NewYork Stockmarket

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the largest stock exchange in the world by United States dollar value of its listed companies' securities.As of October 2008, the combined capitalization of all domestic NYSE listed companies was US$10.1 trillion.The NYSE is operated by NYSE Euronext, which was formed by the NYSE's 2007 merger with the fully-electronic stock exchange Euronext.The New York Stock Exchange (sometimes referred to as "the Big Board") provides a means for buyers and sellers to trade shares of stock in companies registered for public trading. The NYSE is open for trading Monday through Friday between 9:30am – 4:00pm ET, with the exception of holidays declared by the Exchange in advance.



Closed-End Investment Companies (CEICs) were the dominant form of investment companies in the United States during the early part of this century, but interest


Greater than 50% of US households invest in the stock market, 70% are real estate owners, and virtually all participate in the broader financial markets. As med

For most Americans, a 401k plan is their first exposure to investing. Many of us are relying on the stock market to provide for us in our retirement yet at the same time, most of us are afraid of the stock market. It's a valid concern. How can something so important to our financial future be so completely unpredictable?pWhen Michael Alexander first started investing in the stock market, he noticed that few analysts seemed to have much knowledge of what the market has done in the past. While no one can give precise answers to questions about the future of the market and be right all the time, Alexander feels that it's possible to gain an understanding of the future of the stock market by studying its past.pAnalyzing years of historical data for patterns of behavior that might repeat in the future, Alexander provides strong statistical evidence for a cyclical pattern in the stock market. These Stock Cycles show that long periods of poor stock returns have always followed long periods of good returns.