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Articles written in April, 2012
Mark Zuckerberg forked over a billion dollars for a small photo-sharing outfit with no revenues and 13 employees. The deal was sewn up over three days, mostly at Zuckerberg’s mansion in Palo Alto, California, and Facebook’s board was informed of it at the last minute. Quite clearly, it was a solo decision by Zuckerberg.
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Sooner or later in your adventures in stock market investing, you will come upon a phenomenon called a Stock Split. In this article, I will discuss the simple concepts behind a stock split, and use Google Inc.’s as a real-life example.
Definition
According to Investopedia, a Stock Split is a corporate action in which a...
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In today’s day and age, it would be wise to keep your mind and ears open to various sources of investment ideas. Twitter is a great platform for sharing ideas and opinions, but don’t just take anyone’s advice. In the world of investing, you must learn to distinguish between what is fluff and what is THE stuff. Otherwise,...
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Compared to the likes of Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) has considerably less consumer product star power and a reputation for being a blundering giant among more lithe and innovative competitors. However, the world’s largest software developer maintains long-established positions of dominance in many of its core...
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When people think of commodities trading, they normally consider a Middle Eastern good consumed primarily by advanced nations. While this is obviously an apt description of oil, it also paints of picture of coffee, the second most frequently traded good in international commodity markets. The demand for these two products follow...
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