Ebay coined the term Green Monday to refer to its best sales day in December, which is usually the second Monday of the month. The term has come to be used generally in e-commerce circles to describe that traditionally heavy online shopping day. As described in this BuySight infographic based on ComScore data, this year’s Green Monday will likely break the record for online sales – though a planned free shipping day on Friday, December 17 should also be huge:
Companies repurchasing their shares have helped fuel the explosive rally in the S&P 500.
The sudden change in the number of stocks trading above their 200-day moving averages might not be that scary if you take the long view.
Michael Pollock has a good article in today’s WSJ on the difficulty of relying on the standard metrics for mutual fund performance: […]
With everyone poring over the big Facebook IPO filing, it’s worth reviewing the mechanism by which a private company goes public via an initial public offering.
