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Way too many conversion rate optimization projects are coming up empty. Companies feel they work too hard for too little return. Most conversion rate optimizations efforts are focused on pages and elements but don’t focus on the entire persuasion scenario. Perhaps and understanding of The Hierarchy of Optimization can help.

Content: Article | Author: Bryan Eisenberg | Source: ClickZ | Subjects: IT / Technology / E-Business, Market/Investment

Here are notes from a Q&A session with Buffett hosted for students from Emory’s Goizueta Business School and McCombs School of Business at UT Austin.

Content: Thought Leader | Authors: Dang Le, Warren Buffett | Subjects: Market/Investment, Miscellaneous

An investigation shows that investors suffer when firms stop giving quarterly earnings guidance.

Content: Article | Authors: Baruch Lev, Jennifer Tucker, Joel F. Houston | Source: STERNbusiness (NYU) | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industries: Finance / Banking, Investing

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A long time ago someone told me there would be three factors determining our stock price after we went public. One-third of the price would reflect how well we were doing, one-third how well our industry was doing, and one-third how well the stock market was doing.

Content: Quotation | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment

By the time NASDAQ reached its peak in the recent bull market, many financial commentators had begun to accept the idea that stock market valuations were no longer driven solely by the traditional economic factors: earnings growth, inflation, and interest rates. Instead, they suggested, new factors—such as structural changes in the economy, new rules of economics, and the value of intangible assets and brands—justified the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Tim Koller, Zane D. Williams | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Economics, Market/Investment | Industry: Investment Banking

Many analysts argue that despite the carnage on Wall Street over the past year, stock prices are still high by historical standards. Is that true? Could stocks fall some more before they reach bottom? Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel, author of Stocks for the Long Run, suggests that benchmarks such as the price-to-earnings ratio present a more hopeful picture than many market observers believe.

Content: Article | Author: Jeremy Siegel | Source: Knowledge@Wharton | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

The return on the market portfolio plays a central role in the capital asset pricing model (CAPM), the financial theory widely used by both academics and practitioners. However, the intertemporal properties of the stock market return are not yet fully understood. In particular, ther is an ongoing debate in the literature about the relationship between market risk and return and the extent to … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Hui Guo, Robert Whitelaw | Source: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

Content: Book | Author: John J. Murphy | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

A set of informative articles from Equity Analytics, Ltd. covering various areas of investments. Sampling of articles: The Short Sale of Stock; Cash Accounts and Margin Accounts; Initial Public Offerings (IPO’s) of Securities; Stock Splits, Reverse Stock Splits, Cash and Stock Dividends…

Content: Online Resource | Source: Equity Analytics Ltd. | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

The stigma haunting startups that fail to go public can taint their credibility and force them to refocus. And those are the lucky ones.

Content: Article | Author: Anya Schiffrin | Source: The Standard | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, Market/Investment

Company Sleuth is an online covert information specialist providing free inside information on publicly traded companies. At the site, users have the ability to stakeout and track company business activities, financial moves, Internet dealings and legal actions. Daily customized updates are delivered via email or wireless application. After selecting the companies you would like to track, Company Sleuth will deliver information on new patents, SEC … [ Read more ]

Content: Online Resource | Source: companysleuth.com | Subjects: Competitive Intelligence, Market/Investment

This paper by the Federal Reserve Board compares the predictions for the market value of firms from the Gordon growth model with those from a dynamic general equilibrium model of production. Special attention is focused on the prediction for movements in the market value of firms in response to a decline in the required return or an increase in the growth rate of the … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Author: Michael T. Kiley | Source: Federal Reserve Board (FRB) | Subjects: Economics, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

This 33-page .pdf IMF paper provides an overview of recent theoretical and empirical research on herd behavior in financial markets. It addresses the following questions: What precisely do we mean by herding? What could be the causes of herd behavior? What successes hav existing studies had in identifying such behavior? And what effect does herding have on financial markets?

Content: Article | Authors: Sunil Sharma, Sushil Bikhchandani | Source: IMF | Subjects: Finance, Market/Investment | Industry: Investing

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offers a simple compilation of stock info found on major stock sites on the Web. Enter name of a stock and get a research sheet incl. profiles, quotes, charts, and recommendations. Info is pulled from dependable sources incl Yahoo, Hoovers, Zacks, etc.

Content: Online Resource | Source: justquotes.com | Subject: Market/Investment

A good general overview of stock analysis; uses easy analogies and covers the Balance Sheet and Income Statement as well as giving an overview of methodology and purpose

Content: Article | Source: thestreet.com | Subject: Market/Investment

enter a stock symbol and get detailed statistics, incl. stats relative to industry

Content: Online Resource | Source: financialweb.com | Subject: Market/Investment

self-explanatory; nice complement to article on fundamental analysis also by TheStreet.com

Content: Article | Source: thestreet.com | Subject: Market/Investment

well known site for everything related to stocks; tools section allows you to enter stock symbol and get quotes, financials, news, profile, research & charts

Content: Online Resource | Source: thestreet.com | Subject: Market/Investment