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• Has Internet Business Become Relevant for Stocks? (Part 2) - Editor, 25 October 2007 - No Comments yet

Has Internet Business Become Relevant for Stocks? (Part 1)

Threats to Corporation Stocks from Small Internet Business

The nature of competition and the pace of market penetration are other new threats to entrenched stocks; conversely, they are exciting opportunities for venturesome capitalists who aim to make quick tracks with smart investments. The Internet helps new entrants and relatively small players in ways and at rates, which were not possible earlier. Investors have to take note of this because new kids on the block could replace some blue chip stocks of yesteryear.

• Vital Signs of Healthy Stocks (Part 1) - Editor, 24 October 2007 - No Comments yet

How much easier it would be to deal in stocks if only financial health could be gauged as precisely as human wellness! Doctors have fixed ways of determining how their patients fare, but analysts only agree to disagree when it comes to most stocks! Subjectivity in assessing company performance may be amusing for those with no more than passing interests in stocks, but inabilities to spot changes in trends, and errors in valuing stocks, make profits for some at the costs of others.

• Vital Signs of Healthy Stocks (Part 2) - Editor, 24 October 2007 - No Comments yet

Vital Signs of Healthy Stocks (Part 1)

All companies swing between earnings and growth at various points of their respective cycles. RVD depends on 2 valuation disciplines: RDY or Relative Dividend Yield and RPSR or Relative Price to Sales Ratio. RDY measures dividend yield in comparison to the market, while RPSR facilitates finding the best stocks in a sector. Overall, RVD has better chances of locating stocks with superior potentials than the conventional focus on dividends in isolation.

• New Options for Global Trading in Stocks (Part 1) - Editor, 23 October 2007 - No Comments yet

The facility to buy and sell stocks from the privacy and convenience of a computer screen, at any time of day or night, has changed the stock market structure for ever. Entire swathes of jobs and services have been rendered null and void, while new technologies and advisory services have been born. The inter-relationships between hardware, software, and financial services may be entirely symbiotic, but new trading options for stocks are common denominators of revolutionary changes in the public ownership of companies that work for profits. Most of the ideological opposition to private enterprise and to western capitalism dissolves when one considers the generous individual freedoms provided by screen-based trading options.

• New Options for Global Trading in Stocks (Part 2) - Editor, 23 October 2007 - No Comments yet

New Options for Global Trading in Stocks (Part 1)

Values to Capture in Small and Medium Sector Stocks

Large trans-national corporations offer limited options for citizens to participate in stocks from other countries. Some companies have laws which require part local ownerships of all companies which operate in their territories. This is primarily why companies which originate in the first world also list affiliate organizations in Exchanges of other countries. However, international financial and trade organizations frown on such compulsions, so some global corporations have begun to de-list from country Exchanges.

• Strategic Sourcing for Strengthening Stocks (Part 1) - Editor, 22 October 2007 - No Comments yet

Professionals from the purchasing function rarely get public credit for their invaluable contributions to the performance of the best stocks. Senior executives and celebrities from marketing and finance steal the limelight when stocks outperform their peers, but behind most of these success stories lie systematic and diligent efforts of the purchase function.

• Strategic Sourcing for Strengthening Stocks (Part 2) - Editor, 22 October 2007 - No Comments yet

How Executive Procurement Decisions Can Affect Stocks (Cont.)

Companies which are close to their customers, especially those in services, tend to see purchasing as a staff function of marketing. That is why outsourced advertising and communication campaigns are generally left to product managers and the like. This kind of organization helps to grow market shares, but a plethora of inventory types also tends to push up working capital levels. Companies with generous current results may not worry about inefficiencies in purchase processes, and tend to be indulgent towards marketing executives with grand budgets, but investors should be wary of such set-ups because stocks may lose significant values in the process. Every function likes to independent, and purchasing is no exception: should there be places for the purchase people in Board rooms?

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