An attack on the scale of Sept. 11 would rock the markets and the economy. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Every public company depends to some extent on the trust of its investors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
At the end of 2000, most investors were optimistic that a return to quick gains could not be far off. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Corporate executives often buy or sell shares in their companies, and stocks rarely rise or fall significantly when those transactions are reported. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Most companies can survive even if their debt ratings are lowered below investment grade, although they will have higher borrowing costs. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The stock prices of networking equipment companies like Cisco Systems and Nortel Networks sometimes seem as if they are priced for perpetual… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Short sellers sell stock they have borrowed, hoping to buy it back later when its price has fallen. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It's no secret that big institutional investors have a lot of advantages on Wall Street. They get the first chance to buy… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Stocks in the United States plunged in 2002 amid fears of war and terrorism, a weak economy, rising oil prices and dozens… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Generally, a rally will have staying power, technicians say, if, in addition to price movements, it has heavy trading volume and breadth,… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Institutions like mutual funds often worry that if they disclose their plans to buy a stock, copycats will move quickly and drive… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
To finance deficits, the government must sell bonds to investors, competing for capital that could otherwise be used to invest in stocks… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
For investors who do want to speculate in high-yield bonds, one alternative may be a junk bond mutual fund, which can offer… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In general, great companies prefer to grow 'organically,' as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
On the New York Stock Exchange, all buy and sell orders are routed through a single 'specialist,' guaranteeing that most small trades… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Hedge funds try to produce above-average investment returns using tactics ranging from traditional stock-picking to complex derivative and arbitrage plays. High minimum… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The thing to do with mutual funds is to buy a couple of decent ones, set up an investment plan and then… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Publicly traded United States companies report sales and profits to investors every quarter. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Technology investment drove growth in the 1990s, both directly and by fueling a rising stock market that led to increased consumer spending. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Electronic communications networks match trades between investors directly, without using a market maker or specialist as an intermediary. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Investors have been too willing to buy stocks with strong reported earnings, even if they do not understand how the earnings are… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In market valuation, Yahoo is worth about as much Walt Disney and the News Corporation combined. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In general, investors prefer companies to reward executives for producing recurring income, not one-time gains. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
After a generation of misrule under Mr. Hussein, who built a huge military infrastructure while neglecting civilian investment, and a dozen years… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Although not well known outside Wall Street, Freddie Mac and its corporate cousin, Fannie Mae, are two of the world's largest financial… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Lower interest rates are usually considered good for stocks because they lower the cost of borrowing and make bonds a less attractive… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
It's one of the fundamental principles of the stock market: When interest rates go up, stocks go down. And along with financial… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In a Ponzi scheme, a promoter pays back his initial investors with money he has raised from new investors. Eventually, the promoter… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Rising interest rates are considered bad for stocks because they raise the cost of doing business and depress corporate earnings and because… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The details of the personal expenses that executives put on the company tab often are not known because loopholes in federal disclosure… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Of course, the discounting of future earnings should hurt all stocks. But it should hurt technology stocks more than others, because so… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Traditionally, companies have made major announcements before or after the close of trading so that all interested investors and analysts are apprised… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
For value investors, General Motors is a tempting target. The company's share of the North American auto market has steadily declined for… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Many newly public companies are able to post a year or two of strong sales growth off a small base, but their… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
To economists, prices serve as crucial signals to producers and consumers. In a regulated market, the state sets prices high enough for… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
One of the Internet's highest-profile companies, Priceline once dreamed of transforming the way consumer goods are bought and sold by offering customers the chance… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
As they grow, companies saturate their markets, become more complex and difficult to manage, and face larger and more entrenched competitors. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“If stupid people didn’t insist on thinking they were smart, the world would be a lot simpler.” — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
For chat-room tyros who expect to make their first million day-trading by age 27, paging through the Sunday newspaper with a pair of scissors… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
“Rosette disappeared onto the dance floor. Wells sat in silence for a minute, watching the dancers. The worldwide cult of fast money spent stupidly.… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
In general, great companies prefer to grow 'organically,' as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Trust the Canadians to produce a game about mutual funds that is actually more boring than the real thing. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
The market always, in theory at least, looks ahead. And it's always trying to take in every bit of information that it can as… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
Mr. Snowden did not start out as a spy, and calling him one bends the term past recognition. Spies don't give their secrets to… — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
As the Nasdaq soared in 1999 and early 2000, demand for many offerings far exceeded the supply of shares available at the initial offering price. — Alex Berenson Copy Share Image
