Word: investors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...library's copy of David Copperfield is 22 cassettes long. Says Birmingham Photographer Mike Clemmer: "I haven't made any long car trips, but when I do, I'll buy a book on tape. No more lousy radio music or CB chatter for me." Lynn Kirk, a real estate investor from Ojai, Calif., admits, "I am definitely addicted to books on tape. I cannot get into my car without them. There are no commercials, you can listen to whatever you want, and it offers a little self-improvement." And Chuck Russell, an Atlanta management consultant, testifies, "I've heard...
...banks then lowered the prime rate that they charge preferred corporate customers, from 8.5% to 8%. The Fed's action was the third such cut this year, evidently designed to pump more oomph back into the sagging U.S. economy. Word that the rate cut was coming may have curbed investor nervousness. On the other hand, if the announcement was supposed to lead investors thundering back into the market, it failed...
That rally stalled last week, at least temporarily, as the value of shares plunged by 6.8% on Monday. Finance Minister Balladur quickly moved to allay investor concern. Said he in the National Assembly: "The Bourse has risen enormously. From time to time, people catch their breath." But after Balladur's speech, prices recovered only slightly. Market experts in Paris ascribed the slowdown to an impatient mood among investors, who are waiting for more solid economic results before pushing prices higher...
...understand it, the company sponsoring the stock issue only gains funds from the initial stock issue of that stock. That is, when the company prints the stock certificates and then issues them to primary investors, those investors transfer their funds to the company. Once the primary investor sells his stock in the secondary market (i.e. the New York Stock Exchange) to another individual, the transfer of funds is wholly between the two individuals. The company sees none of the proceeds or capital gains from this transaction. (In fact, the owner of stock draws capital from the company, which pays...
...company would go down if Harvard were to sell its stock in that company. How would the price drop affect the company? As described above, it wouldn't. The company is completely aloof from any stock transactions in the secondary market. The stock would merely be bought by an investor who, noticing the low price of the stock compared to its earning potential, would snap it up as a bargain. This stockowner may well be less scrupulous than Harvard; he might not trouble to lobby at stockholder meetings fro reform of company practices in South Africa...