The Stock Nerd

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Just read up an article on Yahoo.com which I thought would be great to share here.

Here’s a quick summary:
The Democrats are offering a bill to curb oil speculation rather than focusing on removing the moratorium on off-shore oil drilling like the Republics. Now, I will say i’m more of a guy who supports chunks of [...]

Just thought i’d share some of my personal performance this month. It’s not too hot and to tell ya the truth, I haven’t purchased any stock this month.
Stock 1: Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (YGE)
Business summary:
“Yingli Green Energy Holding Company Limited and its subsidiaries engage in the design, development, marketing, manufacturing, installation, and sale [...]

Oil prices have continued to climb and i’m really starting to wonder why it’s so damn high. Oil prices were starting to come down post-Memorial Day weekend all the way down to ~$121! Then, we get a Morgan Stanley prediction that oil barrel prices will raise to $150 by July 4th weekend. All of a [...]

I’ve been away on vacation and will be till the end of June. I plan to continue to post here and there until my vacation is over. I originally intended to post everyday while on vacation - but I haven’t had enough time to do the proper research for my trading. You should see a [...]

A market index is intended to be an indicator of the portion of the market it represents. The major indexes you are likely familiar with is the Dow Jones Industrial, Nasdaq, and the S&P 500. Different indexes calculate their numbers differently. An index starts from a base values and changes thereafter. The number (i.e. Dow [...]