Archive for December, 2011

U.S. stocks declined Friday, as investors closed the books on a volatile year largely driven by Europe’s uncertain efforts to stem its debt crisis. The Dow industrials lost 69.48 points, or 0.57%, to close Friday's session at 12,217.56, leaving it up 5.5% for 2011, its second straight annual advance. The ...

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Put options give the buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell a specified amount of an underlying security at a specified price within a specified time. This is the opposite of a call option, which gives the holder the right to buy shares. If you choose to buy or ...

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Call options are agreements that give an investor the right, but not the obligation, to buy a stock, bond, commodity, or other instrument at a specified price within a specific time period. The agreed upon price of the exchange is called the strike price. The date on which the agreement expires ...

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Investors should spend most of their time on overall asset selection and ignore individual stocks for the most part. according to research, about 95% of money managers' performance can be explained by their selection of asset classes, not by their selection of individual stocks. Asset allocation is not necessarily easy, ...

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An exchange-traded fund (or ETF) is an investment vehicle traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks. An ETF holds assets such as stocks or bonds and trades at approximately the same price as the net asset value of its underlying assets over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs ...

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U.S. stocks began the final trading day of the year mildly lower with Europe's troubles in view.  The Dow Jones Industrial Average lately fell 14.95 points to 12,272.09. The S&P 500 shed 0.72 point to 1,262.30. The Nasdaq Composite fell 0.51 point to 2,613.23. Germany's finance minister says he is confident ...

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NYSE: BSX (Boston Scientific Corp.) NYSE: BSX (Boston Scientific Corp.) has closed at $5.33, its traded Volume was 10786.8K shares, BSX opened the Day at $5.15, it made an intraday Low of $5.14, and an intraday High of $5.35. BSX's close price is above its Short term MA, short term ...

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AMEX: FDL (Morningstar Dividend Leaders) AMEX: FDL (Morningstar Dividend Leaders) has closed at $17.65 and made 52-week high or yearly high today, its traded Volume was 303.7K shares, FDL opened the Day at $17.56, it made an intraday Low of $17.5424. FDL's earning is $0 per share, Next quarter estimated ...

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NASDAQ: ALTI (Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.) NASDAQ: ALTI (Altair Nanotechnologies Inc.) has closed at $0.63 and made 52-week low or yearly low today, its traded Volume was 1629.5K shares, ALTI opened the Day at $0.75, it made an intraday High of $0.75. ALTI's earning is $-0.58 per share, Next quarter estimated ...

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U.S. stocks climbed Thursday, after a report illustrating the U.S. labor market is healing as 2012 approaches. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 135.63 points, or 1.12%, to 12,287.04. The S&P 500 advanced 13.38 points, or 1.07%, to 1,263.02. The Nasdaq Composite climbed 23.76 points, or 0.92%, to end at ...

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