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...
When I first learned about the practice of shorting stocks, I was surprised that it was allowed. Investors can literally reduce the stock price to a fraction of what it was when they heavily short it, this is because when you short a stock, you're...
Facebook's IPO is probably the most awaited IPO of all time. I'm sure that first day's volume will be worth at the very least $2 billion. I have no idea what the price of the share will be, though a $100 is a very likely figure.
Now the question on...
I have listed yesterday the top 100 stocks with the highest short interest ratio, and in the post, I've briefly discussed the concept of a short squeeze, I would like to discuss it more. I will start with the definition of a short squeeze, and then I will...
Before writing this post, I would like to stress the point that a good company does not necessarily mean that its stock is good, but a good stock is definitely the sign of a good company (PS: I don't think NFLX is a good stock).
Now what are the...
I think most of the investors, with the exception of forex traders, aren't sure of the right abbreviation of the Canadian dollar (the loonie). Is it CDN or CAD?
In order to answer this question, I used Google! I entered, in the Google search box, the...
An active trader is simply a stock trader who makes many trades in a relatively short time and consequently benefits from a special (cheaper) pricing on the commission rate when trading equities and options. An active trader also has some other benefits,...
I have never traded AIB, but for some reason, I feel that this stock should not be listed. So I started wondering, how does a stock get delisted from the stock exchange?
Apparently, the delisting rules and procedures are different between the NYSE and...