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Trading community is always interesting in getting inside scoop about a company. While it is difficult for an outsider to get a valuable inside information in advance, you can use some proxy to simulate the experience. One such proxy is to track insider transactions such as stock buying and selling done by the company management […]

The global economic crisis has investors so uptight that Thursday’s accidental early release of Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) 3rd quarter results stirred a frenzy among traders. The market reacted to the early report, which revealed a 20% decrease in profits year-on-year for the quarter, with the share price dropping 9% from $705.58 to $681.79.  Chicken Little was […]

Earning season is in full swing. However, the markets got a big jolt yesterday as tech giant Google’s disappointing earnings got leaked ahead of the schedule. The leak promptly sent the company’s stock into a tailspin and the markets felt the tremors too.

Markets are in the indeterminate mode today. Dow Index & S&P are trading in green whereas the Nasdaq is in the red zone. There are stocks which are making good movement, be it in the negative territory or positive.

Financial ratios can provide insight into a company’s health and future prospects. Out of the many financial ratios, there are a couple which I regularly incorporate for my portfolio management.

Analysts’ opinion about a stock carries a lot of weight. However, the parameter is not entirely foolproof. On an average, most of the analysts shy away from passing negative or sell recommendation for a stock. Therefore, I prefer to take analysts recommendations with a pinch of salt. At the very same time, I also keep […]

Many people have been largely skeptical of investing in stocks of social networks giants, especially since the embarrassed failure of Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) IPO in the market, which saw the company’s shares decline greatly and also shockingly. While Facebook has over 850 million active users from everywhere in the world and a basically sustained huge flow […]

Earning season so far has been mild. According to a FactSet report, 63 percent of the companies so far managed to beat analysts’ estimates for earnings, while 56 percent of the companies surpassed the revenue estimates.  While this may sound good, but historically most of the S&P 500 companies tend to report better than expected […]

Facebook E-commerce move: Is It Merely a Desperate Step to Revive Its Beaten up Stock? After the shocking disappointments of the botched Facebook (NYSE:FB) IPO, and the dramatic events that saw investors filing suit against the social network company, it seem pretty much that the executives at the company will have nothing else to focus […]

Markets are looking shaky on the last of the trading week, which looks like an expected end to a tumultuous period. Earnings season is upon us and things do not seem to be particularly bright. Several companies have issued warnings about their earnings.