How To Understand The Financial PagesAnother tool that should be used by investors is to look at the track record of the company concerned. By this I mean the growth (or lack of it) in Earnings per share. The Earnings per share is the profit per share that is earned by each ordinary share. A good management team should be able to register a solid annual increase in EPS on a consistent basis. Hence the general rule is that those companies that can show the market that they can register consistent growth in the EPS will do better from a share price point of view from those companies who have a patchy record with concern to EPS. [More] | The Secret to More Winning Trades is as Simple as Avoiding This Common MistakeIn a hypothetical example, let's say you begin with $25,000 in a variety of stocks and funds. The first year was good and you made 25%. Now your portfolio is worth $31,250. You do the same the following year and now your portfolio is worth $39,062. Then the third year you lose 50%. That would put the value of your portfolio back to $19,531 – which is less than you started with. Just one year's loss can wipe out two years of great gains. [More] | 4 Things to Remember as a NewbieOnce you are in the business you will probably find that in the beginning you might be overwhelmed by lots of sources that will tell you to get this and that, and maybe to upgrade a myriad of things that feels totally strange to you. Most of these upgrades and purchases, if not all, will probably be necessary eventually down the road, and if you have the extra cash to spend on it, more power to you. However, if you are anything like me, you don't want to blow more money than you need to, and in the beginning there has to be some investments made. [More] |
TIBB - TIB Financial Corp. Announces Stock Split
Yesterday (09/27/06) TIBB - TIB Financial Corp. announced a 2 for 1 stock split payable October 24, 2006. Its shares closed today at $31.90, down $0.10 (-0.31%). This stock is not optionable and has an average daily trading volume of about 2,412 sh.
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