is it possible to use beta to measure the efficiency of the market?

By admin · September 9, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 2 Comments »

Am doing my dissertation now and the topic relates to EMH. Coz I found beta is also a potential factor to interpret the market efficiency since it shows the volatility of the equity toward the market index. Here is what I link them together: if a stock is very volatile (beta>1, the movement can be up or down) that there is a lot of new information being made available and the market is adjusting to it. As far as i’ve done, I calculated the past and present beta within 2 years and compared them but the result provided an unclear answer because there is not much difference between the two value showing that the beta changed within 2 years. And now I dont know how to continue to interpret them to test the efficiency of the market. I tried to find some previous studies but non of them really related to wat am looking for. could anyone pls help me out of this situation, I just wanna know is there any percent of success that I can move on with this topic and how? How beta can become a factor to measure the market efficiency? Thank a lot.

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Buy,sell or hold stock for any co. what basics I must know of co.,of industry, of competitors ,of futures etc.

By admin · August 26, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 1 Comment »

I would like to buy,sell stocks as a full time job.I would like to know details like when and why to buy ,which co to buy,why to buy,why to hold,why and when to sell,what is fair value,what are tecnicalities,how much return I can expect and in how much time.I would like to know about competitors,the future of the stock,future of the industry,future of the country,future of the world,future of politics,future of demand and supply.What other pro and cons of buying a particular stocks,risk factors,volatility,analysists opinion,who are influential individuals,groups who are buying or selling or holding the same stock and for how long.I would like to know possibly all the factors good and bad internationally point by point for stocks which can effect them to buy or to sell or to hold.I would like to know everything about all the stocks including penny stocks,new industries,new technology,new companies coming in market.I would like to know all the info much more early so that I can take adv

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Stock trading or sex trading — what's the difference?

By admin · August 11, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 6 Comments »

Wall street is in the business of making money from the spread, the difference between ask and bid price of the stock. Volatile market is in their best interest because then people trade more often. The analysts role is to maintain this volatility doing thus service to Wall street, right? How much real do you think is this somewhat sceptic (or cynical) point of view?
both immoral, but one is legal the other not. Tell Wall steeters they are in an immoral business!
As volume increases spread decreases, I agree, but their product, spread times volume, increases too.
It is like selling cheap humburgers at McDonalds to millions of customers instead of more expensive ones at mom and pop’s restourant to fewer customers. Big industry is always more profitable.

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What is the volatility measurement you look for when buying calls?

By admin · August 9, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 2 Comments »

Do you just look at the stock and determine how often in the market it swings? Do you do this with index stocks or with individual stocks?
Is this basically pattern studying and deciding if you are in a low or a high to do this?
Do you concentrate on earnings or just overall movement in the stock?

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What is the best online stock trading website? Why?

By admin · July 28, 2010 · Filed in online share trading · 9 Comments »

I’m looking to start trading some of my stock online because of the convenience. I want to know what is the best site. I want cheap trades, ease of use, and just a little advice. Let me hear what you think.

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What is the best online stock trading website?

By admin · July 13, 2010 · Filed in online share trading · 7 Comments »

Etrade, Scottrade, ameritrade…..ETC. Which is the best if i am going to try some penny stocks and micro penny stocks. I will probably not invest all that much just because im new to the whole thing just wanted to start learning. Which one of the online stock sites would be best for me?

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What is the best online stock trading site?

By admin · July 5, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 1 Comment »

I want to trade penny stocks and a few regular stocks. I don’t have a lot of money to spend paying the site, but I would like to at least have a feature where if a stock lowers to a certain point it will automatically sell if that’s available. Other than that I just want inexpensive service.

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Ultra proshares for stock market?

By admin · July 1, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 1 Comment »

I’m seriously conidering putting about 20% of my portfolio in 2x long shares i.e. SSO, UYG etc…. here’s my question… over a 5 year period should I expect about 2 times the return? or is the return affected by volatility… for example… if the market is up 5% on the year in a VERY volatile market should I expect around 10% in a 2x long fund/stock?

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Does anyone know the minimum deposit on the major online stock trading sites?

By admin · June 25, 2010 · Filed in Uncategorized · 2 Comments »

I really would like to invest and i wouldnt mind looking for diamonds in the rough and that sort of thing, i dont have a ton of money (being that i am a student and really would like to start small and eventually go big with some stock investing), i am aware of the commission fees of most of the companies, but i know there are minimum deposits on some (such as td ameritrade is about 2 grand, and scott trade is 5,000 or something like that, but ive heard everything) but if someone could clarify all of this for me and tell me the minimum deposits for the online trading sites like etrade, scotttrade, td ameritrade, and other sites that other may not know about. Thanks.

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Which online stock trading company should I use?

By admin · May 23, 2010 · Filed in online share trading · 4 Comments »

I have a small sum of money that I would like to use as a stock experiment. Which online company would be best as far as returns, customer support/service and allowing me to learn about trading? Thanks!

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