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This tag is to be used for questions about stocks. If possible, this tag should be accompanied by a relevant country or stock exchange tag. Questions about specific stocks are discouraged but an example can be used to illustrate a point. Stock is also known as common stock or common equity; do not use this tag for preferred stock.
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How is short interest paid out, & is it possible to estimate the amount of short interest be...
Interest here means something else.
It’s referring to the percent of shares that are shorted for a given stock. A stock can have more that 100% of its shares shorted as the shares bought from the shor …
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How should I deal with my long term gain this year?
I don't believe in letting the tax tail wag the investing dog.
You have a stock you no longer wish to hold for whatever reason? Sell it.
But to sell a loser, hoping it doesn't rise by the time you wis …
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Why should the P/E ratio of a growth stock match its percentage earnings growth rate?
Your observation is mostly right, that 1 is a the number around which this varies.
You are actually referencing PEG, P/E to Growth ratio, which is a common benchmark to use to evaluate a stock. The a …
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Why is the stock market price for a share always higher than the earnings per share?
First, the earnings are per year, not per quarter.
Why would you expect to get a 100% per year return on your money? The earnings can go one of two ways. They can be retained, reinvested in the compa …
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Where are the non floated Groupon shares
The original investors and founders own them.
Think about it this way - When you hear that an IPO priced at $10 opened at $50, is that 'good or 'bad'? Of course, it depends who you are. If you are the …
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Sale of jointly owned stock
They may be confused. The combination of "my wife received stock when younger" and "her father just died" leaves questions. A completed gift, when she was a kid, means she has a basis (cost) same as t …
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Question about data from FTSE 100
Open, high, low, close, volume.
The hint is that volume on new years day is 0.
DC's comment is actually a better answer than mine - when given any data set, you should really know the meaning of ea …
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What can I take from learning that a company's directors are buying or selling shares?
A pattern of high level people buying or selling is a sign, positive or negative.
An individual, not so much. He can be selling to diversify, trying to keep his investments from being all in the comp …
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What does a contract's worth mean?
$400M is the gross "check" the company will receive as payment for the project. The contract will specify payment schedule. And it can range from a payment per milestone achieved to a pay in full on c …
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What is the different between 2 :1 split and 1:1 split
There is no such thing as a "one for one" split. It's either N for 1, or 1 for N in a reverse split.
And for either, N can't be 1.
Yes a 3:2 can happen, but I still read it as 1.5 for 1.
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Beginner questions about stock market
Stocks don't work that way. If all I have is shares, not a short position, not options, I can only see my investment go to zero.
2 - Here, I'd ask that you edit your country in the tags. …
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What happens when a company that has a whole lot of stock decides to turn back into a privat...
There's a vote of shareholders, and once the sale is agreed to by the required majority, and regulators approve, it's done. It's not that the shares are worthless, they are non-existent, replaced by c …
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If you ignore taxes, In the end is using FIFO or LIFO the same?
Yes, the key thing is when all shares are sold, the total gains would be the same. It’s only the sales along the way that have different gains at the moment of the sale.
The difference is only impor …
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How can we save ourselves from large drops in stock price?
By the end of the year, it was taken private at $196.
You either need patience, or a magic trading formula that doesn't exist.
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What's the number 2, 1.84, 2.35 meaning in this news report?
From the Zacks Site this image answers the question.
The above is meant as an explanation of the numbering system, as described by Zacks, not a personal endorsement or comment of any kind regarding …