The day after Thanksgiving this year saw online sales increase by 15.9% over Black Friday 2009, according to Coremetrics, a web analytics technology provider that is part of IBM. E-retailer Buy.com reported a sales jump of 45%. In addition, ChannelAdvisor reported that its retailer client’s same-store sales increased by almost 35%, seeing particularly good results… Continue Reading
As Thanksgiving approaches towards week’s end, stocks have risen in anticipation of Black Friday. The gains in sales during the first half of November have given hope that the day after Thanksgiving, which is the traditional start to the retail industry’s biggest sales period, will launch a flourishing holiday selling season. MasterCard Advisors’ Spending Pulse,… Continue Reading
You get an email to your inbox. The letter says: ”Just invest two thousand dollars today and watch your investment grow 100-fold!”. Obviously, that line is meant to tempt you to read further. The letter will continue with terms such as “the next Apple” and “ripe for a buyout”. Sounds enticing, right? What should you… Continue Reading
As Thanksgiving 2010 approaches, investors have their eye on Black Friday. This is the traditional start of the holiday shopping season which aims to identify a level of retail volume that will indicate a market upswing. This year’s Black Friday, so-called because stores usually make sufficient sales on that day to get their accounts “into… Continue Reading
There are a lot of different ways to pick which stocks you want to invest in. Extensive research is necessary if you want to pick small stocks with explosive potential. However, if you’re not interested in spending a lot of time doing research and/or don’t want to take high-risks, here’s a list of stocks for… Continue Reading
The Chinese economy is becoming a bigger and bigger player in the global market. As of today, four out of the ten biggest companies in the world are Chinese! China now has the largest car market in the world, which makes the largest Chinese car-maker, Bitauto (NASDAQ: BITA) a very compelling buy. This would also… Continue Reading
Berlin / Dusseldorf – Thomas Fox the CEO of Karstadt predicts a great future for his department store chain in Germany. “The best times of these department stores in Germany still lie ahead,” lectured Fox on Wednesday even before the industry gathered at the German trade conference in Berlin, “Germany is a country store.” To… Continue Reading
One of the cardinal rules of investing is diversification. You never want to put all of your eggs in one basket. Ensuring your portfolio is diversified will make sure you will not lose half of your money in one day. If you invest no more than 4% of your money in a single investment, and… Continue Reading
Before you invest your money, you need to decide what degree of risk you’re willing to take and what your goals are. Are you investing this money for retirement in forty years? Or are you saving up to buy a house in five years? A higher risk means a higher reward, but if you will… Continue Reading