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By Andrew Benson Williams says he wants to secure the team’s long-term future

The Williams Formula 1 team is considering a flotation on the stock market, chairman Adam Parr has said.

Team principal and owner Sir Frank Williams would remain the majority shareholder, with co-founder Patrick Head retaining a "substantial" stake.

Parr said the move was not motivated by a desire to seek an injection of funds.

"If we were to go to the market, it would create a basis for future planning. It’s about succession planning and future-proofing," he said.

"We have to think about the long-term future of the team. you can’t do it overnight and you can’t do it in a rush, better to plan now to prepare for the future."

Williams are one of the most successful teams in F1, but they have slipped from the pedestal they occupied when they dominated the sport for much of the 1980s and 1990s.

It is very important to state we are not as a company seeking to raise funds Adam ParrWilliams F1 chairman

They have not won a championship since 1997 and last won a grand prix in 2004 and have in recent years struggle to raise the budget required to compete at the front.

Sir Frank Williams said in a statement: "For some years I’ve been considering how to secure the long-term future of Williams. I’ve concluded the option that will best achieve this is to broaden our shareholder base with public investors.

"Patrick, Toto (Wolff, a fellow shareholder) and I are therefore examining this option closely and if the environment is propitious, we may well act in the near future.

"Whatever action we take, I shall remain the majority shareholder and chairman."

Williams owned 65% of the team and Head 35% until they sold what is believed to be 10% to Wolff in 2009, reducing their own shareholding’s proportionally.

Parr added: "It is very important to state we are not as a company seeking to raise funds. this would not involve any new equity or funding for the company."

Frank Williams wins Helen Rollason award

And he Parr denied that the action was motivated by a desire from Williams to retire: "Absolutely not. It is not anywhere near his agenda."

He said that the team had made the announcement to avoid the news leaking out and leading to damaging speculation about their plans.

"there comes a point where in a process like this where you’re talking to so many different people that either you can’t have effective conversations any further, or you’re going to confront leaks," Parr said.

"and we thought it was very important to be able to plan it effectively without worrying about all this. We didn’t want rumours beginning that we have no ability to control."

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Williams finished sixth in the constructors’ championship in 2010 and at the Brazilian Grand Prix the German Nico Hulkenberg took their first pole position for five years.

Hulkenberg has not been retained for 2011 after Williams decided to take on the Venezuelan rookie Pastor Maldonado, whose presence is linked to a multi-year, multi-million pound sponsorship deal with his country’s state oil company, PDVSA.

Their lead driver will continue to be the Brazilian veteran Rubens Barrichello, a former Ferrari driver who has competed in more grands prix than any other driver in history.

Williams Formula 1 team consider stock market flotation

What is the explanation for the gains on Wall Street?

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Since Main Street is usually mentioned when we discuss small businesses or home towns, the answer is YES.

Big businesses benefit first and will fill their own coffers from giant sources, like overseas markets, commodity trading, and loans/lending.

Then their profits have to go somewhere else. Governement taxes, payrolls, stock dividends, reinvestments and other purchasing options will occur and smaller businesses will see their own sales increase. the concept is referred to as 'trickle down economics' and was first sensationalized during the eight years that Reagan was president in the U.S.

Since then, the theory of trickle down economics has had supporters and detractors talking about whether it works or not. Let's hope that is works and continues to work for the sake of all of us that don't work in multimillion dollar offices.

Stock Market: Will Main Street benefit from the jump on Wall Street?

By: Dave Moenning, Chief Portfolio Strategist for the ETF Channel Flexible Growth Investment Portfolio

Don’t you love this time of year? no, I’m not referring to the joyous time with family, the shopping, the decorations, or the holiday celebrations. no, I’m talking about the generalizations toward the market offered up by the talking heads on T.V. when referencing the upcoming calendar change.

On that note, I’ve noticed that there is a new phrase that seems to have caught fire with the commentators. while the term “equity positive” is not really a new Wall Street-ism, I must admit that it’s been awhile since I’ve heard this one being bandied about with such regularity. In short, after hearing nothing but fear and loathing for months about the outlook for the stock market, all of a sudden EVERYTHING is “equity positive.”

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It’s as if somebody finally figured out that stocks are up nicely from the March 2009 lows and that they aren’t going back to revisit those lows anytime soon. It’s as if the analysts being put on the T.V. sets are telling people that after an 85% rise in the stock market, it’s time to get back in. and what’s surprising is that everyone, everywhere seems to be buying it.

For example, just this week, we’ve been told that an increase in inflation is an equity positive right now (Yes, I get it; this is what the Fed is after. But say that sentence out loud and see if it doesn’t sound just a little strange). the rise in interest rates? Yep, an equity positive as it shows the economy is improving. the new highs in commodity prices? no worries – that’s an equity positive too!

The point this morning is that with stocks up +12% on the year and +85% off of the bottom, suddenly everybody is exuding confidence and telling us how wonderful 2011 is going to be. where were these guys back in the summer when double-dip was the phrase of the day? where were they when just about everyone was sure that the European debt mess was going to bring down the global recovery?

As a point of reference, the average gain seen from the bull markets since 1900 has been something on the order of 81%. and those bull markets labeled as a “cyclical bull within a secular bear” have seen gains that are a bit less than that. So, while I DO believe that stocks CAN CERTAINLY go higher from here based on valuations, earnings, etc., I think the goal of the stock market game is to be most bullish at the bottom and most bearish at the top.

However, given that just about everything under the sun is now an “equity positive” and the sentiment readings are quickly reaching extreme levels, it would appear that just the opposite is occurring. So, while the trend is your friend and it is important to never ever pick a fight with the Fed when they are on a mission, I’m going to suggest that this may not be the best time to fire up that margin account again in order to buy those triple-long ETF’s in 2011.

Turning to this morning… things are fairly quiet in the early going as the news flow is limited and foreign markets are mixed-to-slightly lower.

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On the economic front… the government’s second revision of the nation’s third quarter GDP shows the economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.6% in the quarter. This was below the consensus expectations for a growth rate of 2.8% but above the first revision of 2.5%. (Recall that the final Q2 rate was +1.7% and Q1 was +3.7%). Looking at the all-important consumer activity, the Personal Consumption component of the report came in slightly below expectations with a gain of 2.4% vs. the consensus for 2.5% and the first revision’s +2.8%. (Last quarter was 2.2%)

Thought for the day: Laughter is great exercise – it’s like jogging for the soul…

ETFs

Proshares Ultra KBW Regional Banking (KRU) up 5.73%SPDR KBW Regional Banking ETF (KRE) up 2.82%Daily Financial Bull 3x Shares (FAS) up 2.52%

Proshares Short KBW Regional Banking (KRS) down 3.03%Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares (FAZ) down 2.45%Daily Real Estate Bear 3x Shares (DRV) down 1.92%

Wall Street Research Summary

* Constellation Energy (CET) – Citi* Foot Locker (FL) – Added to Top Picks Live at FBR Capital* WABCO (WBC) – Target increased to $70 from $60 at KeyBank* ABB Limited (ABB) – Sterne, Agee* Doral Financial (DRL) – Sterne, Agee* Priceline.com (PCLN) – ThinkEquity

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* Krispy Kreme (KKD) – BGB Securities* Nabors Industries (NBR) – Removed from s.t. buy at Deutsche Bank* Franklin Resources (BEN) – Susquehanna* Tenet Healthcare (THC) – Wells Fargo

Long positions in stocks mentioned: WBC

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Good day,

It never fails to amaze me how little people know about investing in stocks.

For example, one young lady seems to think that all stock activities are margin related, she cited scenarios from Television dramas about how investors have to keep topping up their account when the shares prices fell.

Another experience, I had encounter is that this guy seemingly thinks that one must sit in front of the computer to monitor his stocks at all times. when I prompt for a reason, I was told that the shares must be sold immediately when it starts falling.

On both occasions, I was stunned for a short while before I started my speech on how the stock market really works. Basically I explained to the lady that if you did not leverage, you would not need to top up. Explaining the movement of price action to the second guy was much easier though.

Well, the objective of this post is to address this issue and setup a reading list so that potential investors are not misled by misconceptions.

You should read the following books in this order:

1) MorningStar- The five rules for successful stock investing by Pat Dorsey

2) MorningStar- The Ultimate Dividend Playbook

3) One up on Wall Street & Beating the Street by Peter Lynch

4) The Intelligent Investor by Graham

5) Technical Analysis Explained by Martin J.Pring

If you can finish understanding the above mention, then you are well on your way………

1 & 2 will build your foundation especially if you know nothing at all……teach you how to analysis financial statements

3 will broaden your horizons with 10 baggers etc, because 1 & 2 are very conservative

4 is kinda like Sun Zi Art of War for investing……but very difficult, not recommended for new investors.

5 is the proper way of technical analysis, probably the best i read…..it’s used as a textbook internationally i believe

Happy reading =)

newborn1000: What books to read on investing?

as is it not confirmed that their own father was a "Boot legger" with ties to Al Capone etc during the roaring 20's as well as a Stock market cheater?

please explain how this was not more brought up ..especially when Robert Kennedy was trying to say that HOFFA was a "organised" criminal? was this kind of hypocritical a bit? how the Kennedies still had ties with the Mafia? and was their father Joseph Kennedy still ;alive?

and is true that he was a boot legger with ties to Al Capone? .

please explain what you can why a president of the USA would be allowed in office with this record? as well as head of the SEC of the Wall STreet Stock exchange?

thanks fo ryour answers!

The Kennedy's sought out Joe Kennedy's mob buddies for money and voter fraud. the mob thought they would have it made with one of their paid politicians in the White House, but the Kennedy's stabbed the mob in the back what with robert's investigations into organized crime.

John F. Kennedy (and Bobby Kennedy) were allowed in 'politics' because THEY were not the 'bad apples' of the family…..their father, Joseph, was.

It's no different than grandaddy Bush selling arms to the nazis. Our society is designed to reward the most corrupt among us.

My own grandfather was a bootlegger…I'm not a criminal.
My uncle worked with Jimmy Hoffa…I'm not in the Mafia.

Oh my god, we've had SO much worse than Kennedy. they made their fortune on booz and had affairs, big whoop. Dick Cheney makes them look like absolute amateurs.

And hey, you still have a Queen for Gods sake…does the name Longshanks mean anything to you?

Old Man Kennedy started out running illegal liquor during prohibition.

Was it generally thought that the Kennedies were involved with organised crime ?

Does the Wall Street Journal print stock market quotes like the NASDAQ where you see a long list of companies and how they are doing?

Quotes? they publish high, low and closing prices for the day. All major newspapers give the same closing prices for all markets.

Does the Wall Street Journal print stock market quotes?

Should I buy "Stock Investing for Dummies"?

What do you think of E*Trade?

I was told "don't worry, you have a broker" (I'm with Wells Fargo, so I guess I have a broker, do I?).

But I'd like to educate myself so I know what's happening and hopefully develop an interest to the matter.

Thank you for any answer.

Read about the stock market in financial newspapers and also study about some of the big companies and the ir stock movements,their financial performance etc.
Then visit a broker and get yourself familiarised with the market, stock movements etc.
Once all the above are over you can enter the market as a trader or investor. Initially you deal in small numbers and once you gain confidence they go for higher volumes and numbers.

Start off by making sure you know all the terminology and try opening a practice account, this way you can practice with virtual cash and not lose any money.

Whilst practicing try and develop some trading strategies, sites like investopedia.com are good for this.

E trade are good but for beginners id recommend TradeKing as they have the cheapest buying and selling fees and no account minimum.

I have sourced a website that is ideal for beginners and has links to some good practice accounts, Matt.

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Don't Buy a book. first use the public library, take out a few investing books. The one you can easily comprehend is the one you buy.
Get the Wall Street journal, start watching the money channel, such as CNBC. Research online any questions you still have.

The best place I have leaned is to post questions in an interactive forum. the newest forum link is below. Good luck

http://www.newstockslive.com/forum/cgi-b…

I would buy the title mentioned in your question. Then I would subscribe to an investment newspaper such as WSJ or Investors Business Daily, buy editions of either paper once oe more per week. IBD has a two week free trial with no strings attached.

'The Warren Buffett Way' is a great book.

The best way to learn is from your broker and your friends who have many years of exprience trading in the stock market.

start trading with small money and read newspaper daily think for actual investment after some time

What are the best ways to learn about the stock market?

Like I wanted to know if you could go back to past days such like; today is March 12th can I go back to March 8th and look at the closing price?

if you go to yahoo's finance page, you can choose an index, stock or fund and see its historical prices. the numbers will include high/low of the day, volume, and price.

www.finance.yahoo.com
after you select the index, stock or fund, just click on the "historical prices" tab on the left. you can then choose to look at historical daily/weekly/monthly prices. there will also be an option to download to an excel sheet which helps if you need to backdate or test historical data

Sure,

You can use Yahoo! Finance, http://finance.yahoo.com/, there you can look, and even download, historical prices for free.

You can also use CNN's, http://money.cnn.com/data/markets. Unless you want something for fancy, these homepages should probably help.

Best Wishes!

Is there a website where i can see stock market closing prices for previous days?

how can i get to link for that. i want to update information for that, is there any site(free site will be great)

i dont tink there is sorry

Its a bit more complicated than that.
You would have to have access to wholesalers and/or growers, since the price of green beans varies from country to country and region to region that its grown in, different growers/co-op, and even different lots from the same growers/co-op.

How can i know green coffee beans prices in stock market?

Stock picking is an art. ask Warren Buffet and his friend Charlie Munger. Warren Buffet meticulously researches each opportunity in the stock market and only invests when he thinks that he is getting a fair bargain. Right stock in your hand and you have a high chance of making a fortune.

There are many sectors in an economy. All the sectors are not alike. some sectors have high growth while others show slow growth. The art of stock picking lies in first finding a hot sector than narrowing that down to a few hot stocks in that sector. Easier said than done. there are many many sectors in the economy and within each sector there are thousands and thousands of companies.

You will meet many traders who will claim that they have perfected a fool proof stock picking system. But how do you know. One way to know that is to look at their portfolio performance over the years. Warren Buffet’ portfolio over the years has given an average performance of 22%. not bad huh! some years were very good and some were not so good. But overall return of his portfolio has been around 22% beating the S&P 500 Index by a wide margin. This convinces you that his stock picking system is something that is worth taking a look at.

Meet Edward Burke. He won the 2008, CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. Every year, CNBC holds its Investment Challenge. Thousands and thousands of traders take part in this challenge that has a cash prize of $500,000 for the winner. Edward Burke beat 254,000 traders in 2008 to win the Investment Challenge.

Now, he has released his Stock Picking Secret Trading system that he has perfected over a period of 10 years to pick the right stocks for your portfolio. Ed says that markets are driven by human nature and what you need is clarity in understanding the market. if you can develop that clarity, you can spot the right stock that at the moment can provide you with the best return.

When you download his Stock Picking Secret Trading system, you will discover the exact system that he used to make a fortune in 10 weeks and how you can copy that system and tweak it according to your investment goals. Ed will also give you complete explanation of all the stock picking system components and the logic behind it. Learn stock picking from a winner!

Stock Picking Secrets by Ed Burke Who Beat 254,000 Traders to Win the CNBC Investment Challenge