What are considered to be the publicly traded "blue chip" companies?
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I would say just check the Dow 30.  The are established companies that would fall under "blue chip".
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Well basically the Dow Jones or any other index for that matter, are made up of companies that are Blue Chip companies (Dow Jones) and averaged to represent the economy.  S&P is another index that usually has 500 compnaies that are averaged to represent the market as a whole. These indexes are usually taken to compare them to individual investments and how other stocks compare to them in the market. I hope this helps you get the big picture!
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LBY Libbey inc\nMOSS Mossimo Ind\nBSM BSD Medical Co.\nGGBM  Gigabeam Corporation\nThe above have had the top performance ranging from 20-45% in one week but price rang is lower than $20.\nApple and others while much stable in long term might have a good return given the recent news about running Windows on Apple computers. Other tech companies might be Microsoft with the new IPTV and Vista and the X Box sales. also with the PS3 of Sony, a good investment would be the game manufacturers as the sales might run higher once the release is set.\nHope this helps!
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I'm a fan of Allied Capital (ALD).  One way for non-qualified investors to play the "Private Equity" game... with a Public stock?... well, you know what I'm talking about!
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Well, i am really confused the answer given above is totally different than the one i am gonna give, so i am not sure what BPO and IPO you were asking about.\nBPO Bussiness processing outsourcing (Booming industry of business outsourcing)\nIPO Initial public offer (Used in stock market by companies to start there share in market)
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I don't know if there is a list somewhere, but Microsoft and Cisco are the two companies I know that are generating cash every quarter. Last time I checked, Cisco was generating over $1 Billion in cash every quarter.
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I don't see that they are publicly traded, but I do have their website where you can contact them.  If you want to invest in them, perhaps you could click on the "franchises" link.
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If you want consistent high yield blue chip dividends then:\n\nBig Pharma:\n\nPFE (3.9%)\nBMY (4.7%)\nMRK (4.5)\n\nBanking:\n\nC (4.1%)\nBAC (4.4%)\nWM (4.5%)\n\netc... \n\nHowever you want want very high yield dividends; but no guarantee then look toward shipping:\n\nSFL (10.7%)\nFRO (19.8%)\nDSX (14.3%)\n\nYou can also easily use Yahoo Finance's Stock Screener to screen for high dividend yields...
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IBM is a public company.  The share holders own it.  The stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the symbol is IBM.
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How about the websites of each of the companies you just mentioned.  Try investor relations, and/or checking out their press releases.
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Sangamo BioSciences, Inc\n\nhttp://www.centientinvestor.com/content.php?cid=1059
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Probably Exxon Mobil and Chevron.  The major foreign ones are BP and Royal Dutch.
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All information about public companies is, by definition, public.  If you want to invest in stocks, but know nothing about anything related to them, you will be walking into dangerous territory.  The first thing you have to do is READ, READ and READ some more.  Go to Yahoo money, MSN money or any other free board and start reading on public companies.  Find out what market cap means, find out what drives the prices of big companies' stocks.  Run stock screeners looking for good companies (look for low Betas, for example)  look at their price history (Is the company at the highest/lowest price it has been in a year?)  Then, when you narrow down your choices, made your decision and are ready to buy, pick a good brokerage house (cheap ones: Scottrade, Ameritrade, Sharebuilder)  and buy your stock.\n\nAn alternative is choosing mutual funds, Find one rated high my morningstar and leave all that research in the hands of people who know.
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This company which trades on Wall  Street under stock symbol\nBBBB\nWill provide original academic papers or other work as needed.\nhttp://www.blackboard.com/company
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Publicly traded companies are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Information can be found on those companies online.  Yahoo has a financial section that has links to much of the available info.  Privately held companies in the US have no public information requirements, that I know of.
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Check with their bankers if you can or whether they file their returns on time to the company registrar...in fact you can also read their financials (copy) from the registrar's office...\n\nIf it is listed check the market capitlisation and movement\n\nIf it is privately held - check the profiles of the partners/sponsors from businessmen/banker
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this is a market indicator- a method of measuring the stock market's performance. The Dow, created over 100 years ago, tracks the performance of 30 well established companies, often called 'blue chips' (there are actually over 12,000 public US companies, but the Dow only measures 30.) While the Dow is the most frequently used index, there are several other market indications such as Standard & Poors (S&P) 500 Index.\n\nWall Street is the location in New York, NY where the Stock Market is located.