Graham Rapier
However, the stock market’s reaction indicates that investors do not believe there is a significant threat to the other three companies--or to Dow Corning’s parent companies, Corning and Dow Chemical. None of the firms’ stock prices moved significantly Monday. 3M and Dow actually rose slight...
In theory, the market price of a stock is intended to mirror its potential for growth and future earnings. This means that for a firm to lose all its value, a business must possess no net assets and have zero prospects of any profits during the remainder of its lifespan. However, it i...
Making predictions about the stock market can be fun, but there’s no way to know with certainty what will happen. That said, many people believe that the key to investment success is timing the markets: Getting out of stocks before a decline and getting back into stocks prior to a stock...
If your company (e.g. the target company) is getting acquired, you’ll want to understand what happens to your stock. When a company buys another company, what can happen to your stock depends on several factors, including if you own stock outright or vested/unvested stock options/RSUs. ...
purchased through a failed stock broker, SIPC will work to replace or restore the same number of shares to the investor. However, if the stock price plummets during the time the stock broker goes bust to the time that the SIPC steps in, the SIPC will not reimburse the money the investor...
According to our soothsayers, when the Fed decided to keep interest rates where they’ve been since 2008, at near zero, rather than raise them, it should have triggered a big stock-market rally. But that’s not what happened. Or rather, it triggered some rallies, but soon the hot air...
has a unique equity plan. So the rules can vary depending on factors like your role, if the employer is public or private, vested status of your shares, if you have stock options or other forms of equity, etc. Here’s what can happen to your employer shares if you leave the company....
However, the stock market is the trading network made up of all the individual stock exchanges and other market centers where people can trade stocks. When you hear people and the media discuss stock market performance, they're often referring to one of a handful of indexes that track the ...
With a fixed immediate annuity you can set up a steady income stream that you will never outlive no matter what happens to interest rates or the stock market. The payments can be made for your lifetime, for both you and your spouse's lifetimes, for a limited period of time, or for ...