"For companies where 30% or 40% of the stock is in the hand of retail investors who wouldn't vote if not contacted, you can move the needle by calling, " explains Drake.
This extraordinary chance to take stock first-hand of the situation in Cambodia helped inform the observations and recommendations we made in the Center's analysis.
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States do not have to acquire majority interest (control of 50% or more of the voting stock) or even insider ownership (control of 5% or more of the voting stock) to wield an influential hand in furthering their interest.
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The basis of stock valuations was no longer cash-in-hand on the part of shareholders, but audited statements mailed in to Washington.
No one knew about that but professional stock photographers, but iStockphoto was bringing in money hand over a fist one dollar at a time, a price drop of 99%.
And we've been persuaded of the merits of financial intermediation, so much so that we think we're investing when we buy the second-hand stock of a company that has been in issue for many years.
On the other hand, that the stock is up 7% in only the first two trading days of the year means the market assumes this to be true.
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On the other hand, it is well known that when employees invest in company stock, it is often for the wrong reasons and at imprudent levels.
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Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair has some advice for investors in regards to Apple shares: Stop the hand-wringing and buy the stock.
For Israel to enjoy the privilege of negotiating with the PLO, it must first announce its willingness to expel all the 500, 000 or so Israeli Jews who live in Judea, Samaria and the neighborhoods in east, south and north Jerusalem built since 1967, as well as in the Old City, and then hand the areas over, lock, stock and barrel, to the PLO.
On the other hand, the stock and futures markets are now more interconnected, which means fluctuations in one market can influence the other market.
After all it is easy to get an adrenaline rush and make thousands or millions of dollars in minutes depending upon how big a hand you want to play by trading Apple stock short-term .
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On the one hand, Needham analyst Richard Kugele writes in a research note this morning, the stock looks cheap.
On the one hand, history has shown that stock market advances can be leading indicators of future advances in the economy by as much as six months.
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In public, he put up nary a fight, only agreed to hand over his stock with a price protection for himself if the company ultimately went for a higher price.
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This data helps to shed light on the relationship between stock returns and growth, by honing in on the relationship, that is the spread, between stock and bond valuations on the one hand and growth on the other.
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And sure enough, the greed got seriously out of hand and then imploded, in fact twice, once with the bursting of the stock market bubble of 2000, and then even more seriously with the real estate and sub-prime mortgage bubble and resulting financial meltdown of 2008-2009.
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On the other hand, if that was a stock mutual fund, they may be eligible for a step up in cost basis, which could mean little or no taxable gain for your heirs.
In sectors like technology it can be even harder for private equity to compete, since valuations in some areas are sky-high and acquirers can use cash on hand and richly-valued stock to make deals.
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One time, we were at a summer stock production of Hamlet, and just at the grave scene, where Hamlet jumps up with that skull in his hand, a train came blowing through the night outside.
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