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The stock market is a reflection of investor behavior. Behavior influenced by emotion first and then by reason. Stock selection rational basis gives better results when the VIX is below 30

In the long term, stock prices move in a straight line with fundamentals justifying it. Stock prices in North America have increased by about 10% per year for 50 years. Corporate profits rose in the United States by about 7% per annum, for the same period. By adding 3% dividend, stock prices moved in the same direction as the increase in corporate profits.
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What you invest now? Do resguardaría in the “hypothetical” bond or security would take advantage of lower equity prices? If you are not decide who or what one nor the other, and their risk profile is too conservative, you may be overlooking another asset that best fits your needs: convertible bond funds.

Like almost everything that is “cooked” on the market today, these products are suffering from the crisis, but experts are confident in their potential, especially in its ability to recover, they say, much higher than for other assets, as, for example, stock funds. Amen from another value: the “protection” offered by its fixed income component. And in view are the results: while the category of convertible bond funds fell this year, on average, 7.7 percent (a 2 , 9 in the last twelve months), the global equity yield about 16 percent in 2011 and 8.3 in annual terms (according to Morningstar).
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When you buy or sell options should take into account that in the short term, dividends paid by a company are deducted from the price of its shares.
Suppose that Telefonica will pay a dividend on February 20 of $ 0.50 and the day closes February 19 to 20 euros.

In theory the X-company deduct those $ 0.50 the next day and opened on 20 February at 19.50 euros, so that investors who on February 19 an action that had traded at 20 euros, on 20 February has an action that is trading at 19.50 euros and a dividend of 0.50 euros.
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With the exception of some emerging countries, the global economy continues ill, and with it, stock markets fail to recover your pulse. Curious, then, that one of the few sectors that are performing well this year, is precisely that of health.

In the U.S., the health sector this year has a yield of 10.4% (in dollars) compared to just over 1% of S & P. In the euro area, has appreciated by 12.4% compared to -2.4% of the EuroStoxx 50. From the standpoint of funds specializing in health, mean that 2011 is 2.4%, but products that accumulate above the 8-10% returns. Moreover, it is the only sector in positive category, one, 3, 5 and 10 years, with a volatility (three years) below 15%.
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The dividend discount prices, theoretically, the day you pay.

Every time a company pays a dividend is an output of money from the company, and theoretically reduces the value of the company in that amount.

Suppose a company has a share capital consists of 1,000 shares and each share is trading at 20 euros at the close of the session the day before they will pay the dividend. The capitalization of the company is 20,000 euros (20 x 1,000).

The balance of this company is composed of a number of factories, machinery, etc. and 5,000 euros in cash. That means that 20 euros per share in the market is assigning a value of $ 15,000 per set of plant, machinery, etc., Which together with the 5,000 euros that the company has a bank account making the total capitalization of € 20,000 stock.
The company will pay a dividend of 1 euro per share, which will have to get 1,000 euros (1 euro x 1,000 shares) from your bank account to give to their shareholders.
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Industrial prices rose 0.9% in March 2011 from the previous month and increased 7.8% year on year, thus registering the highest rate since September 2008, said Monday the National Institute of Statistics ( INE).

With the rebound in the third month of the year, producer prices strung sixteen months of consecutive on-year increases. Moreover, in March rose two tenths in February (7.6%).
By economic destination of goods, energy sector was the biggest contributor to growth in industrial prices by placing an annual rate in 18.8%, three tenths above that recorded in February, the highest on record this activity since September 2008.

This increase is mainly due to the rising prices of refined petroleum products rose more sharply than in March 2010. Also contributing to the growth of producer prices of intermediate goods, which rose one tenth annual variation, up to 8%, its highest rate since September 2006.
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Penny stocks are stocks that typically sell in the price range between less than a dollar and two dollars. They are sold on the promise of huge potential profits.

Why are prices of penny stocks so low?

• Generally, penny stocks are issued by companies that have not been in business long enough to establish a track record or a financial history.
• Companies with inexperienced managements also issue penny stocks.
• Even an erstwhile profit making company’s stocks can become a penny stock if it begins to incur heavy losses. The market loses confidence in the stock and pushes the panic button resulting in heavy selling of the stock. Panic breeds further panic pushing the price lower and lower until it reaches to a penny stock level.