Archive : Business & Investing

Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, a unit of McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP ) , has once again thrust itself into the spotlight with its downgrade of Google (Nasdaq:GOOG ) Just seven business days after S&P downgraded the credit rating of the United States because of the contentious debt-ceiling debate, it reversed its “buy” rating of Google to “sell” because of Google’s [...]

Google plans to buy Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion, the company announced today, showing that new Chief Executive Larry Page is willing to make big moves and to risk upsetting potential Android partners that compete with Motorola–but also that he’s taking the patent threat to Android very seriously. Here’s the full text of Page’s blog post about the acquisition Google [...]

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2011. “We had a great quarter, with revenue up 32% year on year for a record breaking over $9 billion of revenue,” said Larry Page, CEO of Google. “I’m super excited about the amazing response to Google+ which lets you share just like in real life.” Q2 Financial Summary Google reported revenues [...]

An investor’s risk tolerance may not be static (although authorities argue about this). Personal and outside factors may influence your risk tolerance at any given time or over a period of time. Thus, you might expect changes in your feelings about risk when there are increases or decreases in your family obligations, major shifts in the economy, or other such circumstances. It is wise to be [...]

Portfolio managers do not make corporate decisions. Portfolio managers frame portfolio data around potential choices that will be deliberated by senior management. They need to consider the following. Be sure that all relevant data that supports AND challenges various potential choices are brought to the attention of senior management. Present such data in as straight forward a manner as possible.  [...]

According to research more than 92% of traders close their accounts within 9 months and never come back trading again. This essentially means one thing – trading is not a get rich quick scheme. Yet, this should not be misinterpreted to mean that it is not a profession for newbies. Even the best traders lose money in their first months in the investment industry, and they made it big because they [...]

Hey there if you are looking for an easy way to find to how to calculate profit / loss from in selling stocks this post is for you.  This is an easy example to explain how actually you can easily calculate profit/loss. Question Or Supposed Situation: If i bought $1000 dollars worth of stock on May 3rd, 2010 when the price was $28.78 and sold all of it on December 10th of 2010 where the price was $25.77. Answer: Calculate [...]