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When U.S. economy goes down...
2007-02-23 21:43:01 There are alot of investing opportunities outside U.S. In the recent years, alot of portfolio managers are recommending their clients to invest in emerging and other developed markets. The reason being obvious is the concern over things not going well in the U.S. Everyone talks alot about China and India as good bets in the emerging market category. How does China and India perform when the U.S. economy is lagging ? I believe not. China and India rely highly on the U.S. economy. With U.S economy and markets performing poorly impacts Chinese hardware and manufacturing exports and Indian software exports.So who performs well when the U.S. economy is lagging ?Few developed countries that still do well are: Australia, Ireland, Norway & Sweden. These countries do well because they dont rely too heavily on the U.S. Other emerging market is Chile. They rely on exporting copper, similar to Brazil. China is still a good bet even though it is reliant on U.S. Vietnam is also gaining a... More About: Economy , Down , When , Econ , Goes
MySpace rules the web...
2007-02-23 21:43:01 An article i was reading listed the 20 most popular websites where people spend time. I should admit i was pretty much surprized after going through the list. I was expecting Google to top the list but turns out that isnt true. So, the big question is, where do we spend all our time online? Which websites are more successful in capturing our attention compared to others? Lets go over some factsThe Top 20 Websites add up to 39% of all our time spent online.MySpace , a social networking site owned by News Corp tops the list by a big margin.Surprizing Yahoo YHOO is ranked #2, thanks to Yahoo Finance, Flickr and Yahoo portal.Google GOOG is ranked #5 well below msn.com owned by Microsoft MSFT ranked #3 and eBay EBAY ranked #4. People spend 4 times less time on Google than Yahoo.YouTube a popular video sharing website makes it to the list at rank #12Adultfriendfinder.com also finds a place in the list suggesting need for a friend or two for the lonely Americans.Some of the expected sit... More About: Myspace , The Web , Rules , Pace
Investing made easy - Monthly indicator !!
2007-02-23 21:43:01 Stock market can be a confusing place most of the times. Wouldn't it be nice if we had some rock solid indicator to show us the way ? How about a S&P 500 monthly market indicator showing past 6 decades ?The chart indicates green for 10 of the 12 months, the month of December being the best. The month of September has been disasterous and i would definitely keep away during that period. Interestingly the month of October has a pretty good upward jump.Conclusion: Seasonal tendencies in the market are always good to be aware of. The month of February has started positive. However if the chart holds true, we might see some drop towards the end of the month.Recommendation: Historical data over such a large period of time can be a helpful indicator for future trends. This being the month of February, as per the chart trade cautiously.Source: Ticker Sense More About: Cat , Investing , Vest , Made , Sting
Why I love Israel !!
2007-02-23 21:43:01 According to Wikipedia.orgIsra el is the most industrially and economically developed country in the Middle East. It has a technologically advanced market economy. Despite limited natural resources, Israel has intensively developed its agricultural and industrial sectors over the past twenty years. Israel is largely self-sufficient in food production. Diamonds, high technology, military equipment, software, pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agricultural products are leading exports. According to World Bank, Israel has the best regulations for businesses and strongest protections of property rights in the Middle East.The more i read about Israel, the more i am interested in investing there. For those who share the same interest i recommend to keep an eye on few Israeli companies that have market capital in billions of dollar and excellent growth.Teva Pharmaceutical Industries TEVAElbit Medical Imaging EMITFCheck Point Software Technologies CHKPPartner Communications Company PTNRNi... More About: Love
If only you knew when !!!
2007-02-23 21:43:01 Previously i had written a post about Which sector are you in ? Before beginning your journey with stocks it is always good to know which sectors to invest in and why ? As we all know a sector which was hot in 2000, might not be hot anymore in 2007 and vice-versa. Lets have a look at some charts from different time frames to see how the timing of buying certain sectors would have affected your portfolio.Year 2000 (Boom Time) - PresentIf you had bought stocks of companies in the Telecom or Tech sector in 2000 and not sold it, you would still be in deep waters. As you can see from the chart, the returns are -49% and -63% respectively. However if you had kept yourself away from those sectors and invested in Energy, Materials, Consumer Staples or even Utilities for that matter you would have done very well. No one needs reasoning why the Tech sector was down in 2000.Year 2003 (before Iraq war) - PresentIf you had bought stocks of companies in the Telecom or Tech sector in 2003 and not s... More About: When , Only
Newspapers Beat Local TV
2007-02-23 21:43:01 Newspapers Beat Local TVAccording to a media research firm, the newspapers are making more money from online video advertising than local TV stations, $81 million to $32 million. TV stations have a mass audience compared to targeted audience on the internet. Newspapers have been selling customized solutions, with particular success in converting help wanted and automotive classified advertisers. Time Warner Cable TWX in North Carolina is producing original video advertisements for local merchants.This is pretty intuitive. If you know your target audience it is much more easier to sell. It is estimated that local online video advertising will surpass $5 billion, representing more than one-third of all local online advertising.U.S Trade deficitThe U.S. trade deficit stands at $763.6 billion compared with $716.7 billion in 2005. In the month of Decemeber the trade deficit widened to $61.2 billion exceeding analyst estimates of $59.5 billion. Trade deficit was reduced in the month of Se... More About: News , Newspapers , Paper
Ethanol after Bush's speech
2007-01-25 07:21:00 After President Bush 's State of the Union Address speech, the shares of ethanol related stocks are moving higher. Bush is expected to promote fuel efficient vehicles, ethanol and new technologies for alternative energy to reduce the dependence on foreign oil.The news caused stocks of Ethan ol companies to go up. Xethanol Corp. XNL went up 28% in last 3 days where as Pacific Ethanol Inc. PEIX grew by 6.58%. Archer Daniels Midland Co. ADM went up by 2.86%. Also Andersons ANDE and Green Plain Revewable Energy GPRE made modest gains of 1.64% and 1.02% respectively.Along with Ethanol companies, Solar and other alternative energy stocks will also benefit. Few of them to keep an eye on areSolar companies are Sunpower Corp. SPWR, Energy Conversion Devices ENER, Evergreen Solar ESLR, First Solar FSLR and MEMC Electronics WFR.Wind energy companies are American Superconductor AMSC and Zoltek ZOLTFuel Cells companies are Ballard Power BLD and FuelCell Energy FCELLiquid Coal companies are Synt... More About: After , Speech
Where is my money !!
2007-01-24 04:15:00 This one is really funny... More About: Money , Here , Where
Products & Services
2007-01-21 11:37:00 A list of sponsored products and services Educate Yourself About Stocks & InvestingTop Penny Stock ProfessionalsFinancial Analysis & Investment SoftwareBuy Homes For Bargain PricesLearn To Trade In ForexCool CellPhone Deals More About: Services , Products , Vice , Prod
Democrats for Stem Cell Research
2007-01-17 23:57:00 Stem cell research has been a hot topic for quite a long time, but it has now become the center of attention as Democrats , who took both chambers of Congress for the first time in twelve years, have pledged to increase federal support for stem cell research. The House of Representatives passed a bill that would reduce restrictions on federal funding for embryonic stem cell research.Besides favorable public opinion, local and state governments appear to be jumping on the stem cell bandwagon and will be pushing in my more money in the research.So what is a stem cell ??A stem cell is a generic cell that can make exact copies of itself indefinitely. It is also a precursor cell that has the ability to make specialized cells for various tissues in the body (such as heart muscle, brain tissue and liver tissue). Stem cell research is expected to impact advances in curing diseases such as Alzheimer?s and Parkinson?s disease, diabetes, spinal cord injury, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, and... More About: Research , Cell , Search , Stem Cell Research
Stock Market Search Engine
More articles from this author:2007-01-12 02:23:00 Search only stock market related topics. For eg. Search for gold, and only information related to the stock market and gold will be displayed. Try it out. More About: Stock Market , Market , Search , Search Engine , Stock 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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