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2008-11-16T04:06:23Z

Coca Cola Stock History

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Off Topic Rambling: It seems that financial woes affecting the economy haven't seen its end. Yesterday, the Dow closed down almost 338 points or 3.82%. This week, the retail industry carried all the doom and gloom signs.

Coca Cola Stock History, News Events, and Rivals

Today's topic of discussion is the stock history of Coca Cola Company. This is one company that every human even in the most remote part of the earth must have heard or seen it (I am sure the movie Gods' must be crazy would vouch for its influence). Coca Cola is without a doubt one of the most recognizable brands in the world. It is sold in almost every country, and is undoubtedly the most popular soft drink in the world. I am not going to bother bringing up facts to backup my assertions because, I would consider it as common knowledge. Regardless, I checked up (just to satisfy any doubters), and according to Business Week - Coca Cola Classic is the best selling soft drink in the world. Even with the economic slowdown, the diversity of Coca Cola's business - with interests in all geographic regions, it is possible that the global economic slow down wouldn't be that severe on Coca Cola, and the softening of commodity prices would definitely help coca cola's margins.

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Coca Cola Stock History Overview

This report will discuss the stock performance of Coca Cola company over the year to date, its highs and lows, how it's stock performed against its rivals, and recent news events.

Coca Cola Company News

In recent months (September 3, 2008), Coca Cola Company offered to buy Chinese Juice maker Huiyan Juice Group for $2.4 billion, and the third quarter of Coca Cola Company's profit rose by 14% due to international sales, and its shares rose by 48 cents and was the only gainer in the Dow Jones. The stock closed at $44.21 (This was on October 15).

Coca Cola General Stock History Information

Coca-Cola Company Ticker Symbol - KO

On November 14, Coca-Cola Stock closed at $45.02, down $1.26 or 2.72. The stock went as high as $47.18, and a low of $44.98. The stock had a volume of 16.69 million, which is approximately 2 million short of its average volume of 18.67 million. The company has a market capital of $104 billion, with 2.31 billion (with a B) shares floating. Of these shares 65% are institution owned, and the stock has a beta of .72, implying that the stock is less volatile than the market. Some of the major institutional holders of Cocal Cola Stock include Berkshire Hathaway, Suntrust Banks, Barclays Global Investor UK Holdings, Capital World Investors, State Street Corporation, Vanguard Group, FMR, Bank of New York Mellon, AXA, and Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo. Some of the bigger mutual fund holders of the stock include Washinton Mutual Fund Ivestors, Fidelity Contrafund, Vanguard 500 Index fund, College Retirement Equities Fund, Capital World Growth and Income Fund, American Balanced Fund, and GMO U.S. Quality Equity Fund. As of June 30th of 2008, Berkshire Hathaway held approximately 200 million shares of Coca Cola, making it by far the biggest institutional holders. For its stock recommendations among analysts, 4 Analysts recommend "Strong Buy" (down 1), 7 recommend "Buy" rating (No Change), and 3 recommend a "Hold" rating (up 1 since last month).

Year to Date Coca Cola Company Stock History

For the year to date, Coca Cola Company lost 26.64% of its market value or $16.35 as of November 14. The company's stock debuted the year at a price of $61.07 on Januar 2nd, and a gradual rise until January 10. The stock traded around $58 for the entire months of February, March, April, and May. Post-May, Coca Cola stock gradualy lost its price, and throughout July, August, and September traded around $51-$54. Starting October Coca Cola stock began to see its stock value fall dramatically, and posted its lowest year to date on October 10, with a stock price of $41.50. In the current year, the company gave a dividend of $0.38 3 times in March, June, and September.

Cola Wars : Coca Cola Company Stock Vs PepsiCo Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Hansen Natural

In Cola Wars Stock Performance Competition, Coca Cola's Stock comes out top losing only approx 27% of its market value. The biggest loser among beverages was Hansen Natuaral Corporation losing a whopping 43% of its stock market value. Hansen Natural Corporation is known for brand names such as Monster Energy, Lost Energy and Ace. Pepsi, Coca Cola's biggest competitor saw its stock lose 29% of its value, marginally close to Coca Cola's stock performance. Dr Pepper saw its stock value fall by 31%, mirroring Pepsi's loss. Compared to Nasdaq, Coca Cola fared better losing 27%, while Nasdaq lost about 43%. The Graph Above shows the stock performance of Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper, and Hansen Natural.

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2008-11-03T04:52:16Z

General Motors (GM) Stock History, News, Price

There was a time when it was considered, I am going to paraphrase it - "What was good for GM, was good for America". Even though the said quote was misquoted, it nonetheless shows how powerful GM was at its prime, and my how far have things fallen. Here is GM begging to the Treasury department asking it for $10 billion to finance its Chrysler deal. Here is a company that was so huge that it's size could be registered as a % of American Economy, could even face bankruptcy in 2 years. GM and Detroit Automakers have so heavily relied on trucks and SUVs' to profit, had to see their earnings vanish due to high gas prices. Now, even though gas prices have now fallen, the fate of GM is still a big question mark.

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GM possibly looks to be the lead negotiator in acquiring Chrysler from Cerberus Capital Management LP. Personally, the deal doesn't make any sense to me, there are way too many overlaps, and to me it just seems to be a destruction of Chrysler, and the only brand in Chrysler that seems to be viable seems Jeep, and GM already has its hands full with Hummer. Are we witnessing another disastrous marriage? I guess Chrysler is a widow maker, and I am won't be too surprised if the merger happens and a few years down the road, GM regrets making the purchase.

Chevy Volt Concept Design: Pictured Right

One of the bright spots, at least in perspective is the Chevy Volt. Chevy Volt is a hybrid car that is expected to debut in year 2010. Although, I have never owned any GM vehicle, nor does any of their vehicles real interest me (in terms of buying), this is one vehicle I would certainly try to get my hands on. I don't know what drove GM to scrap its EV1 Electric Vehicle, I hope GM doesn't follow or make such foolish decisions again. More importantly, GM should not lose its sight in lieu of falling gas prices; instead it should focus on producing vehicles that rely on alternate sources of energy. This would ensure that General Motors (GM) bottom line isn't at mercy of gas prices. The reason SUVs are popular because, people like them - they are flexible, and have huge spaces. GM should focus on bringing SUVs on the lines of Chevy Volt. I am sure; people wouldn't discriminate against a Green SUV.

I know this is a bit of an off-topic but, why hasn't anybody covered the onslaught of Chinese automakers planning to enter US market? I don't know when the Chinese automakers plan to enter US (probably pushed back due to weakening economy), but GM should take into account the competition Chinese automakers can give, especially in such a down economy, people might not be so hesitant to buy an automobile names "Chery". Some of the Chinese automakers include Chery, Geely and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp.

General Motors - GM Stock History

I will be discussing GM stock's history for the current year to date, some major news events that affected the price of its stock, how its competitors Like Ford Motor, Toyoto Motor, Daimler, Chrysler, Nissan, Honda, and Kia are doing. The article will also report key financial ratios of General Motors (GM), and its major share holders.

General Motors Corporation

Ticker Symbol: GM

Last Trading Session GM Stock Activity: On October 31st, General Motors Corporation stock closed at $5.79. The Stock opened at $5.92, went up as high as $6.07, and a low of $5.69 in late trading session. In After Hours Trading, GM stock was up 2.42% at $5.92. The company's shares changed hands about 18.14 million times, and in Early Trading before market opened, GM went as low as $5.62.

General Motors Corporation Stock Info

General Motors has a market capital of $3.28 billion. GM stock's 52 Week high shows how far GM has fallen. At its 52 Week High, GM stock traded at an unbelievable price of $39.45! The current trading price? 5.79! Wow? Whoever had GM stock as a major part of their portfolio must have lost huge fortunes! The company's 52 Week Low stood at $4.00, not surprising looking at the current stock price. On average GM stock has a volume of 28.23 million, and a beta of 1.75, which means that GM stock is 75% more volatile than the market. There are about 566 millions share floating, and 95% of them are institution owned - a pretty high number.

Among institutional holders, Dodge & Cox, Southeastern Asset Management, Brandes Investment, AXA, Capital Research Global Investors, and Credit Suisse make some of the biggest institutional holders. Capital Research Global Investors, Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Long Leaf Partners Fund, Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund, and Capital Income Builder are some of the major mutual fund holders.

General Motors (GM) Stock Performance / GM Stock History

General Motors stock started the year at $24.41, and went through a gradual decline after reaching a 2008 year high of $28.98 in February 1. Believe it or not, this company actually handed out dividends the first two quarters! How the hell on earth a company strapped for cash, and in huge debt hand out dividends? The dividends were $0.25 a share. I mean were they worried that GM stock was going to crash if they didn't pay the dividends? I think they don't have to worry about that now; GM stock is well on its way. Of all the major Car Manufacturers, GM stock suffered the most, losing a whopping 76% of its market value. Honda Motors and Toyota Motor Corporation fare the best losing only in mid 20s.

The Matchup - General Motors, Toyota Motor Corporation, Ford Motor Company, Daimler AG, Nissan Motor, and Honda Motor.

As said earlier, General Motors lost the biggest. Its stock value dropped by 76%. The closes losers to GM were Daimler AG and Ford Motor Company. Both companies lost 64% and 67% respectively. The two Japanese companies, Honda Motor and Toyota seemed to have fared better, but the same cannot be said be about Nissan. Toyota Motor lost 28% of its stock market value, while Honda Motor lost 25%, and Nissan lost 56% - if you could say, comparable to American Automobile Corporations.

In the graph below, you can see how these corporations' stock performed for the year to date.

General Motors and Auto & Truck Manufacturers

Compared against the industry, Auto & Manufacturers industry has a whole lost about 49% of its value, a lot better than General Motors. S&P 500 also performed better than General Motors. It can be easily said that rising gas prices acutely affected the car manufacturing industry, hence such intense loss in its market value.

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Apple Stock - Price, History, News, and Performance

2008-11-02T02:42:05Z

Apple Stock News / Rambling

Pictured: Steve Jobs, Overlord of Apple, Inc.

Who doesn't know Apple? Wherever Apple Goes, a new "innovative" product comes up. Love it or Hate it (mostly the later for me), Apple revolutionizes the industry it enters in. The iPod and iPhone are the latest examples of what Apple could achieve if it set its mind to. Right now, about every phone maker out there is trying their best to bring out the perfect imitator to the Iphone, and although many have come close, no one has beat it (I am strongly rooting for a Phone based on Google Android to beat Apple). As you may have figured it out by now, I am no fan of Apple, although I do enjoy their products, have been an owner of Ipod for a long, long time, but there are quite a few things about that annoys me - one of them being how they tried to sneakily get windows users to install Apple Safari browser in disguise of an update to Itunes (That must have sure got the folks at Mozilla and Microsoft all riled up).

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Nonetheless, this article isn't about me reporting my annoyances with Apple, rather it is to talk about Apple's stock performance for the year to date, some relevant and important news, and history of Apple Stock along with some corporate information regarding the company.

In this article I will discuss how Apple Inc's stock fared this year, how its competitors like Microsoft and Google performed. I will also compare Apple's stock performance with Dow Jones, NASDAQ, SAP 500, and the technology industry.

Pictured Below: Apple Inc Logo

Apple Inc. Company Basics

Company Name: Apple Inc.

Ticker Symbol: AAPL

On October 31st, Apple Inc's stock closed at $107.59, down $3.45. The stock opened at $107.37, reached a high of $110.78, and a low of $105.14. For the day, 59.29 million shares changed hand - fairly well traded company on NASDAQ exchange. Apple Inc has a Market Capital of $95.57 billion, and a 52 Week high of $202.96, and an all time 52-week low of $85. The stock has a beta of 2.62, meaning the company's stock is 162% more volatile than the market. About 888 million shares are public, of which 66% are owned by institutions. As of 13th August, Steve Jobs owned approximately 5.5 million shares in Apple. FMR, Barclays, State Street, Northern Trust, Bank of New York Mellon are some of the major institutional holders. Growth fund of America, Fidelity Contrafund, SPDR Trust Series 1, Janus Twenty Fund, and College Retirement Equities Fund are some of the major mutual fund holders. Apple Inc does not issue any dividends, and the last time it offered a dividend was in 1995. The last time Apple stock was split was in February 2005.About 2.8% of shares that are floated are shorted, which comes to 24.2 million shares (this is as of October 10).

Apple Stock Performance Year to Date

The last 3 months saw a gradual decline in stock price of Apple. Apple's stock saw also a gradual decline from the beginning of the year to early march. From March, Apple Inc saw its stock rise steadily until June. From June, Apple saw a modest drop in its stock price August. Apple Inc. started the year at $194.84, and ended yesterday at $107.59. For year 2008 (until OCT 31), Apple's stock high for the year, was its closing price of the first day of 2008, $194.93. The stock tested its low only recently, with $88.74 on October 9. For the year, Apple's stock declined by 45.68% or $90.49. Apple's decline in its stock price was comparable to Google, which had a decline of 48%, Dell, which declined by 50%, and Research In Motion (RIMM) which an even steeper decline of 55%.

Apple Inc Vs Google, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and Research In Motion.

Among Apple's competitors, Apple's stock performance would be moderate (in terms of losing less). As stated before, Apple lost about 46% of its stock price. Google was close to Apple Inc's stock performance, losing about 48% of its value. Of all the 6 companies, Hewlett-Packard fared the best, losing only 24% of its value. Research in Motion along with Dell both lost over 50% of their stock price. Dell lost about 50%, while Research in Motion lost about 55.5%. Microsoft on the other hand lost about 37% of its stock price.

The image below will show these 6 companies performed for the year to date.

Apple, Computer Hardware Industry and Major Indexes

Compared to NASDAQ, Down Jones, and S&P 500, Apple's stock performed poorly. NASDAQ lost about 35% of its value; Dow Jones lost about 30% of its value, while S&P 500 lost 34% of its value. In regards to Computer Hardware Industry, Apple performed a bit better, besting it by 5%. Computer Hardware Industry lost about 51% of its value. Some of the biggest companies in Computer Hardware Industry include - Apple Inc, Dell Inc, Sun Microsystems, Ingram Micro, and Tech Data Corporation. All of the above mentioned companies have a market capital above 1 billion dollars.

In the below graph, you will see how the Computer Hardware Industry performed compared to S&P 500.

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2008-11-02T00:03:12Z

Google Stock History / Google Stock News / Google Stock Analysis

This article details Google stock performance, news affecting its price, its year to date performance, and some basic corporate information of the company.

Google Ticker Symbol : GOOG

Everyone knows Google, in fact, it can safely be said that you found this site most probably through Google Search. In fact, more than 95% of viewers who come upon this site come through Google search pages. Google has such a phenomenal success that its name has basically become a synonym for search. I am sure many have heard the term "Google it", or seen the term being used in movies. In recent months Google has been in news not for its search related business, but for its involvement in a making an Operating System for Mobile Phones. The Android Operating System, if the news reports are to be believed, has become a raging success with T-Mobile increasing its estimates of numbers of HTC's G1 Google Phone being sold or pre-ordered. Another reason Google has been in news was Google Chrome. Google's latest creation to compete against Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

As said earlier, this article will basically concern itself with basic stock information of Google Inc, how it performed for the year to date, how it fared against the rivals, compares to its industry, and the overall indexes of the market.

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Google Stock Basics

Ticker Symbol : GOOG

Google stock is fairly an expensive stock, even expensive after it's' significant fall due to the current financial turmoil. Google Stock closed at $359.36 on Oct 31, down $0.33 or 0.09%. Google stock has mostly been falling for most of the year barring March-April session, where the company stock rose relatively compared to throughout the year. On average, Google stock has a volume 8.2 million. A fairly large amount for such an expensive stock, and yet Google's stock changes hands quite often. The Market Capital of Google Inc. stood at $113 billion, with a beta of 2 - which means that Google stock is 100% more volatile than the market. Stock's 52 Week High stood at a whopping $747.24, and a low of $309.44. The company has 314.45 million shares out, with 60% of them being institution owned. There is a discrepancy in ownership % of institutional shareholders, with Google Finance showing 60%, while Yahoo Finance shows 80%. Some of the major institutional holders of Google Stock include FMR LLC, Capital World Investors, Barclays Global Investors UK Holdings, Capital Research Global Investors, AXA, Price (T. Rowe) Associates Inc, Vanguard Group, State Street Corporation, and Janus Capital Management. Some of the major mutual fund holders are Growth Fund of America, Capital Research Global Investors, Fidelity Contrafund, Fidelity Growth Fund, Vanguard 500 Index Fund, American FDS Insurance SER-Growth Fund, and Fidelity Magellan Fund.

Google Stock Performance / Google Stock History

Oct 31: For the year to date, Google stock declined a whopping 48%, or $332. That is a massive price drop. Those investors who held through Google stock throughout the crisis must have felt a lot of pain in their portfolios, losing half of its value (of course depending on % Google Stock made in portfolio). Google's stock debuted the year at $691.48, roughly double the price, and was also the high for the year to date. The stock saw a low of $329 on Oct 27 - just a few days before. Google didn't offer any dividends nor were there any stock splits for the year to date. Google's stock loss in value was comparable to Baidu, Apple, and Yahoo, but was much worse than Microsoft.

Google vs. Microsoft, Apple, Yahoo, and Baidu Stock Performance

Of all the above listed companies Microsoft fared much better, losing only 37% of the value in its stock price, while Baidu lost 47%, Yahoo lost 47%, and Apple lost 45%. The graph below illustrates how these companies fared for the year to date.

Google Inc. and Computer Services Industry Performance

The Computer Services Industry lost 42% of its value, quite comparable to the loss of Google. With these heavy losses, it can be attributed the loss in stock value was systematic. The entire industry fared much better than Computer Services. NASDAQ lost 35% of its value, while Dow Jones lost about 30%, and S&P 500 lost about 34%. The losses in computer services industry were relatively much more severe. The graph below illustrated Google's stock performance against NASDAQ, Dow Jones, S&P 500.

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2008-11-01T19:52:45Z

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