Capitalization
Capitalization (Market Cap) – A company’s Capitalization or Market Cap refers to the value of a publicly traded company. It is calculated by taking the number of outstanding equity shares multiplied by the current More...
Will Ford’s earnings fire higher or fizzle?
It is that time of the year again. The earning’s season that is. With 68 percent of companies in the S&P 500 beating analysts’ expectations, all eyes are on Ford Motor Company prior to it releasing its earnings More...
Big Mac Index
The Big Mac Index is a term that was coined by the editors of the magazine The Economist. It was created as a way to graphically and colorfully illustrate the concept of PPP, or Purchasing Power Parity. Purchasing More...
Beta
Beta is the measure of how a financial asset’s value moves in tandem with the US stock market. In order to calculate an asset’s Beta, the historical day to day price movement will be measured going back several More...
Worlds’ elite gather at Davos but will they get their hands dirty?
As the world’s elite and crème de la crème of business, politics, and society gather for their annual meeting in the Salubrious climes of Davos, the attention is slowly veering around to managing the complex More...
Google delivers stronger than expected quarterly results
The earnings season is upon us Google is seen to beat market estimates. Riding on the back of increased advertising revenues, Google proved yet again that it has the resilience and business depth to tide over the More...
Stock Spotlight: NATIONAL-OILWELL VARCO, INC. (NYSE:NOV)
With oil drilling & exploration companies upbeat about their future due to firm oil & natural gas price trends, one option for investors to play the energy sector is to invest in oil services & equipment More...
Is Microsoft to lend its hand to Dell buyout?
The PC market as a whole is not a good place to be in, circa 2013 with the rise of smartphones and tablets. Sure, people still want their share of processing power, but nowadays they prefer it in smaller and snazzier More...
Stock Spotlight: TESORO CORPORATION (NYSE:TSO)
Incorporated in 1968 in Delaware, TSO is an oil refining and marketing company operating seven refineries in western USA. The company refines crude oil and other feedstocks into transportation fuels such as gasoline More...
Atari runs out of coin, files for bankruptcy
Atari is a name that is synonymous with gaming. Even for young hipsters who were not even born when games like Pong, Missile Command and Centipede were all the rage, most of them will still have heard of this pioneering More...