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Facebook went public on Friday. After months of build up, there were some issues with trading, and finally, no big pop in stock price. This has led some media pundits to conclude that Facebook’s IPO was a flop. But was it really? Facebook IPO Trading Facebook’s IPO was not necessarily typical. However, there was little [...]
After years of speculation, rumor and guesses as to whether Facebook stock is a good investment at all, the company has finally announced plans to go public. Facebook will trade on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol FB following its IPO. Like many other technology IPOs of late, this offering will leave CEO and founder [...]
Apple reports earnings on April 24. This report is actually for earnings from the 2nd quarter of Apple’s fiscal year, even though corporations on a calendar year are reporting first quarter earnings right now. (Several tech companies reported earnings last week.) After a rough week for the company in the headlines, these earnings will likely [...]
This past week featured the earnings release of several major technology companies, coming closely on the heels of major earnings announcements from other tech companies, including Google and Apple. IBM Earnings First up, IBM reported revenue of $24.7 billion leading to earnings of $2.78 per share. The consensus estimates from analysts were a bit higher [...]
Apple (AAPL) announced that after years of building up a massive pile of cash with its record earnings that it will begin to return some of that money to shareholders. Apple will pay a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share starting in July. It will also repurchase up to $10 billion in stock over the [...]
As always, the mainstream media perked up about the stock market and investing world when the Dow Jones Industrial Average passed the made-f0r-headlines 13,000 level. The guys that write news story headlines love round numbers, maybe because everyone else does too. But, just like our infatuation with round number birthdays, such as turning 40, there [...]
The results of the stock market for 2011 are basically flat. While the Dow Jones Industrial Average can claim a small gain, the S&P 500 Index ended 2011 with a small loss. Likewise, the NASDAQ ended down for 2011 as well. 2011 Dow Jones Up The Dow finished up for 2011 thanks in part to [...]
Bloomberg has an interesting snippet about that so-called “lost decade” everyone keeps talking about. It turns out if you had invested in the stocks of the S&P 500 equally (equal weight) back at the market peak of March 24, 2000, you would have had a 66 percent gain through December 2, 2011, not a zero [...]
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Sometimes it seems like the stock market is just messing with people. After seemingly running off of a cliff to end the third quarter of 2011, the market has recently staged a rally. Take a look at a chart for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and you’ll see a low point on October 3, 2011. [...]
The third quarter just closed on September 30th and it was not a pretty sight for short-term investors. The S&P 500 closed at 1,131.42 which is down 14 percent for the third-quarter. It started the year by opening on January 3rd (the 1st and 2nd were Saturday and Sunday, respectively) at 1,257.62. That is a [...]
