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Microsoft Pins Hopes on Windows 7 and IE 8
With the launch of Windows 7 operating system in October, Microsoft Corp. hopes to recoup goodwill lost during two winters of customer discontent with the flawed Vista. more...
Microsoft was the 800-pound Gorilla on Steroids
Ringside hooters juicing up the mayhem of a WWF wrestling Smack Down could not exhibit more of a love-hate relationship than the one between Microsoft and its customers. more...
SEC Making EDGAR Files Interactive on Internet
Congress created the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934, in response to the dangers to America of excessive malfeasance and recklessness on Wall Street. more...
Battered Stock Market Depletes Major Investors
When the most recent American business expansion topped out in December 2007, and a recession commenced, the economy had grown for 73 consecutive months. more...
How to Read Financial Statements for Beginners
Another way of expressing the SEC viewpoint is that company financials are down to earth- not flights of fancy, unless a white-collar crook is cooking the books. more...
US Government Tops Equity Investors in 2009
Investment tactics by investors have been a mixed bag, since the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) established in December that the nation is in recession. more...
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By: David Todd
Moving averages are used by stock traders for buy-sell decisions. The exponential moving average over-weights more recent data, giving a slightly different signal. more...
Blue Chip versus High Growth Stocks
Investors everywhere want to know which stocks are the most profitable. Are the best returns found in high growth volatile stocks or in slow moving blue chip companies? more...
By: David Todd
Technical analysis as a decision method for trading makes use of a number of indicators. Bollinger Bands are a tool traders use to assess the timing of a trade. more...
Chart Analysis Using Fibonacci Retracement Lines
By: James Brumley
Science, nature, and investing overlap when a key pattern of Fibonacci numbers are applied to stock charts to make technical price forecasts. more...
Free Online Stock Charting Software
By: James Brumley
Sophisticated stock trading tools don't have to be costly. In fact, three web-based charting platforms are totally free... TrixyChart, FreeStockChart, and StockCharts. more...
Tech Stocks Third Quarter Earnings 2009
By: Biswita Mozumdar
Two tech giants are on the spotlight next week more...
Investing in Renewable Energy Stocks
By: Mark Solomon
Green biofuels produced by clean energy processes are nearly market ready. Green energy algae companies can offer a high growth investment opportunity. more...
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