Twitter acquisition is a modern-day version of ‘Barbarians at the Door’, First of all, if you haven’t read “Barbarians at the Gate”, which is regarded as the most classic Wall Street M&A and business war related books or movies in history, please find time to read it.
Author: Andy Lin
Why timing the market or swing trading simply not work?
Regardless of individual stock investment or ETF, band trade, timing the market, or speculation on the market, choose the time to enter and exit the stock market, so as to accurately grasp the maximum profit potential. It’s bound to fail eventually.
How does American Water Works make money?
Founded in 1886, American Water Works Company, is one of US largest water provider.
People believe successful investors are survivorship bias cannot succeed
Noticed that many people, regardless of Wall Street and many friends around me, attribute Buffett’s investment success to the Survivorship Bias. This view includes two things
S&P 500 index, the only stock worth holding forever
Active investors should also add market index to portfolio — the reason is simple, it’s the only stock worth holding forever. It’s hard for the average person to keep up with the times, to identify the best companies of the day, and to maintain the best possible holdings in your portfolio — but the S&P 500 can do that for you.
Gross margin is a great indicator to judge the management
Wouldn’t the ROE be better? Many US-listed companies are losing money. How can they calculate the return on equity (ROE) without positive earnings? However, most listed companies must have revenue and can calculate the gross margin.
The rebirth and fall of 4 major technology stocks in 10 years
Rebirth and fall of 4 technology stocks, Ten years ago, in early November 2011, Microsoft’s market capitalization was about $124.7 billion, and Intel was about $127 billion; the two were almost on par. However, as of November 4, 2021, Microsoft is 2.53 trillion US dollars, Intel is about 204.1 billion US dollars; Microsoft’s market value has caught up with Apple’s market value at the end of October, 12 times that of Intel!
Why do most people fail in stocks investment? 4 simple reasons
There are hundreds of reasons for why people fail in stocks investment, and there is never any lack of discussion.
How does IBM make money? What’s next?
The predecessor of IBM was ITR, which was founded in 1906. Later, the two companies merged and CTR (Computing Tabulating Recording) was established in 1911.
Investing in cryptocurrency is not as good as investing in related companies
Investing in Investing in cryptocurrency is not as good as investing in related companies is not as good as investing in related companies, In recent years, cryptocurrencies (also known as virtual currencies) have been regarded as the most attractive and profitable new economic activity in the world. As of February 2021, there are 8,200 cryptocurrencies