Posts Tagged ‘DANG

January 2, 2012 | In: General

Worst Stocks to Buy in 2012

We're now in the beginning of January 2012, and the January Effect is now set to take place: stocks that should not go up will go up, merely because those who have sold them back in December will buy them back in January. The January Effect will...

November 28, 2011 | In: General

What Is a Lockup Period?

A friend asked me the other day: "What is a lockup period?" He told me that he heard of the term lockup period while reading an article about the LinkedIn IPO. I thought I write an article to explain, in details, what is a lockup period. Definition...

Buying at IPO is an almost guaranteed way to make money, especially if the company issuing the stock has a sterling reputation (many times you can make money even if the company issuing the stock is losing money!). But holding the stock for a while is a...

The words risky and dangerous are often used interchangeably in the trading world, but there is a substantial difference between the two: Risky stocks are those stocks that you believe in, while most of the market doesn't. Risky stocks are typically...

I have watched both YOKU and DANG stocks in the past week, when they started trading last Wednesday. In 3 trading days, YOKU was up over 42% (at one point on Friday, YOKU touched $50 and thus was up almost 100%, I feel sad for those who bought at this...