stocks

Stocks are investments that represent a share of ownership in a publicly traded company. Investors purchase stocks in hopes that they’ll appreciate in value and/or pay dividends. In January 2009, there were almost 10,000 publicly traded companies whose shares traded on stock exchanges or over the counter.

The introduction of discount online brokers has opened up stock investing to a wider audience of people internationally. Over the long term, stocks are thought of as the most lucrative investment available to the general public – as a class having returned an average of 10% annually through the first half of the 2000s.

Because of their importance as investments, stock market commentaries have emerged on the blogosphere in a big way.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “stocks”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “stocks”

 

• Quest for the golden cross (Reuters)

  
  Top Equity News — Authority: 136
  Reuters – January has turned out strong for equities with just two trading days to go. If you’re afraid to miss the ride, there’s still time to jump in. You just might want to wear a neck brace. Quest for the golden cross (Reuters) is an article from: Quest for the golden cross (Reuters) is an article ...
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• Financial Cartoon of the Week: Halliburton Shareholder Meeting

  
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  Cartoon artistry by top-selling cartoonist Doug Pike, author of Splattered on the Road to Wealth and the new release Less Than A Full Deck . To contact the reporter on this story: Wall St. Cheat Sheet Staff at staff.writers@wallstcheatsheet.com To contact the editor responsible for this story: Damien Hoffman ...
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• The Problem With Ford Isnt Ford

  
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  Filed under: Earnings , Autos Shares of Ford ( F ) fell sharply on Friday after the company "missed," reporting a quarterly result that fell below analysts expectations. Not counting some "special items," Fords profit last quarter was $1.1 billion, or $0.20 a share. Thats significantly below the $0.26 a share ...
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• Losing Trades to Win Trades

  
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  In the world of the stock market, particularly when it comes to higher risk investments like day trading there is a bit of a learning process. In other words you must be ready to lose so as to win. By doing this you’ll be in a much better position for making sensible choices later on based mostly on your previous ...
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• David Duval about gold’s outlook, gold stocks and Tanzanian Royalty

  
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  David Duval about gold’s outlook, gold stocks and Tanzanian Royalty Ellis Martin talks with David Duval (co-founder of JSmineset.com) about the outlook of the price of gold, gold stocks and the precious metals royalty company Tanzanian Royalty (owned by legendary Jim Sinclair). Courtesy to Ellis Martin   ...
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• Long Term Trend Up In Gold and Silver Is Intact, Look For High Quality Exploration Companies

  
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  Long Term Trend Up In Gold and Silver Is Intact, Look For High Quality Exploration Companies At the end of 2011, Merkel and Sarkozy got together for an unusual emergency meeting.  They pledged to come up with economic salvation.  Immediately the equity markets mounted a year end “Halleluyah” rally.   Bernanke ...
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• Trading Stocks Using Automated Signals

  
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  If we have been an active merchant who has been traffic bonds as great as currencies for multiform years, we will of march know which there have been a outrageous series of companies which let we entrance their essential signals. This is generally clever in a forex traffic marketplace since we might great come ...
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• Resource Investor Alert: Casey Research Identifies Next Generation of Resource Industry Titans with “Casey’s NexTen”

  
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  Stowe, VT – January 27, 2012 (Investorideas.com Mining Stocks Newswire) Casey Research, a leading provider of investment research with over 30 years of history specializing in metals, mining, and energy investing, has released its 2012 Casey NexTen list*. This annual list showcases the top rising stars of the ...
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• Starbucks Q1 Earnings Beat View; Forecast Could Still Miss (SBUX)

  
  Dividend Stocks - The Dividend Daily — Authority: 475
  Coffee retailer Starbucks Corporation ( SBUX ) late Thursday posted a 10% gain in fiscal first quarter earnings, beating analyst estimates, and lifted the low end of its full-year outlook — which still sits below expectations. The Seattle-based company reported fiscal first quarter net income of $382 million, or ...
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• Asia may not be such easy pickings for Apple

  
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  BANGALORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Investors in Apple Inc have a one-word answer for those who wonder whether this corporate juggernaut can maintain its phenomenal momentum in the years ahead: Asia.
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• Sell Signal: $AOI $GTIV $LEAP $MHR $MTG $NKTR $SPMD $TRGL

  
  Charts 123 - stock market information made simple — Authority: 107
  Looking for some short entries? These stocks may be moving lower: AOI – Alliance One International GTIV – Gentiva Health Services Inc. LEAP – Leap Wireless International Inc. MHR – Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. MTG – MGIC Investment Corp. NKTR – Nektar Therapeutics SPMD – SuperMedia LLC TRGL ...
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• Axion Power: New Head of Business Development, Sales & Marketing

  
  Aim High Profits Penny Stocks Blog — Authority: 121
  Axion Power International, Inc. (OTCBB: AXPW), the developer of advanced lead¬carbon PbC® batteries and energy storage systems, announced today that Vani Kumar Dantam, 53, has been appointed to the new position of Senior Vice President/Business Development, Sales & Marketing. Mr Dantam was previously Vice ...
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• An Overview Of The Year-To-Date Performance Of Major World Indices 2012

  
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  2012 Country Stock Market Performance By Bespoke Group. Below is a table highlighting the year to date stock market returns for 78 countries around the world.  Of the 78 countries shown, 59 (75%) are in the black for the year, while 19 are in the red. Twelve countries have posted double digit gains already in 2012, ...
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• Geithner: U.S. growing at 2-3 percent rate

  
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  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce in Charlotte, North Carolina January 25, 2012. REUTERS/Chris Keane DAVOS, Switzerland  (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is growing at 2-3 percent but still faces big  challenges  to repair damage wrought by  the financial crisis ...
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• Medium Term Growth Portfolio

  
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• Short Term Growth Portfolio

  
  Stock Tips — Authority: 118
  We are hoping   that the market for   clearer signs of   the direction   that finally   took.   Therefore, we have made   gains   in this   portfolio   and we are not   considering including   new stocks   at the moment.   As we have   been saying   in recent days , ...
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• Free Up Trend Stock Picks: URI - RGLD - AWK

  
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  United Rentals Inc.   (URI) .- Price: US$ 37.87 (Var: + 8.92%). Volume: 7.39 Millions of shares (daily MA: 2.84M). Good Volume and nice break. Royal Gold Inc.   (RGLD) .- Price: US$ 74.02 (Var: + 3.11%). Volume: 1.50 Millions of shares (daily MA: 715K). Good advance. Start a new leg up. American ...
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• General Electric Building Steam

  
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   by  Ryan C. Fuhrmann  , Investopedia For the first time since the  credit crisis , industrial and financial services conglomerate  General Electric  (NYSE: GE ) posted a double-digit profit gain for a full-year period. The next two years could see similar bottom-line growth levels, and ...
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• Free Down Trend Stock Picks: CHK - PTEN - SPN

  
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  Chesapeake Energy Corp.   (CHK) .- Price: US$ 21.90 (Var: - 6.33%). Volume: 29.86 Millions of shares (daily MA: 14.62M).  Hmmm...high volume and fall. Look like start a new leg down. Patterson-Uti Energy Inc.   (PTEN) .- Price: US$ 18.05 (Var: - 6.19%). Volume: 5.41 Millions of shares (daily MA: ...
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• Solar Energy Stocks Update: Daqo New Energy Gets New CFO

  
  Aim High Profits Penny Stocks Blog — Authority: 121
  CHONGQING, China–(BUSINESS WIRE) Daqo New Energy Corp. (NYSE: DQ) (“Daqo New Energy” or the “Company”), a leading polysilicon manufacturer based in China, today announced the appointment of Mr. Bing Sun as Chief Financial Officer, effective February 1, 2012. Mr. Sun joins Daqo New Energy from Shunda Holdings ...
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