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what are stocks and why do people own a certain amount of them and what is wall street with all the crazy yelling men in suits waving the pieces of papers and then the big signs with all the stock numbers… please explain i dont get it and what is with the etrade buying stocks over the internet????

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock

Wall Street, E-Trade, Stocks???? Please Explain what are these!!!??

A couple I know say the Wall Street mess is a result of "Greenspan raising interest rates 16 times in 2 years" and not sub prime preadtory lending. Her brother is a realator, which is my suspicion of this slant. Greenspan was the Fed chairman for a long time and very respected, so there has to be 2 sides to this story……why did he raise interest rates so many times? Aren't these problems intertwined?

Are my friend's right about the Wall Street mess being Greenspan's fault?

by Cold-Steele O (Senior Chimp, 17 Points) on 12/19/10 at 7:31pm

Honestly, the hoarders of the Wall Street bonuses will likely go to the top revenue generators. From the 1990s and up through 2007 I understand that at most BB firms tailored their business-models to focus on revenues primarily driven from trading activities. Going forward I think it’s safe to say that with Frank-Dodd, Basil III, and an overall more prudent outlook on credit that S&T revenues could be hurt—particularly the guys working in structured products.

That being said, financial markets are still obviously going to operate and they need players who facilitate the processes which means S&T is still going to be a worthy business segment: but will S&T be able to turn as impressive of profits in an environment with so many restrictions and oversight?

I recall a report released by the BCG back in 2009 about how investment banks will likely see fewer revenues from trading: futures, options, equities, forex, and the big obvious one ABS. The report did not cite huge increases in i-banking revenue but it did suggest that i-banking revenues stand to gain as banks attempt re-center their businesses around more traditional operations. I was unable to find a link…

Depending on how the financial reforms work in practice as opposed to theory I think traders do stand to lose out a little, especially with the 3% prop-trading restriction. on the other hand do I think that corporate America is going develop a new thirst for M&a when the concepts of synergy and shareholder-value have almost become laughable opposites? I’d be surprised if such an event occurred.

In the end I think it’s really going to come down to how pending regulation affects Wall Street’s revenue generating ability—and of course—the degree to which Wall Street innovates financial products and services. At this point, it seems that reform is primarily aimed at S&T operations. who knows how long it will be before the jocks of Wall Street feel the pain.

I say point goes to “team xerox” on this subjective matter.

Weekend (Bonus) Wars: IBD vs. S&T

Enron gambled on copper. how many times have you seen a great stock with the perfect fundamentals drop and one that was a dog go up. It's just like throwing the dice.

Come to thin of it, shouldn't people that go to Vegas and gamble incorporatee and then that way they can get in on the bailout. Ha.

Does all this Wall Street stuff look a lot like Vegas to you?

I am miffed about this one.

We do basically NOTHING for the average American here, claiming "free interprize" and "survival of the fittest" or "free market" rules.

Yet now, we are bailing out executives who pulled in hundreds of millions a year in compensation only to tank the market. Now, we foot their bill….calling it "whatever".

Isn't this political versus real? The market didn't tank and honestly, bad companies should tank.

Why are we buying bad meat here? I think it's crazy and I hold it against Obama and his Fannie Mae connections for screwing us AGAIN.

Wall Street, no.

Your job, yes.

Obama had nothing to do with the failure of the economy. Sorry.

nope its not a good idea at all. its horrible to give Wall Street that money!

those financial CEO's gambled by investing in Mortgages…. no one made them to invest in mortgages… they chose to do that.

they should suffer like the rest of us! we shouldn't help the RICH!!!! and somebody should maybe go to JAIL!
regular people lost jobs and cant pay their mortgages, but the finance companies get money to stay open and CEO's still get their fat checks to retire???? F*CK THAT!!!

Apparently, you don't understand economics. Read up on the great Depression and Bank Runs on wikipedia. then come back to me.

You might think differently if you have a retirement or pension. Because of the mismanagement of sub-prime, the average American is devastated by the retirement loss.

YES! would you rather lose your job and your way of life for about $2,000 in taxes we'd have to pay for the bailout?
Personally, I'd rather pay the tax than lose anything.

McCain supports this too

Absolutely not! You should really be against this if your a liberal because Obama will have no money for his social/welfare programs. I'm a Republican and I dont even want to see this bailout go thru. The comon man is getting screwed again!

I have a small business this year has been slow-

Today I have to go in and cut the hours of a great employee who is the main income provider for himself, his wife and 2 kids-

Today it's him… tomorrow it could be you-

This needs to be fixed- and yes it sucks!

It is a bad deal they need to get the pork out of this. People should be pissed off about this. The house and president got us in this and i don't trust them to get us out.

It really doesn't matter the national debt will never get paid off its a virtually impossibility.

I agree we should not use OUR money. Let the people that bought houses they could not afford.

Let the people that made the loans go to jail.

If that is not bad enough, ole barney and his magic frank blames everyone but himself dodd obama and the rest of the dems.

Here is the video that explain how the Republicans wanted to add regulation but was beaten down by BLACK dems calling it just about racist that we do something.

They also should be thrown in club fed and lose their job and pension.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p1Wc2NFa…

The proposal does not directly pay Wall Street executives, and it doesn't just hand the companies they run a bunch of money. The money is loans that the debtors–the companies–will be legally bound to repay with interest. Current versions of the bill actually include checks on golden parachutes and other forms of executive overcompensation.

Because these are loans and not blank checks, what we really have to figure out is whether the borrowers will repay or if they will default. That should be our real worry.

As for Obama's Fannie Mae connections–I don't see how those have any relationship whatever to the bill being proposed. The bill has nothing to do with Fannie and Freddie.

um okay you can't point the figure at obama, that makes no sense.
however, although bailing out is not the best solution, if something is not done, my uncle could lose his job. he works for a company that is really suffering right now, my uncle went from having 1.6 million dollars to just $200,000 invested. people are losing jobs and homes, banks aren't giving out loans, people can't buy things on credit, so the bailout is not something i necessarily agree with, but something needs to be done.

Do you think it's not smart from not stoping us, from going into a Finanical Crisis, where many americans will lose there jobs. let's see wake up we are faceing a great Depression. so unless you will have no problem living like that before which happen. thenyou are going to be living in hard times

I do think Obama was one of the reasons that Fannie Mae was able to get away with as much as they did. he actually sued in the 90's so people of lower incomes could get larger loans. I have never been able to get a loan without showing proper documents and having good credit. I do not believe in the bail out. I am losing money everyday just like everyone else who is in the stock market, but Congress should not be messing with it. they should bring in financial experts, who know what they are doing to write a bill. those in congress are looking out for their own interests. Why should we as Americans have to purchase bad paper. The Market will correct itself, and those companies that made bad investments will disappear. New companies or stronger companies can buyout the weak, failing companies. If we bail out these companies, we will be in the same situation when they fail again. At that point, we will have no choice but to bail them out again because of the amount of money that will be invested.

Bush has done a horrible job of explaining this to people. We need to get this done for the sake of the credit markets. Forget about bailing out a bunch of irresponsible billionaires — nobody wants that. The issue here is financial solvency for the average Joe.

No, I really don't want to add $700 billion to our national debt, either, but the alternative could very well be one in which your employer can't make payroll because the credit markets are frozen. Or if you do get your paycheck, the corner bank may not cash it, if it's drawn on another financial institution that the corner bank doesn't trust to back its assets. Or you could lose your job because the economy grinds to a standstill, as banks continue to fail and consumer confidence crumbles. Or your retirement fund could vanish into thin air.

This is about access to credit — for you, and for small businesses. It's about keeping the economy from crashing while we figure out what to do about the meltdown in the housing market. even if the government does buy bad loans, it plans to eventually resell them. and there will be provisions against things like golden parachutes and excessive executive compensation. It is NOT simply a Wall Street bailout, and shame on Bush for characterizing it that way.

There's a HUGE hole in your argument the size of the known universe. explain specifically how is Obama personally and solely responsible for this fiasco.
Also, read the first answerer's (Spock) response. he just took you to school and you are too dumb to know it.

I agree with you in part. If we turn over 700B to bail out lending institutions who have been gambling away their funds, then they will keep doing what they have been doing and the market will crash anyway.

But you can't put the blame on Obama or Fannie Mae, for that matter. This has been going on for a long time, and the real culprits are the speculators who pushed for deregulation and created inflated real estate prices.

And then there are all of the mortgage brokers who closed deals on big loans for unqualified buyers. they got a commission on every deal they closed, and they didn't care of the buyer could actually make the payments or not. same thing with stock brokers – they just took the commission money and ran.

A totally free market will only work if all participants act with honesty and adhere to a code of ethics which protects the consumers. Sadly, they don't. So we end up getting screwed over.

I think we should go ahead and let them fix their own mess. otherwise we'll just be negotiating another bailout six months from now.

Thank God, I am an American living and working overseas. I would be so stressed right now otherwise. My investments and retirement are taking a beating, but that's minor compared to the fear of losing my income, home, and other assets.

I loathe the idea of using taxpayer money to bail out these irresponsible a$$h0les, but unfortunately I don't think there's much choice. I do think that if this bailout goes through, a lot of CEOs and CFOs need to go to jail and pay some giant penalties.

You can't blame Obama or McCain on this. It's nice to point fingers during an election campaign but the truth is their fingerprints aren't on this one.

Do you really think it's smart to bail out Wall Street with a check from our future?

Nearest one to a .1 of a percentage gets the best answer

5-6%
When will it stop falling?

What percentage will Wall Street fall today?

Peter Lynch's one up on Wall Street "talk freely of what kinds of actions should be chosen. in general, Peter believes it can move more large companies, small and tend vice versa. therefore, to identify what he calls" ten Bagger "or storage facilities, has increased ten times the value, is more likely that small companies with a market capitalization of less than say $ 10 billion.

Peter Lynch-based company also divided into six general categories, which has itsunique characteristics. Based on these six categories of investors in a position, which is why investing in these companies, and therefore know the expected return on all firms. The six general categories: slow-growing, hardcore, fast growers, cyclical plays, assets and activities.

Slow growers - As the name suggests, this is business slow to grow the way that only slightly more than the nation's gross domestic product. slow-growing plant has two reasons. First,they are growing rapidly in its early years and had saturated the market or the second, do not make the most of their opportunities. The book with utility companies so slow grower. during the period 1950-1970, but they are fast growers. Since the increases in power consumption (people install air conditioning, heating, fridge, etc.) increased energy consumption and therefore their growth rate. This does not happen again. A company may inevitably be a slow growing plant. A fast growingPast will be slow breeders tomorrow. example of the sector in this category include: rail, aluminum, steel, chemicals, non-alcoholic beverages.

Supporters - Those are not growing rapidly, but are growing faster than a plant that grows slowly. most large corporations are irreducible, producing enormous cash flows. Because of their enormous size diehards will not move much, and Peter is always trying to make a profit if you are on 30-50% of its value in a race soon. some supporters are: Procter &Gamble, General Electric, Bristol Myers and Kellogg.

Fast Growers - The name says it all. These categories are for companies with high growth rates. here are ten potential of the excavator. five other categories, do not get the same chance of your next ten excavator. Growers are not necessarily faster in the fast growth. you can grow quickly in a slow growth of the sector. For example: Walmart retail heavy, Marriott 2%The growth of the hospitality industry, Anheuser-Busch, in a slow-growing beer market, or Taco Bell in an area not-so-fast fast food. however, there are many risks associated with investments in rapidly growing ones. The trick is to understand how much they pay and when to stop growing them, because the party is finally over.

Cyclical - not all companies can benefit from consistent all the time every time. General increase in economic profit and loss on a regular predictable, more oftenMoving in tandem with the economy. Companies that can be considered cyclical, are: airlines, automobiles, defense companies and chip industry. For defense contractors, is not cyclical relationship with the economy but the White House policy. For the chip industry is cyclical with the cycle of upgrading your computer. Timing is everything in cyclical. unlike other categories, Peter avoids cyclical trading on low P / E usually means that the cycle is currently at itsPeak. although this rule does not work 100%, it works well enough to avoid collecting cyclical companies that fall even lower.

Turnaround - These are high risk high reward preposition. in general, there are specific problems that plague society. Moreover, if the company fails to resolve this particular mess, probably will end up in bankruptcy court. however, there are some interesting reasons to invest in a turnaround. one, of course, is the goal. once the problem is fixed and released, the stock price to rise strongly, in line with what his colleagues in commercial evaluation. The other positive factor for this investment in a new trend is that it is less affected by overall market conditions. Market rises can be reversed top to bottom and vice versa. could be a contemporary example of a trend reversal with Altria (MO) in early 2000. Faced with hundreds of millions of smokers has decreased activity, the stock price so low that you can buy 5 times earnings and 10%Dividend yield>. Altria also owned a stable force controlled and Miller (later sold). Turnaround investors will see action if the problem can be solved, then the investment in Altria will be richly rewarded. Sure enough, reduce the problems of litigation and the stock price has increased by four since. of course, they are not always successful turnarounds. bankruptcy K-Mart is another example of the past.

Asset Plays - This is the kind of society thatusually just a hidden asset that should not be listed in the budget. All activities should be included in the budget, of course. But the enterprise carries on business often do not list the class asset value of the market. For example, the value of Real Estate Holding, amortized over the current financial year rule. meanwhile, the country itself is probably worth much more than the purchase price. also qualified company carrying large tax loss carry forward as an asset.

That's it. Allsix categories of shares by Peter Lynch. Hope that you will not get into a deep sleep. As boring it may seem, this is an important lesson that will make your investment journey will be much more exciting and meaningful.

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Dividend Yield » Blog Archive » Learn from Peter Lynch – Part III

1. There are many areas in the securities industry other than a stockbroker.

   There are security analysts, accountants, lawyers, IT people, and traders that work for banks, brokerage firms, mutual fund companies; and private advisory firmsAlmost any type of professional person works in the industry,

   You don’t have to be good in higher math, just have an idea of the basics. you should have courses in finance, econmics, accounting, statistics, and you can major in any one of these to do well in the industry.

   So don’t worry lthere is no such thing as a degree in investing. investing is something that you learn using some of the other acquired skills.

   Here are some books you can start reading now,What Works on Wall Street by James O’Shaunessey, Beating the Street and one Up on Wall Street both by Peter LynchThe Warren Buffett Way by Robert HagstromTrading For A Living by Alexander ElderMastering the Trade” by John Caster; “How to Make Money in Stocks” by William O’NeilThe Disciplined Trader by mark Douglas

   Get into the habit of making daily visits to some websites like MSN Money and Yahoo Finance. while at MSN read the Commentaries by Jim Jubak, Jon Markman, Harry Domash, and Liz Pullman Weston. following the strategy lab analysts to get a feel for what the pro’s are doing and why. This site has some basic information for beginners. If any site offers free information, take it.

   Other website that can provide instructions and help with procedures and terminology are Investopedia.com, Stock Charts.com, investorshub.com; and 1source4stocks.comVisit some of the more professional websites like Zacks.com, Smart Money, Schaeffers.com, Trading Trend, Trading Markets, these website will have advertisers who are worth looking into also.

   There no reason for you to wait until you finish college, or high school, to start learning about investing.once you learn the rules of investing, it will be something that you will be able to use for the rest of your life.

   Do not ever let any one tell you not to invest or your too young, and never take advise from someone who is not investing.

   Good luck on your journey, I hope I was able to give you some direction in getting into what could be a very promising career.

2. that’s a risky area. Investment, however I can tell you that the best way to reach your goal is to go talk to your guidance councilor and ask him/her to help you find an answer. As for math, I do believe you need math. If you are doing investment, that will fall in the category of business. you will need to take calculus courses in Business and Data Management, so you do need math in high school. when you look through the university’s program booklet then you will see the prerequisite for that university.Advice: Only investing in Stocks in not enough for a career cause you can loose a lot, the best thing to do is invest in a lot of other area as well as stock. So for example Real estate and so on.This will bring you a lot of money!

3. There are many careers in the broad area known as finance beside being a stockbroker. while you do not have to major in math, it will help you in your finance career if you are proficient in math skills and comfortable with numbers in general. Nowadays, many of the computer programs run the financial formulas that are used to assist with analyzing companies and their financial statements, but it still would help to know how the formulas work.Some of the best investors in the world have degrees in other disciplines and they say that their education in these other areas help them see opportunities that other people (with finance backgrounds) miss or don’t appreciate.

4. It’s not a career

I am in high school and I am interested in the idea of investing in the stock market as a career well….?

Jealous much?

I suspect that many of them accomplished an education as part of a plan to earn their positions on Wall Street. What you do is your business.

It is hard to ask for a position in an investment back with "home school" on your resume.

Be careful, you'd be spitting on a Jew, and call it a hate crime….lol

Of course, when a Jew runs around the country stabbing 15 people with a knife, not only is not a hate crime, but it gets about 2 full minutes of news coverage.

Disgusting manners has never been considered patriotic.

It is a criminal thing to do. Have fun. Enjoy your time in court/jail.

I don't think hate and assault is ever patriotic. Back to your bong…

If you want to go to jail for assault.

Why would you spit at Wall Street, when it was WASHINGTON who bailed them out?

Will spitting at rich Wall street executives and the media be a very PATRIOTIC thing to do in the near future?

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?