NEW YORK -- By at least one valuation measure, the stalled stock market appears to be priced for success. The superinflated ratio of stock prices relative to earnings, dubbed the P-E, died with the dot-com stock crash. P-Es have been contracting ever since. As a result, many...
"Theories suggest that both stock market risk and idiosyncratic risk are important determinants of the equity premium but empirical evidence is inconclusive. This paper shows that the (value-weighted) idiosyncratic stock volatility in conjunction with aggregate stock market volatility exhibits strong predictive abilities for excess stock market returns. Consistent with the...
SAN DIEGO -- PURE Bioscience (OTCBB: PURE) announced today that its application for listing of its common stock has been approved by The NASDAQ Stock Market. PURE Bioscience anticipates that its common stock will begin trading on The NASDAQ Capital Market at the opening of the market on Wednesday April...
Builders should keep a sharp eye on the major stock price indexes reported daily in the media. Not only has the stock market been a major force behind the performance of housing and the economy, it is also one of the key indicators being watched by the...
The world's trading superpowers are working quietly behind the scenes on a long-held dream: A stock market that spans the globe. It would work like this: Imagine, if you will, a stock market where trading in American shares begins at 3:00 a.m. New York time, just as Europeans are...
Jan. 30--It used to be a simple question: "How's the stock market doing?" To most people, the stock market meant the Dow Jones Industrial Average. But in today's world of sky-high stock values and emerging technology companies, the Dow has competition. Depending who you...
Has the government figured out a way to rid the stock market of "irrational exuberance" without raising interest rates? It looks that way to me. President Clinton and his advisers realize that a stock market that marches forever forward is not necessarily the best thing for...
Mississippi public companies that are heavily dependent on commodity prices have suffered significant downturns in stock prices as a result of the current stock market correction, but star performer MCI WorldCom continues to significantly outperform stock market averages.
Mississippi public companies that are heavily dependent on commodity prices have suffered significant downturns in stock prices as a result of the current stock market correction, but star performer MCI WorldCom continues to significantly outperform stock market averages.
Today we speculate about why the stock market is rising and whether it can continue to do so, given all the negative economic news. Along the way we will look at a very interesting study on stock values which will be different than the usual report you see. The world...
When money is put into the stock market, it is done with the aim of generating a return on the capital invested. Many investors try not only to make a profitable return but also to outperform, or "Beat," the market. However, market efficiency - detailed in the Efficient Market Hypothesis...
The authors identify the fundamentals behind the dynamics of the U.S. stock market over the past 30 years. They specify a structural vector-error-correction model following the methodology of King, Plosser, Stock, and Watson (1991). This methodology identifies structural shocks with the imposition of long-run restrictions. It allows the authors to...
DALLAS -- The stock market rally has begun. As the economy continues to recover, investors are once again seeking profits on Wall Street. According to the September issue of the H.S. Dent Forecast newsletter, recent stock market gains have been lackluster as the major indices -- NASDAQ, Dow Jones and...
This paper present a model of the stock market in which: i managers have discretion in making investments and must be given the right incentives; and ii stock market traders may have important information that managers do not have about the value of prospective investment opportunities. In equilibrium, information in...
When the stock market was reaching record new highs in 1999 and 2000, many stock valuation models began sounding the alarm - flagging what in hindsight proved to be an extremely overvalued stock market. However, most investors unfortunately chose to ignore this available information, believing instead that one had entered...
Stock Traders Daily has identified Market trends and investor concerns that could suggest that the Market has begun to reverse lower after surging since September 21st.Thomas Kee, Chief Investment Strategist with Stock Traders Daily, has suggested that aggressive Traders consider strategies to protect their long positions and to profit from...
The world's trading superpowers are working quietly behind the scenes on a long-held dream: A stock market that spans the globe. It would work like this: Imagine, if you will, a stock market where trading in American shares begins at 3:00 a.m. New York time,...
Business/Technology Editors CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--BUSINESS WIRE--Dec. 29, 2000 LeadingSide, Inc. (OTCBB: LDSD), a leading provider of e-business solutions, today announced that the Nasdaq Stock Market notified the Company that its common stock would be moved off the Nasdaq Stock Market effective at the opening of business today. The action...
STOCK MARKET January is often viewed as a preview of what the year holds in store for the stock market. Let's hope that is not the case this year. After an encouraging bounce during the first few days of the month, all that and more was ground out...
WOBURN, Mass. -- MicroFinancial Incorporated (AMEX: MFI) announced today that the Board of Directors of MicroFinancial Incorporated has approved the decision to switch the listing of its common stock from the American Stock Exchange to The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC[R]. Effective February 18, 2008, MicroFinancial's common stock will trade on...