tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72905524837697730692011-11-27T15:46:05.569-08:00The latest news and indicators of the Stock Market. Is the economy recovering after the stimulus injection? A close look.John Jonesnoreply@blogger.comBlogger101100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-5132434262373350632011-03-02T17:34:00.000-08:002011-03-02T17:34:47.071-08:00

I know I haven't post for a while about my picks, but I think this pick will is good til 2015! You ever watch minority report? You know, tom cruise? where he waves his hand in mid air and the screen interacts with him? Well, this is about to happen within the next couple years! Which company to watch out for? JDSU. I predict that this technology will be a hit! Their PE ratio right now is a

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-85929183315712794922010-06-05T09:08:00.000-07:002010-06-05T09:09:30.842-07:00

General Electric (GE) just send me their quarterly report because I'm a shareholder. They have been resetting their business model as the economy recovers. One of the major reason that I bought this stock is because it is very much in-line with the Dow Jones Index. When the Dow goes up, so does GE, of course subject to company news and other factors. I bought at a bargain price of 14.80, and have

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-68022899145899184672010-05-24T03:39:00.001-07:002010-05-24T06:10:07.929-07:00

All of these are on my watch list.Always do your own DD. Republic Services Inc. (NYSE: RSG) Sanofi Aventis (NYSE: SNY) Sun Trust Bank (NYSE: STI) Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) Torchmark Corp. (NYSE: TMK) Travelers Cos (NYSE: TRV) ! US Bancorp (NYSE: USB). USG Corp. (NYSE: USG) United Health Group (NYSE: UNH) United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS). Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (NYSE: WMT) Washington Post (NYSE

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-24070351136649523702010-05-23T09:44:00.000-07:002010-05-24T06:09:17.538-07:00

   All of these are on my watch list. (Not a recommendation, always do your own DD) Gannett Co. (NYSE: GCI). General Electric Corp. (NYSE: GE) Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (NYSE: GS) GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) Harley-Davidson, Inc. (NYSE: HOG) Home Depot Inc. (NYSE: HD) Ingersoll-Rand (NYSE: IR) Iron Mountain (NYSE: IRM) Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) - read somewhere

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-75397831660825378272010-04-25T20:00:00.000-07:002010-05-24T06:08:03.625-07:00

Buffett's Holding has always appealed to me because, afterall, he has made a fortune investing. I have researched his holdings as at end of 2009. Here are some of his holdings. Do your own DD. American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) over 151.6 million shares. Bank of America Corp. (NYSE: BAC) about 5 million shares. Becton Dickinson & Co. (NYSE: BDX) 1.5 million shares. Carmax Inc. (NYSE: KMX) is a

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-89405006244602751792009-11-01T15:19:00.000-08:002009-11-01T15:19:56.083-08:00

Market Watch Blog gives the reader an insight of the economic factors and events in the Stock Market. Economic indicators on whether the stock market will crash, or rally are reported. Whilst the stock market is influenced by sentiment, it nevertheless has an impact. All the information listed on the site should be viewed as opinions only, and are not recommendation of any kind. It is up to the

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-70456868386804121642008-09-03T18:20:00.000-07:002009-11-01T14:19:33.415-08:00

This example illustrates accumulation to a target price with interest worked in.! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Let's put this theory to practice. Suppose your Visa bill is $2000, the interest rate is 2%, and you can only pay 50$ a month, how long would it take to payoff the bill? The first step is to define the " numbers" to plug them into

John Jonesnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290552483769773069.post-74789817267324421242008-08-30T19:40:00.000-07:002009-11-01T14:20:00.007-08:00

So what is time value of money in laymen terms? In finance, money is perceived as more valuable today then it is in the future. As an example, a dollar today, does NOT have the same VALUE ten years from now. Imagine how much it costs to buy a hamburger 10 years ago versus today. You can think of time value of money another way, 1 dollar will be 1.20 if the interest rate is twenty percent in a

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Newly graduated students are often concerned that they will struggle to get a mortgage once they start their first graduate job due to the large sums owing to the Student Loans Company. Whilst the debt has to be declared as a financial obligation on any mortgage application, underwriters do not pay great attention to it. The reason for this is the low levels of repayment required by the Student

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Loans do not have to be difficult to get. In fact, anyone can get an easy loan if they know how to make the process easy. An easy loan is simply a loan where the process is not drawn out. The main key to an easy loan is being prepared.The loan process involves paperwork and documentation. It involves the lender looking over everything and making a determination about whether to approve or deny

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