does anyone know why the recent large drop in the stock price of talx corp?
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I am thinking it has something to do with the following:\n\nTALX Acquires Performance Assessment Network, Inc. \nST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 2006--TALX Corporation (NASDAQ: TALX) today announced the acquisition of Performance Assessment Network, Inc. ("pan"), a provider of secure, electronic-based psychometric testing and assessments, as well as comprehensive talent management services.\n\nTALX financed the approximately $75.0 million cash purchase through its revolving credit facility, which was expanded to $200.0 million of availability from $150.0 million.
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It has already started to move down from the high of 105 to 70.  Since the company is on the fast track to commence production in the next 3 years. The target for the next 6 months  trading price will be around 30 and the book value will be 10.  There will be a lot of spade work for recruiting the field level force, masonry, machinery for construction and to  commence work  in full swing will at least take 6 months and the man soon is also there to interupt work. So there is no hope for any sky rocketing of the share price.
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JDSU.  It closed at 4.18/share.  Made 7 cents per share today.  Typical for a day lately.
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So far it appears that it won't have much affect at all. The price has moved up and then back down to previous levels.  Surprising eh?  Since they have announced that each share of lucent stock will be exchanged for about .9 of a share of alcatel stock the price reflects the propects of the combined company and will change according to the prospects of the two companies.  I am sure the price will continue to move up and down in the future. Which way and how much?  Who knows?
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Lots of hedge funds have lost money.  They are a very volatile investment.
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It's going down. The fed has made the market to unstable and it's a bad time for it.\nWhich means it may not to a bad time to buy !!!\nThe prices are down and as we all know they will go up in time, So be patient and hold on to what you have and explore the other ideas you have carefully.
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Contact google and ask for an explanation.  There may have just been a glitch, not a huge conspiracy run by Google.\n\nGoogle didn't offer stock in the 1990's, they went public and sky high in value after that.   \n\nGood luck.
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Several years ago there was a commodity traded, maine potatoes.  Every year for something over two-dozen years, the price would go up in the middle of January through early February.  Information was not as free back then, I could track causes better today on the Internet.  So I had some money and practiced trading in corn, making a little bit while getting the ropes.  The target was this, the smallest increase was 8 cents a pound, 50,000 pound contracts.  I caught it on a down tick and felt like a surfer catching a wave.  Unfortunately, it was a tsunami.  There were several millionaires who had also spotted the trend and they thought they could buck it.  So the price went limit up, trading stopping after the first couple of minutes, doing this for a few days, then limit down, again stopping trading after a few minutes into the next trading day.  I got a margin call, but it was for more money than I had, so the brokerage confiscated my position.  When the dust settled, the price had indeed gone up as I antcipated, but I was trapped out, unable to profit from it.  For that matter I was paying off that debt to the brokerage firm for years, instead of paying off my mortgage, which is what would have happened if those guys hadn't been greedy.  Meanwhile, it bankrupted something upwards of 100 rich traders who had tried to turn the market, and sent something like 60 to prison.\n\nThis doesn't happen all the time.  Just be careful, you can lose more than you put in, although trading the option MAY limit that.  For instance, even in stock options, if you sell a naked option and things go against you and someone calls that option and you haven't had a covering option to cancel, you are on the hook for supplying the shares.  Be careful of trading too close to the expiration.  I remember positioning for one thing expected to go up, and by the time the events began driving it up, my option was close to expiring, I got almost nothing out of it.\n\nA good plan is a wonderful thing.  But with commodities and commodity options, there is still uncertainty, and definitely danger.
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Join him on his leap of sadness.  I got hurt bad this past month in the stock market too.....\n\n\nI'm going up a few stories before I leap though.  \n\n\nAnyone want the password to my sharebuilder account?  If it goes back up..."someone" should benefit.
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FCEL, STKL, POZN.  All have been down recently b/c the market has been getting hammered.  POZN took a big loss the other day b/c the FDA says their new drug is effective, but wants a little more info on it's safety.  So it may be poised for a big comeback.  You might be better off investing in bigger companies, these smaller ones are all considered pretty risky!
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Check this out, http://www.nyse.com/about/history/1089312755484.html
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For most stocks the big bull market ended in 2001. They have pretty much gone nowhere since that time.\n\nToday's bull market is in companies that produce commodities such as oil, natural gas, base metals, and precious metals. This bull market has a long way to go, so don't be put off by the fact that these stocks have been going down for a couple of weeks. They may have farther to fall, but they will likely start coming back up between now and the end of the year.\n\nSome mutual funds are set up for specific sectors such as mining or energy. If you need current income, check the prospectus (the document they always send you before you invest) or call the company to see what their payout rate is.\n\nA good plan is to invest slowly over time. If you buy now and it goes up, that's great. If it goes down, you can buy more at a lower price. Either way you win.\n\nBest of success to you.
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That is a good question that I immagine everyone who owns stocks is now asking. I do not know the answer. The market had quite a run up and this might just be a technical correction. \n\nBut I have you been watching the dollar? It is falling like a meteorite. If I were a foreign investor I would be having second thoughts about owning U S stocks. Heck. I am a U S investor and I am having second thoughts. I have been moving money into foreign markets for almost 2 years. Maybe I have not been moving fast enough. \n\nThe Dow is still above the 50 day moving average so it is not yet time to push the panic button. If it does drop below the moving average, still at may not be time to panic but it may be time to think about it.
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Most stock games require that the price of the stock be over a dollar.  Finding "killer" returns in that time is difficult.\nShock her and buy Revlon Cosmetics.  No, I am not kidding.  They are trading around $1.30 and should come back to around $1.80 in a couple of months.\nCareful, too- most of those stock games are hard to play.  The computer eats your data (like it did mine on Investopedia.com - I don't play it any more...) or the computer doesn't work at all for half the country (like it did with CNBC SquawkBox Game...).\nGood luck!
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there's no specific time to sell a stock, always look at its technical and fundamental details before making a decision. Google properly prompted you to sell it recently due to its pull back. Its nice to keep it now, as it was a pull back where it found support on its prior high. We will see how it goes the next few days before making a decision to sell. If it breaks its support on its prior high on above average volume, it will definately be a sell.
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Unfortunately, I'll probably dealing primarily with stocks listed on American exchanges, I'll see if I can come up with a Toronto one.\n\nAltria (nee Phillip-Morris, MO) is a great stock to get because it's a solid tobacco company with some great brands (Marlboro) and they're just entering the smokeless tobacco market, which could be a huge payoff.  Also, this "light cigarette" class action hit the stock too much and I expect to see MO gap up in the future.  And they pay a 4.20% dividend.  It's hard not to like it.\n\nFor alcohol, the market seems to be going into liquor as opposed to beer these days, especially among the younger crowd (who tends to drink more).  This isn't strictly empirical, but I think going into a liquor company is a better bet.  For that, DEO is your best bet.  They have a great stock of brands (Morgan, J&B, Cuervo, Tanqueray) and are have some beer and wine brands (but their strength is far and away their liquor).  It's relatively cheap at 19.51 P/E and has a 3.90% dividend also.\n\nI don't know too much about weapons, but if you're into military stuff, Halliburton and even Boeing are sound investments.  Handguns, Smith and Wesson (SWHC) is the only one that comes to mind it's forward P/E seems a little high at 27.56 for manufactured goods in what seems to me a tight market, but there's not much industry data to go on (not very many handgun companies).  They're trading on the upper end of their 200dma so this stock could move upwards (and it's been trending up all year).  Analysts are bullish, so I'd say it's worth watching.\n\nFor gambling, you need to go where the money is, and that means what's hot.  No casino's hotter than Sands (LVS) which has exploded over the past year, but I'm worried that the money might have been made there.  It's the best casino stock out there, but it's the most expensive.  Casinos are still a good investment, but I'm thinking with concerns over the Democrats taking over (and the economic / legislative ramifications) you might want to go a little cheaper.  Harrah's (HET) is another good casino stock that's not so pricey as Sands.\n\nAs far as sex stuff, it's pretty hard for me to come up with a recommendation.  I'm sort of cold on the industry because a lot of it is privately held, and the public issues don't get coverage.  If somebody can come up with a good investment, I'd love to hear it, though.\n\nHowever, I'd be interested to know why you're interested in sin stocks.  As I touched on earlier, some people think a Democratic congress could hurt some of these companies (especially tobacco).  Maybe you're thinking these were irrationally factored into the price and that these stocks could jump up after the election?\n\nEdit:  Full disclosure.  The only stock listed that I own is MO.
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hey Jinx U, sorry to bother you, what he meant was a pharmeceutical firm.\n\nRegarding teva value, there's a great review on this site...You might want to take a look ... \n\nhttp://explodingstocks.com/blog/?p=44