So it would be great if we could have a genie who would tell us exactly when you ought to be in the stock market and when you ought to be out, but the fact is it doesn't work and if you try to do it, you're more likely to get it wrong.
That may have boosted profitability in the late 1990s, as more employees were willing to be paid in stock options in lieu of cash.
Both conditions must be met in order for the sale of stock to be classified in this manner.
And in Hong Kong the view seems to be that buying stock in a high-tech start-up is akin to purchasing a lottery ticket.
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This implies that the place for investors to be is in the stock market: the most likely direction of the market is up.
Thompson argued that there is money to be made in the stock ahead of the early 2013 launch of a make-or-break line of BlackBerry devices.
He also vowed to "fix Social Security, " refusing to rule out raising the retirement age or allowing some Social Security funds to be invested in the stock market.
In a study published in Science in December, Caltech economist Colin Camerer and colleagues asked why people tend to be afraid to invest in stock markets outside their own country.
"I'm in a career that can be short so I'm in a fortunate position to be good stock at the moment, " Holdsworth admitted to BBC Wales' Sport Wales show.
And the President has long advocated that in lieu of cash, any bonus that is given ought to be given in long-term stock that does not, again, reward short-term risk taking, but rewards long-term success.
That seems to be soothing stock investors in Europe where the major markets are all higher.
But the better known a financial measure is, the more likely it is to be fully incorporated in the stock price.
And you can even reserve your movie using a smartphone app to ensure it will be in stock when you get there.
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Hu Angang of Tsinghua University estimates that half of Chinese growth per person in 1978-98 can be attributed to the increase in capital stock per head.
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While the calls do not appear to be tied to any simultaneous transaction in the underlying stock, it is possible the investor is already long the stock and selling covered calls.
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Those poor folks were told in 2010 that they could not withdraw their funds from HCP even as it was not doing well unless they wished to be paid out in LightSquared stock, now worthless.
The investor responsible for the transaction may be taking an outright bearish stance on the stock, or may be using the position to hedge long stock in DNKN through earnings.
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To be clear, in order to make money in the stock market, you have to accept some level of risk.
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That may initially seem hard to believe, since yields for U.S Treasuries and German bunds have dropped to what seem to be unattractive levels in recent months as volatile stock markets have driven investors to put their money where they are guaranteed not to lose it.
Aside from betting on a rally in the underlying shares, call options can also be used to protect short positions in the stock.
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Likewise, why should companies not issue bonds paying 7-8% to buy back stock paying only 1% if the stock will be 20% higher in a year, partly thanks to the buyback itself.
When it comes to investing, it can be hard to pinpoint why a stock moves noticeably in one direction or the other.
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Considering that the quality of the streaming catalog for movies is about that of early 2010 (and expired and unrenewed contracts have been countered with only meager additions) and the by-mail DVD services are comparable to about the same era, I figure the stock should be comparable in price to the pre-2010 boom.
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To be sure, there is ALWAYS something to worry about in the stock market.
To be sure, the sluggishness is due in part to a becalmed stock market.
While it would be hard to sing the same tune regarding the overall state of the stock market in the U.S. it might be okay to hum along.
To compile a dividend stock buy list, you need to be knowledgeable in cash flow and debt metrics because it is the sustainability of high dividends that make certain stocks attractive.
For once I would like to be wrong: I hope the stock soars in coming years and am glad to hear the relatively new Board Chairman talk about acquisitions instead of sales to pay off the government.
As investors, we need to be patient for growth, and understand that investment in growth is a long-term stock catalyst, and NFLX is setting up its business model to be even more profitable in the future.
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Four years ago Shubei Abe proved there was money to be made in the then lagging Japanese stock market.
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