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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “stocks”

• Stocks leap as Bernanke pledges lower rates

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  U.S. stocks rose broadly on Monday, sending indexes to fresh 13-month closing highs, after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke reinforced expectations that interest rates would stay low to spur growth. Bernanke repeated that the Fed was likely to keep interest rates exceptionally low for "an extended period," a ...
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• U.S. Stocks, Commodities, Treasuries Rally as Dollar Falls

  
  LATICONOMICS — Authority: 505
  U.S. Stocks, Commodities, Treasuries Rally as Dollar Falls By Sapna Maheshwari ...
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• CRWEPicks Stock Report for November 16, 2009

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEPicks.com________________________________________NEW YORK (CRWENewswire) -- Shares of AeroVironment Inc. rose after an analyst upgraded the unmanned aircraft manufacturers stock on prospects that the war in Afghanistan will boost Pentagon orders and company production. NEW YORK ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 RECV, HZHI

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************Recovery Energy (OTCBB:RECV) is pleased ...
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• IMAX Corporation Executives Adopt 10b5-1 Trading Plans

  
  Big Movie Zone Blog — Authority: 141
  IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that its Chief Executive Officer, Richard L. Gelfond, and its Chairman, Bradley J. Wechsler, have adopted stock trading plans in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Rule 10b5-1 permits officers and directors of public companies ...
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• IMAX Corporation Enters Into New $75 Million Credit Facility

  
  Big Movie Zone Blog — Authority: 141
  New Facility Extends to October 2013 and Allows for Increased Borrowing Capacity Company Announces Redemption of All Remaining Senior Notes by December 21, 2009 IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that it has entered into a new credit facility with Wachovia Capital Finance Corporation ...
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• Aquentium, Inc. Announces Distributorship Opportunities in the United States for Its Ozone Sanitation and Water Purification Equipment

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************North Palm Springs, CA - (WORLD STOCK ...
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• Bernanke: Fed is monitoring changes in dollar’s value

  
  money blog — Authority: 446
  Filed under: Federal Reserve , Financial Crisis U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did something Monday that Fed chairs rarely do: he commented on the dollar. Comments about the dollar are almost exclusively left to the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, but on Monday Bernanke, in a speech before the ...
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• Cyrus Capital Partners Has Extended a $250 M offer to Finance ION Media Reported By CRWEPicks

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEPicks.com________________________________________NEW YORK (CRWENewswire) -- Investment firm Cyrus Capital Partners said Monday it has extended a $250 million offer to finance ION Media Networks Inc.s exit from bankruptcy protection.The offer, which was rejected by ION Networks board of ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 CARV, HCEI

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************Carver Bancorp, Inc. (the "Company") ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 FLDR, PSFT

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************Flanders Corporation (Nasdaq:FLDR) ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 QLGC, IBM, CSRH

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************Expanding on its successful OEM agreement ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 QLGC, AQNM

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************Establishing the broadest portfolio of ...
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• Lockheed Martin Corp., Has Substained a $59.6 Million From Navy CRWEPicks Reports

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEPicks.com________________________________________WASHINGTON (CRWENewswire) -- A division of Lockheed Martin Corp. received a $59.6 million contract from the Navy to provide services on the P-3C aircraft acoustic system and tactical software, the Pentagon said late Monday.Work will be ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 QLGC, SGI, PWRM

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************QLogic Corp. (Nasdaq:QLGC) today ...
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• CRWEWallstreet.com Stock Report! 11/16/2009 Most Actives, Gainers, Losers

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  _______________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEWallStreet.com_______________________________________Market Movers Exchange:NasdaqSelectMost ActivesCompanySymbolLastChange%VolumePrev. ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 COBR, HZHI

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************Timothy Stabosz, the largest individual ...
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• CRWEPicks REports The Postal Service Posted a Loss Of $3.8 Billion Last Year After a Cut of its Employees and Other Measurements

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEPicks.com________________________________________WASHINGTON (CRWENewswire) -- The Postal Service reported a loss of $3.8 billion last year, despite a reduction of 40,000 full-time positions and other cost-cutting measures.The loss was $1 billion more than the year before despite job ...
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• CRWEFinance Stock Alerts 11/16/09 NTUR, HCEI

  
  Finditt Blog — Authority: 171
  CRWEFinance.com Hot Stock News & Alerts!________________________________________FREE Daily Stock Alerts From CRWEFinance.com ________________________________________CRWEFinance.com Stock Report!********************************************************************************A profile featuring water conservation ...
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• American Express is in an uptrend

  
  BloggingStocks — Authority: 659
  Filed under: American Express (AXP) , Stocks to Buy With American Express Co., ( AXP ), its best to look down the field, i.e. think long-term, which is why Im reiterating my Buy rating for the company, first recommended on April 27, 2009 at a price of $27.28. If you bought AXP in April, youre up about 51%. As ...
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