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- In Search Of Dividend Growers. // DRIP Investor;Aug2008, Vol. 17 Issue 8, p1
The article reports on the negative dividend actions for the year 2008. Approximately 97 publicly-owned companies have decreased their dividend during the second quarter of 2008. These declines were the most since 1990. There was also a 16% decline in dividend increases and a decline in the...
- STOCKS. // Indianapolis Business Journal;4/12/2004, Vol. 25 Issue 5, p30
Presents the figures and results of the stock exchange from April 1 to 7, 2004. Focus on over the counter statistics, on the exchange figures and out-of-state issues of interest; Business name;Closing price; Week change; Year-to-date percentage change; 52 week high and low; 12 month price...
- The Long Run. Hulbert, Mark // National Review;4/21/1997, Vol. 49 Issue 7, p52
The article comments on economic indicators in the U.S. as of April 1997. It provides historical perspectives on the price-to-book-value ratio. It compares the stock market's price-to-dividend yield ratio with the price-to-book-value ratio. It also describes the forecasting model of editor John...
- PORTFOLIO POINTERS: RAINBOW. van der Linde, Bernardt // Finweek;8/31/2006, p38
The article reports on the market performance of Rainbow company. The company's price-to-asset value ratio is lower than two with a dividend yield rate of 5.4 percent. Its low price, earnings ratio of 7 is to 5 shows that the market doubts whether it will be able to continue performing like...
- Three key valuation ratios. // Dow Theory Forecasts;4/25/2011, Vol. 67 Issue 17, p1
The article discusses the three variables which are used by stock-rating systems in valuation and predicting stock performance. According to the author, using price-cash flow ratio is effective in all periods such as in 12-month holding periods. It also explains that price-sales ratio is the...
- The P/E Ratio As Seen Abroad. // Public Relations Quarterly;Spring69, Vol. 14 Issue 1, p29
The article examines the level of price-earnings (P/E) ratios in the light of the growth rate in profits likely to be achieved after the great upsurge of 1968 in the United States. P/E ratio is a barometer of expectations. This poses two problems for the investor: the likely growth rate and the...
- PRICE-EARNINGS (P/E) RATIO. Oglesby, Darren Wayne // Concise Encyclopedia of Investing;2007, p54
A definition of the term "price-earnings (P/E) ratio" is presented. The P/E ratio is the measure used to show investors how expensive a stock is. It is calculated by dividing the latest closing price or market capitalization by the past year's after-tax earnings per share. It can also be...
- Vanadium-reinforced steel. de Kierk, Vic // Finance Week;5/25/2005, p28
The article focuses on the finances of the Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corp. Ltd., the second biggest South African player in the steel industry after Mittal SA. The prices of Highveld shares rose to R 72/share in May 2005, a record and nearly four times higher than it was in 2004. However,...
- American and European options in multi-factor jump-diffusion models, near expiry. Levendorskii, Sergei // Finance & Stochastics;2008, Vol. 12 Issue 4, p541
We derive a general formula for the time decay ? for out-of-the-money European options on stocks and bonds at expiry, in terms of the density of jumps F( x, dy) and the payoff g +: - ?( x)= ? g( x+ y)+ F( x, dy). Explicit formulas are derived for the standard put and call options, exchange...
