Anybody have experience in investing in virtual world banks/businesses/markets (such as those in SecondLife.com etc)? Do they provide a serious way of making a sensible risk/reward on five or six figure investments? [more inside]
posted on Aug 12, 2008 - 22 answers 
I own a (very) small number of shares of Apple Computer Inc. However, when I moved about four years ago, I forgot to update my address with them. [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 9 answers
Why does Manulife want me to sell my shares? [more inside]
posted on Mar 23, 2008 - 8 answers
I have $2000AUD to spend on Exchage-Traded Funds and I can't decide what to go for. [more inside]
posted on Feb 1, 2008 - 2 answers
Does anyone know of a good real-time online stocks/shares portfolio tool I can use to practise becoming a Warren Buffet style gazillionaire? I am poor and wish to become rich beyond my wildest dreams...virtually. Thanks in advance.
posted on Mar 9, 2007 - 7 answers
How can I invest in low-cost medical clinics like RediClinic, CheckUps and Take Care? These are clinics that are inside drugstores and Wal-Mart and Target. I've visited their websites and searched in Google but they do not seem to be listed on any stock exchanges.
posted on Oct 6, 2006 - 3 answers
How do shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway earn income? It seems that dividends haven't been issued since 1967. Short of selling the stock, isn't the investment "tied up"? [more inside]
posted on May 9, 2005 - 19 answers
As a fledgling investor, I'm confused about a fundamental idea behind stock investing: When I buy a stock, unless I buy it during a company's Initial Public Offering (IPO), I'm actually buying it from another investor who's willing to part with it for some price. So although I'm paying good money for those shares of company ownership, none of it ends up providing working capital for the company itself-- the money they got in the IPO is all they'll ever get from the stock market. So my questions are: What are the market forces that are supposed to keep the company's market capitalization (current share price X number of outstanding shares) in line with a company's actual value (assets - liabilities)? Why are high (or low) stock prices important to companies? Why do companies care so much about "creating shareholder value?"
posted on Feb 3, 2005 - 49 answers
