Not exact matches
The term is normally used in the markets to describe
stocks whose rises and falls are exaggerated beyond those of the market in
general.
«It seemed a plausible assumption that if we could demonstrate the existence in individuals or organizations of the ability to foretell the elusive fluctuations, either of particular
stocks, or of
stocks in
general, this might lead to the identification of economic theories or statistical practices
whose soundness had been established by successful prediction.»
The New York City Employees» Retirement System; the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund; the New York City Teachers» Retirement System; the New York City Police Pension Fund; and the New York Board of Education Retirement System, as joint filers (NYC Retirement System), c / o The City of New York, Officer of the Comptroller, 633 Third Avenue, 31st Floor, New York, New York 10017, which in the aggregate held 12,707,578 shares of common
stock on November 15, 2011, the New York State Common Retirement Fund,
whose address is the same as that of the NYC Retirement System, which held 19,560,008 shares of common
stock on November 22, 2011, and the Illinois State Board of Investment on behalf of the State Employees» Retirement System of Illinois, c / o 180 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 2015, Chicago, Illinois 60601, which in the aggregate held 928,927 shares of common
stock on November 18, 2011, the Judges» Retirement System of Illinois and the
General Assembly Retirement System of Illinois, as co-filers, intend to submit a resolution to stockholders for approval at the annual meeting.
There is now a
general sense of rebellion against security analysts, who during the period prior to April 2000, were putting out strong buy recommendations for dot com common
stocks, telecom common
stocks, and other issues of companies
whose only apparent real asset was an ability to sell new issues to the public at ridiculous prices.
Only infrequently over the years has
general market performance been of such overwhelming significance as to overshadow the performance of specific corporations
whose common
stocks are held in the portfolios of fundamentalist buy - and - hold investors who have staying power.
In
general, an ownership change occurs when, as of any testing date, the aggregate of the increase in percentage points is more than 50 percentage points of the total amount of a corporation's
stock owned by «5 - percent stockholders,» within the meaning of the NOLs limitations,
whose percentage ownership of the
stock has increased as of such date over the lowest percentage of the
stock owned by each such «5 - percent stockholder» at any time during the three - year period preceding such date.
There are, in
general, two flavors of value investing: buy cigar butts on the cheap (wretched companies
whose stocks more than discount their misery) or buy great companies at good prices.
Internal rates of return for participating policies may be much worse than universal life and interest - sensitive whole life (
whose cash values are invested in the money market and bonds) because their cash values are invested in the life insurance company and its
general account, which may be in real estate and the
stock market.