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Are you allowed to trade stocks after you've been an SA?
I just finished my SA stint at a BB . I know BBs have compliance rules about opening up these type of accounts (Scottrade, TD Ameritrade, etc..) I finished my internship, so am I allowed to open up one of these accounts? Is there a certain time period that I must wait until I am allowed to do so? I...
Futures and Foreign Exchange trading questions
I've been asking a lot of questions on here lately hope no one minds. This is a great resource for me So I have been trading stocks for a while and have always been more interested in the concept of futures and foreign exchange. I like to focus on the world economy and the bigger picture. I like the...
How do you research your trades?
Hey guys, lately i've been doing a lot of trading in my own account with TD ameritrades thinkorswim. I usually use Yahoo finance for news but i've had problems with most of the articles not having helpful information in actually making a trading decision and I want to be more efficient and find...
What's the Matter with RIMM?
The Blackberry maker’s (NASDAQ:RIMM) troubles are well-documented already, but even so they continue to bear further discussion on the competitive landscape as well as the industry as a whole. This week’s announcement that they were laying off about 10% of the workforce continued that trend....
Writing a long report on a Chinese ADR stock
Monkeys, I would really appreciate your help in this matter. So I have to write a 5-6 page long report on a Chinese stock that trades on a U.S. exchange (ADR). I was told that it shoud contain an investment thesis, executive summary, couple of reasons why it's a buy, valuation, potential risks. I...
The 5 and 5 Club
Watched an interesting segment today on Bloomberg TV about stocks with 5% dividend yield and 5% earnings growth. I know some people here have been asking about safe places to park their money while capturing a decent yield, so hopefully these give you guys some ideas. They came up with- Leggett and...
7 Stocks Billionaire Hedge Funders Are Crazy About
Insider Monkey tracks nearly 400 hedge fund managers and prominent investors. Thirty nine of these fund managers are billionaires. Nowadays readers have access to websites that track the daily changes in billionaires’ wealth. We wanted to track the performance of billionaires’ top stock picks....
Sun Worship
I’ve always found it funny how the markets overreact sometimes. It can wipe you out with the most immaterial shred of news and it can turn you into bloody Croesus just on whispers and rumors. And the past few days have been no exception. With the media focused on Japan’s ongoing nuclear...
Insider Purchases in Three Large-Cap Stocks
Inside information pays. Corporate insiders usually have access to material non-public information about their companies. They sometimes trade illegally on such information and make great profits. Some of them were investigated, caught and sent to jail, but there are still many other insiders...
The new dividend tax rate in 2013 would be 44.8%
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204… President Obama's 2013 budget is the gift that keeps on giving—to government. One buried surprise is his proposal to triple the tax rate on corporate dividends, which believe it or not is higher than in his previous budgets. Mr. Obama is...
How Would You Invest $1 Million?
If you had $1 million of personal savings, how would you invest it? Would you use a wealth manager, split it among several mutual funds, buy individual stocks, etc... You can read a detailed thread on this topic on WSO .
Smaller private investment firms?
Would anyone in the community know of any smaller (
Three Large-Cap Stocks Insiders Are Selling Like Crazy
Academic research has shown that insider purchases on average outperformed the market over the following 12-month period. On the other hand, insider sales are usually not informative. This is because most insider sales are motivated by diversification or liquidity needs. Therefore, insider sales...
13 Cheap US Stocks Insiders Bought Recently
We track corporate insiders because we believe that they have an edge over ordinary investors. Academic research has shown that insider purchases on average outperform the market in the following 12-month period. Even small insider purchases are marginally profitable. The reason is simple. Insiders...
Prove Yourself Smarter Than Your Local Billionaire
In this week's issue of "Are You Smarter Than Your Local Billionaire?" we examine a few words from a Mr. David Tepper. Tepper, for those who've been stuck in an Excel template for the last 5 years, is the founder of Appaloosa Management and the guy who the New York Times named in March of this year...
16 Cheap High Yields With Low Beta Ratios
Here is a current sheet of stocks with a dividend yield of more than 5 percent (high yield) and a cheap price to free cash flow ratio (a value of less than 10). In addition, the market capitalization is above $300 million and the stock should be less volatile than the whole capital market (a beta...
Best Dividends In Aerospace And Defense Industry - Which to Buy?
Dividend payers deserve a berth in any long-term stock portfolio. But seemingly attractive dividend yields are not always as fetching as they may appear. Let's see which companies in the aerospace and defense industry offer the most promising dividends. Below, I've compiled some of the major...
Some Trading Rules to Live By....
As I've been reevaluating performance thus far this year and figuring out what I've done that has worked, and not worked, I decided to revisit a list of principles I started about four years ago when I got serious with trading . I'd love to see people build upon this including the guys with great...
What a f'n day in the market.
What a f'n day in the market. I am not sure if it was a dead cat bounce or an actual rally from being oversold. I'm confused. Any input?
"Rip your face off" Rally
they're talking right now about a rip your face off rally on CNBC, which will thwart the short sellers who played a large role in yesterday's nosedise. All this ahead of the fed statement later today.
BUY BUY BUY!!!??
As the market is getting completely clobbered today (and all last week) this feels exactly like fall 2008 to me. I made a killing then, and am looking at new buying opportunities. Are people buying right now? I am looking at FAS currently and interested in hearing about technical trading strategies...
My "fund" made a 34% return this past year
Bought $5,000 of GOOG at 451 last July and sold last week at 608 for an annual return of 34%. To all the HF managers out there, I say "beat that!" You jelly?
Trading or AM?
Guys, I've been investing for 2 years now and I love it. It's truely a passion. I've done 2 years, of a 4 year engineering degree at McGill University. I tried to get a a trading internship for the summer but that failed. I'm doing a Project Management internship instead which is also pretty...
Got some cash - where are you throwing your money?
Dow is tanking this morning and gold is skyrocketing. The gold bubble has to come to a screeching halt sooner or later. How are you playing it? Where are you putting your money? Short term? 1-5 years? 10+ years?
Starting an investment blog, need to self-educate
I am going to start an investment blog where I will discuss stocks. I am in the process of studying for the Series 65 exam and at some point I will have my 'company' licensed as an LLC. Obviously the purpose of this is mostly to impress potential employers. I am unsure if I will be able to write...
Need Help Making Sense of Valuation
Ok, so hypothetically we know that the reinvestment rate of a firm multiplied by the firm's return on capital gives us the growth rate of operating cash flows. Or in other words, growth rate/return on capital=reinvestment rate. But when I look at the financial statements of different companies...
XOM as a Stock Pick
Has anyone here done a valuation of XOM? It seems way too cheap on an intrinsic value basis. I also like JNJ and GS . Both probably 20% undervalued, at least according to my calculations. Also, is there any site that has good research and valuation reports? Thanks.
Dividend stocks
For those of you who have your own PA, what are some high dividend paying stocks you would recommend? Bigbadanalyst
Stock Screeners
I was wondering if there were any free "stock screening" programs available on the internet for personal use. I have been using the Yahoo screener for some time, but now I am looking for something more powerful, if it exists. Specifically, I would like to track the share performance of companies...
What's the best job for me?
Hey guys, been doing some thinking lately... Do I really want to go into trading ? I like doing dilligent due dilligence, speaking to other investors, contacting companies' IR, following the markets as a whole.. Is trading the best thing? If not, what else do you suggest I have a look at? Thanks for...
Is the Market Calling for a Double Dip
Saw this today and it chills me. Price % Gainers USNASDAQAMEXNYSE Symbol Name Last Trade Change Volume Related Info QID ProShares UltraShort QQQ 51.28 4:00PM EST 40.73 (386.07%) 9,763,285 Chart, Profile, More SCO ProShares UltraShort DJ-AIG Cru 48.36 4:00PM EST 38.38 (384.57%) 1,314,460 Chart,...
stocks and inflation
Hello all... i am new here and i have a few questions inflation seems to be on the rise... am i correct in saying that bond prices will increase since the threat of a raise in interest rates or a lower price due to government selling also will commodities stocks tend to increase along with the...
Happy Pill Market Resumes
The markets are once again flying higher. Last Fridays massive sell off is ancient history. New 52 week highs are being hit once again and all is right in the world. The sarcasm again bleeds through here but the basic facts are, a massive move higher has engulfed the markets today. The Federal...
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Uranium in play for 2011?
Happy New Years! Now that we have that out of the way, let's talk trading. I've been looking at several Uranium stocks. A lot of reports I've been reading have pointed to Uranium being an incredibly hot commodity in future due to explosion of the BRIC countries and America's Go Green! campaign....
Actually following stocks to prepare for ST interviews
To prep for ST SA interviews: I read the WSJ, Seeking Alpha, FT , Bloomberg very extensively on top of watching Bloomberg and CNBC. I know all the general macro trends: unemployment, QE2, euro zone crisis, housing indexes, manufacturing indexes, Chinese tightening monetary policies... I also have...
Starting Stock portfolio
Hi everyone. I looking to start my first stock portfolio with around $500. What's the best online broker for a college student for a tiny investment? And also, what do you guys think of Citi right now? Its trading at $4.50
Best Way To Determine Entry Points for Stocks?
Hi, I'm looking at buying either XOM or CVX (btw, any opinions on which one lol) and I was wondering what you all typically use to determine the entry points for stocks? For a casual investor like myself, what's a good way to determine what price to pay for stocks? I used to just look at price...
Becoming Great
I want to learn how to invest. Right now I am pretty young, and while I may or may not end up in high finance, I want invest well. Simply put I am interested in stocks and long-term investing in hopes of making money for myself. I have started reading books and looking up many numbers to look at and...
Business Law essay topic relevant to trading?
Hey everyone I am trying to come up with a topic that I will really want to dig deep in.....that is relevant to what I want to do-Trading The class is for Business Law and the assignment is: The project will be research of a legal topic of personal interest to the student and relevant to business...
When do you think this bull run will end?
I don't really understand why there has been such a huge rally in the stock market off late. There still seems to be a lot of question marks, and I'm not very convinced that this run will be sustainable. If I were to make an uneducated guess, I'd say that the dow should top off somewhere around...
Trading Stocks after SA?
I know that during our internship/full-time years, we can't trade stocks from the coverage group we're in (e.g., no trading in Google stocks if you work in tech banking). For those that just finished an SA position, can we now trade again in stocks in our coverage group? Or do we need to wait a...
Need input on my list of B-schools to break into Trading
Hi, I need to finalize my list for Spring 2011 Transfer. I currently have a 3.65 cumulative at a cc. Copresident of Finance & Investment Society. Up 23% from 2010, even in this volatile market of course with low capital=2k. BTW shorted the April top =] Phi Theta Kappa, working full time while going...
Need help for great undergraduate Bschools focused on Trading.
Hey everyone. I have been making lists of schools and find one school I like in particular...Then I read up more on it and have to change my mind.....Basically indecisive..and I need your inputs. Anyways, a little about me I am a finance major residing in San Diego. Currently a 3.65 cumulative, Phi...
The Informational Advantage- What do you Know that Other People Don’t
Bank of Japan Deputy Governor Kiyohiko Nishimura discusses "informational advantage" this week at the Lujiazui Forum on economics and finance in Shanghai: "In my understanding, the Volcker Rule [proposed legislation restricting banks from making certain speculative investments] is designed to deter...
"When the market goes down, the clothes come off..."
finance + stripping: forgive me if this is old news, but i've been lurking silently here for a while and this is the first thing ever to make me actually create an account. thought you guys (and gals) would appreciate this.
How do foreigners buy USA stock?
How would my uncle in China buy American stocks? Is it very complicated? I don't want to give him access to my bank accounts and buy it for him due to tax purposes.
Bad Advise?
Fortunes come and go, but the lessons you learn last forever....and are worth more than their weight in gold. Disagree? Discuss
DNDN
Do you think this is a good buy now? or do you think its overvalued?
The Ultimate Truth on Preventing Market Abuse – It Can’t be Done
I just finished reading a 144-page document from the Committee of European on ways to prevent market abuse. The paper discusses myriad ways regulators can browbeat listed companies into following disclosure rules. Basically, it's 144 pages on how to force people to tell the truth. Here's the...
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