Posted on: 31 July, 2004
Author: Henry To, CFA
The Dow TheoryIt all began with Charles H. Dow...It is ... and amazing to note that not until Charles Dow started ... the Dow Jones ... and Dow Jones Rail Index and started writi Source: Free Articles from ArticlesFactory.com
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 July, 2004
Author: Charles M. O'Melia
... Dividend Paying StocksI would like to share with the reader an article printed in the ... section of U.S.A. Today on March 7, 2003 which ... the awesome power of a stock div (corrected) Dividend Paying StocksI would like to share with the reader an article printed in the financial section of U.S.A. Today on March 7, 2003 which exemplifies the awesome power of a stock dividend. MICROSOFT TO ISSUE FIRST DIVIDEND TODAY: Microsoft investors will get their first payday today,when the tech giant shells out its first dividend. At 8cents a share, the dividend will cost the company...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
To create a US$100 million Multinational Corporation will take US$100 million. So, your question should be: where is the money coming from to make my VCP proposal work? The Beowulf Investments' PIPES As a first step, my firm, Beowulf Investments (BI), will invest US$1,300,000 to create your client's US$5,000,000 company. As I've outlined in my Primary Source of Business Capital article, BI recover its risk capital within sixty days. (Once done, we are willing to wait the necessary years to achieve our profits, along with your company insiders.) To do so, BI must sell some of its shares to the...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 20 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
The Correct Use of SharesWilliam CateJuly 2004[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/][http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Textbooks on Going Publ... The Correct Use of SharesWilliam CateJuly 2004[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/][http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Textbooks on Going Public in America advise that being published is an exit strategy for a company's insiders.The textooks are wrong!If you follow their advice, in time you will destroy your public company. (98% of all companies going public in the United States fail within ten years.) In doing so, you will destroy our public shareholder base. Let me show you why this happens.The FloatThe shares held by the public are called "the float." When your public company insiders sell their shares to the...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: Charles M. O'Melia
There are several factors an investor in the stock market should ... All stock ... should be ... All stocks ... should be from a company that has a history of raisin There are several factors an investor in the stock market should consider:1. All stock purchases should be commission-free.2. All stocks purchased should be from a company that has a history of raising their dividends every year.3. The company should not only have a history of raising their dividends every year, but should also show price appreciation in the market place.4. All dividends from these companies should be rolled-over...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
Stock is MoneyBy William CatePublished May 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] Every public company... Stock is MoneyBy William CatePublished May 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] Every public company has a permit to print money. We call theirmoney "stock." The public company's job is to convince investors that theirstock is worth more than the investor's money. When you succeed, your share price is strong. When you fail, your share price collapses. Eventually,your company will fail.Stock, like money, suffers from inflation. The objection to papermoney is the ability of the Government to expand its supply. When aGovernment inflates its currency, it risks economic upheaval. Nationalfinancial instability leads to...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
NASD Brokerage CommissionsBy William CatePublished June 2001To contact the author: Visit the Beowulf Investments website: [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~... NASD Brokerage CommissionsBy William CatePublished June 2001To contact the author: Visit the Beowulf Investments website: [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Investors pay a commission and a spread whenever they buy a NASDstock. This is true about stocks trading on the Over-the-Counter BulletinBoard (OTCBB). It's true of Nasdaq stocks.NASD brokerage commissions can't exceed 5%. Investors arestampeding to the Net to save on brokerage commissions. Few brokerage firms still charge 5%. However, Net traders pay less than 1% brokeragecommissions.What investors don't realize is that there's a spread. This is...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
Your Stock Support BudgetBy William CatePublished February 2000[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] It c... Your Stock Support BudgetBy William CatePublished February 2000[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] It costs money to create share buying. Every public company must find thebuyers for their shareholders' stock. You must have the buyer when yourshareholder sells. If your company fails to find the buyers, your shareprice will collapse. To maintain your present share price, your float will trade four timesannually. Your float is the stock held by your public shareholders. If yourcompany's float is one million shares, you must expect to find four millionshares of buying in the next year. If...
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
The Instant EntrepreneurBy William CatePublished July 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] If you cr... The Instant EntrepreneurBy William CatePublished July 1998[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/] If you create a startup national company, you'll spend most of your riskcapital trying to find customers. Ninety-eight percent of the time, you'llfail. You may have a great new product or service that everybody needs.Nevertheless, the world still won't beat a path to your door. You won'tgenerate hordes of customers without spending tons of money and years ofyour life. Your alternative to creating a startup company is to do a turnaround.This means rescuing an existing business on the verge of failure....
Continue ReadingPosted on: 02 July, 2004
Author: William Cate
Non-Reporting ShellsBy William CatePublished January 1999[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Clean shell... Non-Reporting ShellsBy William CatePublished January 1999[http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/] [http://home.earthlink.net/~beowulfinvestments/globalvillageinvestmentclubwelcome/]Clean shells don't exist. Among the dirtiest of dirty shells arenon-reporting shells. A shell is a company that's trading but lacks assets.Usually, the private company buys the shell and puts their business intoit. It rarely works out well for the private company.As I read Section 5 of the 1933 U. S. Securities Act, the onlyAmerican stock that should be publicly traded are the shares of companiesreporting to the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). TheNational Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) didn't share my view ofthe...
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