Archive for March, 2008
CHVC is Pick of the Day! China Voice Holding Corp. Receives Major New Contract — Annualized Revenues Now Approaching $80 Million
China Voice Holding Corp. (CHVC) (OTC:CHVC), announced today that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Phone House Inc. has signed an Exclusive Supplier Agreement with Sarah Enterprises Inc., a distributor of prepaid telecommunication products located in Florida.Phone House is a Master Distributor of prepaid calling cards and other telephony related products and services that enable users [...]
BEST is Pick of the Day! Shiner International Reports Record Fiscal 2007 Financial Results
Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEST), an emerging global supplier of anti- counterfeiting and advanced packaging products, today announced financial results for the year-ended December 31, 2007, highlighted by a 26.0% increase in total revenue and record net income.
Shiner, which began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market in February 2008, reported total revenue of $42.8 million [...]
Understanding Risk in the Stock Market
It’s plain to see from the example above that there are no guarantees when it comes to stock ownership. The same share of the million dollar company can just as easily be worthless if the company flounders in its quest. That is the principle of risk. While most people tend to fear it, the complete [...]
The Stock Market 101
The popularity of the stock market has grown exponentially over the past few decades, and as evidenced by the equal number of retirees and skateboard toting kids alike who seem to have a stock tip to reveal, it has particularly skyrocketed in the past ten years. But it seems that while the popularity and prominence [...]
The Stock Market Basics
We’ve all heard the term, “stock”, and have probably traded in and out of a few (hundred) already, but what exactly is it that we are buying and selling? The basic answer is that stock represents a share in the ownership of the company that issued it. It is your claim to a portion of [...]
Why Stock?
It’s important to note the difference between debt and equity. To start, let’s examine why companies would even issue stock in the first place. After all, why issue a right to the assets and profits of the company to thousands of individuals instead of keeping them for itself? Well, the same way an individual entrepreneur [...]
The Stock Market
Investors should know the difference between the “primary” market, where securities are created (issued) by means of an initial public offering, and the “secondary” market, where these previously issued securities are traded. When a corporation first sells stock to the public, it does so in an IPO (Initial Public Offering). The company might sell one [...]
Behind The Scenes of Electronic Trading
For most individual investors, taking a long-term buy and hold approach has historically been shown to be the best strategy. Most of us simply don’t have the time or the expertise to trade for a living. We can’t all be our own doctors and plumbers either! But for some who are willing to adopt the [...]
The NYSE
At the NYSE, trading is still done face-to-face on a trading floor. This is also referred to as a “listed” exchange. Orders come in through brokerage firms that are members of the exchange and flow down to floor brokers who go to a specific spot on the floor where the stock trades. At this trading [...]
The NASDAQ
It used to be that the largest and most prestigious companies were “listed” only on the New York Stock Exchange, while other, “second tier” companies traded on other exchanges, such as the Over-The-Counter, or OTC market. But with time, and with the technology boom of the 90’s, a shift to what was thought as a [...]
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