Stocks

Interest Rates And The Stock Market

by Giorgos E. Siligardos As of this writing (March 17, 2008), the status of interest rates sends some important messages to the stock market investors. This article aims at reading and decoding these messages. DEBT SECURITIES AND THE STOCK MARKET In his book, “Intermarket Technical Analysis” (se

How to Interpret the Data in Stock Tables

The stock tables in major newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal or online finance portals such as Yahoo Finance contain a wealth of information for the astute stock market investor. The following is an explanation of the various columns in a stock table that describe a particular company: 52

How to Buy Stocks Directly without using a Broker

It is indeed possible to buy shares of a company directly from the company itself – avoiding typical transaction costs such as brokerage commissions. Direct Purchase Programs (DPP) Several hundred companies now offer direct purchase programs (DPPs) which allow an investor to buy stock direct

Stock Trading Education

How to Interpret Stock Tables and Quotes How to Buy Stocks without a Broker Using Moving Averages to Trade Starbucks By Anthony Trongone, Ph.D. Getting to the Core of Apple By Anthony Trongone, Ph.D. What the End of 2007 Showed By Giorgos E. Siligardos The Three Dimensional Market: Who, What, Why?

Russell 2000 Index

The Russell 2000® Index is a capitalization-weighted index designed to measure the performance of a market consisting of the 2,000 smallest publicly traded U.S. companies (in terms of market capitalization) that are included in the Russell 3000® Index. See also:

Everyone Out of the Pool

By David Silverman This material is copyrighted to the author, David Silverman, and may not be reproduced without the express written approval of Mr. Silverman. As we commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1987 market crash, the eighteenth anniversay of the 1989 market crash, the fifteenth ann

The Relationship Between Stocks and Bonds

Bond prices have an inverse relationship with interest rates. As bond prices rise, yields will fall. Typically this is bullish for stocks as investors move to the equity markets to look for better returns. In this situation the stocks and bond markets generally trend in line with one another. In a d

Private Equity

Private Equity refers to an asset class of equity capital that is available to investors, but not publicly traded on a financial exchange.

NYSE Composite Index

The NYSE Composite Index tracks the price movements of all common stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange. The Index is “capitalization-weighted” (that is, each stock’s weight in the Index is proportionate to the stock’s market capitalization)

Beta

Beta is value that reflects the amount of risk of a single or combined group of securities measured against the market as a whole. A beta value of 1 suggest that the security or portfolio will move in line with the overall market. A beta of less than 1 suggets that the security will be less volatile