Ask the Fool Bulls and Bears, Oh My
Q: What do the terms “bull” and “bear” mean? - A.B., Tucson, Ariz.A: You’re a bull, or “bullish,” on a particular stock or the market if you expect it to go up. A “bear” is pessimistic, perhaps expecting a market drop soon. We Fools are not interested in guessing what the market will do in the short term, but we are long-term bulls. Over many decades, the stock market has returned an average of
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Citic, Haitong Gun for Merrill, Dwarf Bear on Top Broker List
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- China's 167 percent stock rally this year has made Citic Securities Co., its largest brokerage with a market capitalization of $39.4 billion, bigger than all but three counterparts on Wall Street.
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Trading Halted For 35 Firms Over E-Mails
Securities regulators yesterday halted trading in nearly three dozen companies -- the initial salvo in "Operation Spamalot," a campaign to block e-mails promoting stocks to unsuspecting investors.
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Firm invests $60M in ATD
The Silicon Valley venture capital firm behind Internet stars Expedia and Netflix bought a $60 million stake in Automated Trading Desk on Friday, anticipating the Mount Pleasant-based company's stock-trading software will pay big dividends.
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