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National Stock Pitch Competition Winners

Congratulations to Katia Arami from Westlake High School for winning the YIS Global Stock Pitch Competition last night!!!! National Winner: Katia Arami (Westlake High School) National Runner up: Meghan Lo (Bill Crothers, Toronto Canada) Katia won with a flawless pitch on GM. Meghan had a stellar presentation of Suncor Energy. Frankly, we were blown away […]

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Should I buy Google (GOOG) today?

GOOGLE STOCK PITCH By Nathaniel from Oak Park High School Simplicity Google’s products have a sleek, simple design and are very user-friendly, enabling them to reach a broader market. Google’s software can be understood and used by those that are less technologically advanced, especial the old and the young. Even Google’s new logo change is […]

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Is GameStop really Game Over? by Claudio Brocado

  The stock of GameStop (GME) has been under severe pressure even as the holiday season is getting going. The company reported quarterly earnings that disappointed analysts. Still, GME management insists that they can still make the ambitious full-year guidance, implying they expect strong business in the current quarter, which includes all those holiday purchases. […]

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Investor Spotlight with Claudio Brocado

November 18, 2015 Young Investors Society Spotlight with Claudio Brocado Background: Claudio Brocado is a seasoned financial professional with over twenty years in the financial industry (sell-side as well as over sixteen years buy-side, including firms such as RCM, Putnam, Fidelity and Batterymarch). Claudio has substantial global expertise and interest, complemented by formal studies in […]

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Why do Stock Prices Fluctuate So Much?

Let’s play a game. Ready? Open a financial newspaper like the Wall Street Journal, turn to the stock quote section, and pick any company at random, and look at the high and low from the past year.   Ok, let’s see here. We have GM. They make cars and trucks. Over the past 52 weeks, their stock traded as […]

What is the value of a business

We’ll only invest in a company when the price we pay today is significantly less than the value we will get tomorrow. But how do we know what the value of the company is? Let’s take Apple. What is the value of the world’s largest business of consumer electronics? Well, the value of any business is […]