Full Disclosure Finance

By Andrew
Well its been a tough start to 2008 for investors to say the least. The markets put in their worst January in 17 years and volatility has been king. We had a sharp rally in the major indices over the past few weeks only to have them snap back 4% in two days at the beginning of last [...]

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By Andrew
I’ve been building up a position in McDonalds over the last few weeks (see my previous posts here and here for details). In the most recent post I said that the stock would probably trade lower and I was looking for resistance around $50 per share. Well on Monday the stock hit that level thanks to [...]

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By Andrew
In my previous post about the recent decline in Apple shares I noted that I was looking into starting a small position. On Thursday January 24th I bought 10 shares of AAPL at an average purchase price of $134.00 per share. At the current levels the stock is trading at a Price-to-Earnings ratio of [...]

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By Andrew,
Recently I’ve been keeping a close watch on Apple (AAPL) as a potential stock purchase. Anyone who even moderately follows stocks knows what a phenomenal year Apple had in 2007. The stock was up over 130% and the company has been firing on all cylinders. However, share price has begun to slide in 2008 along with the [...]

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By Andrew
In my last post I disclosed a stock purchase of 25 shares of McDonalds (MCD). As I explained in the post I happened to pick a day that the stock got hammered after, in my opinion, a very wishy-washy downgrade. I said that I was going to use the weakness in the stock to load [...]

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By Andrew
On Friday morning I bought 25 shares of McDonalds (MCD) at an average price of $56.70 (adjusted for the trading fee). The stock proceeded to promptly drop more than 4% below my purchase price. The catalyst for the drop was a downgrade from a Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst saying that same-store sales growth could begin to slow this year [...]

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By Justin
Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, and Investopedia
Here’s a description of the three financial information sites I use most often with a brief evaluation.
I have developed a rating system that will be applied to all future lists.
My sophisticated, scientific, highly objective rating scale is as follows:
Total Green Light Special:  This is a must have, no excuses [...]

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