familiar with the current economic crisis here in America. It seems like the Dow Jones Industrial Index and the S&P 500 Index are dropping lower every day‚ not to mention the poor condition of tech stocks listed in Nasdaq. Here’s some current stock market figures that display the markets current deterioration: The Nasdaq index lost 8 percent of its value‚ putting it nearly two thirds off its peak last year‚ the Dow Jones index closed below 10‚000‚ ending its biggest one-week point drop in 11 years
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Market 1. The Big Picture a. Dow theory b. Trading actions c. Confidence index 2. Technical Conditions Within the Market a. Market volume b. Breadth of the market c. Short interest d. Odd-lot trading 3. Trading Rules and Measures a. Advance-Decline line b. New highs-New lows c. The Arms index d. Mutual fund cash ratio e. On balance volume f. Investment newsletter sentiment index 4. Charting a. Bar charts b. Point-and-figure charts c. Chart formations d. Moving averages Concepts in Review II. Random
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3M is one of the thirty businesses of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. The company has worldwide sales of $29.6 billion‚ and international sales of $19.6 billion‚ which makes up about 66% of the company’s total sales. After analyzing 3M’s annual balance sheets for the past five financial years‚ we can compare the company’s assets and liabilities and predict its future progress. 3M’s current ratio is positive because its current assets are all higher than that
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All and all‚ Dow Jones Industrial Average was the most widely used barometer of the stock market’s health. The stocks were very big and important to the people. In September 1929‚ stock prices peaked and then fell drastically. Confidence of the people dropped‚ and investors quickly sold their stocks. On October 24‚ it got worse and fell even more‚ more investors unloaded their shares. On October 29‚ Black Tuesday arrived. The bottom fell out of the market and of the nations confidence. The
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1/24/2012 Caterpillar Inc. SWOT Analysis I. Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ industrial gas. (Yahoo Finance) Caterpillar started in 1925 by a merger of The Holt Manufacturing Company. Holt was already involved in many projects associated in WWI and projects here in the US. Caterpillar has grown the machinery business from mining‚ forestry machinery‚ including track and wheel tractors‚ track and wheel loaders‚ pipe layers
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$3-trillion-plus global petrochemicals market climbed 2% to $1‚350 per metric ton (/mt) in December‚ according to the just-released monthly average of the Platts Global Petrochemical Index (PGPI)‚ a benchmark basket of seven widely used petrochemicals. This follows a drop of 2% in November. But on a year-over-year basis‚ petrochemical prices were up 16% from the December 2011 average price of $1‚161/mt‚ according to data published by Platts‚ a leading global energy‚ petrochemicals and metals information provider
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How to Calculate Beta Beta refers to the volatility of a particular stock compared against the volatility of the entire stock market or‚ in practice‚ a representative index of that market‚ such as the Standard and Poor ’s (S&P) 500. Beta is an indicator of how risky a particular stock is and is used to evaluate its expected rate of return. Beta is one of the fundamentals stock analysts consider when choosing stocks for their portfolios‚ along with price-to-earnings ratio‚ shareholder ’s equity
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until 1892 when a merger took place between his company Edison General Electric Company and The Thompson Houston Company that General Electric Company was formed (ge.com). By 1896 the company was trading publicly on the then newly launched Dow Jones Industrial Average. Trading under the ticker symbol GE‚ General Electric is the only company from the original twelve stocks traded on the DJIA that is still listed on the index today. Currently‚ Jeffery Immelt serves as CEO for the Fortune #6 large cap conglomerate
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his money in stock market‚ is not sure that he could earn a profit or lose his money when he invests to an AT&T company’s stock or a stock market index‚ Dow Jones Industry Average. So he called his friend who works at financial consulting company and heard that the monthly positive and negative investment returns on AT&T and Dow Jones Industry Average were historically almost the same. However the economic situation recently has been getting better than in previous years. So before investing he is going
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Introduction This assignment first gives an insight to McDonald’s corporation history and current situation. Then it describes the management features that are inherited from the founder‚ Ray Kroc and how the performance is impacted by the founder. I. An Introduction to McDonald’s Corporation McDonald’s holds the biggest name in the world’s fast food industry today. Since it’s foundation in 1954‚ McDonald’s has satisfied the customers with its main product‚ hamburger. With having more than
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