...

In my article about negative betas, I have briefly explained what a beta, in the stock market, is. In short, the beta is the movement of the stock with respect to the stock market. So the higher the beta is, the better (in theory) the stock is. On the...

I have talked about Greece, Europe, and the Euro a few times before. I have discussed how Greece is affecting the whole European market (and the American one as well), how Europe is becoming nothing more of another Chinese colony, and how the death of the...

June 24, 2011 | In: General

Days to Cover Calculation

The days to cover, also referred to as short interest ratio, is the number of days that it takes for all short shares to be covered (e.g. bought back by the investor to return them to the borrower), based on the daily average trading volume of the stock....

According to Google Finance, the Dow is currently trading at 0 (down 12,190 points), which effectively means that the stock market has she all its value in one trading day, and all companies listed under the Dow are completely worthless. If you don't...

I'm am enjoying these lists that I'm creating every now and then. Compiling them is becoming more fun by the day, and it seems that my readers like them as well. Today I am listing the top 100 companies (that are publicly traded in the US markets) by...

Many stock investors think that it's impossible for a stock to have a negative beta, that all stocks should move with the direction of the general market, and the first time they see a stock with negative beta, they are amazed, and they start asking...

First, I want to say before starting this article that I am not short on RIMM. I don't have any long or short position in RIMM, and nor do I intend to (at least at the current price level). There is a lot of gossip at the moment that RIM (Research In...

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