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If you are interested in VIVUS, Inc. (NASDAQ: VVUS), you should consider beta (a measure of the volatility of the stock price) to understand how the stock could affect your portfolio. Modern financial theory views volatility as a measure of risk, and there are two main types of price volatility. The first type is company-specific … Read more
At the White House, press conferences follow one another and are similar while the American president is never stingy with "good words". And Donald Trump obviously continues the tradition even on vacation, from his Florida residence in Mar-a-Lago. On Tuesday, he evaded questions about the threat of a North Korean missile fire by the end … Read more
One of the best investments we can make is our own knowledge and skills. With that in mind, this article explains how we can better understand a company using Return On Equity (ROE). To make the lesson practical, we use ROE to better understand Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (NASDAQ: VRTX). Vertex Pharmaceuticals has an ROE of … Read more
Will there be planes in early January during the weekend back from the Christmas holidays? The question is still pending while several flight crew unions, including the SNPL-pilots union, majority at Air France- have called a strike for Friday 3, Saturday 4 and Sunday 5 January against the reform project retirements. The fact remains that … Read more
Nike (NKE) recently released financial results for the second quarter of 2020. Revenue increased 10% to $ 10.3 billion in the quarter despite a strong headwind from exchange rate effects (revenue at constant exchange rates increased 13%). The growth was broadly based. Each of the company's international segments (EMEA, Greater China and APLA) saw double-digit … Read more
The masses and most financial media seem to hate hedge funds and what they do, but why is this hate against hedge funds so striking? Ultimately, these asset managers don't rely on the hard-earned money of people on the verge of poverty. To be honest, most hedge fund managers and other smaller players in the … Read more