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Facebook Beats Expert Predictions

Facebook's 2012 third quarter earnings beat Wall Street's expert expectations, ending the quarter at $1.26 billion in revenue. Wall Street financial forecasting experts had predicted Facebook would close the quarter at $1.23 million in earnings. The social network has more than 1 billion members, including 600 million users who access the site through their mobile phones or other handheld digital devices.

Facebook, as the world's second most visited website and the leading social network, has been watched closely because the possibility of high Facebook earnings was seen as a possible boost to the stock market. The company's stock was first offered publicly in May, opening at $38 per share. By the end of the third quarter, this price had fallen to below $20 a share. This led Wall Street to predict lower Facebook earnings - $1.23 billion - than the recently released results show.

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer–First Earnings

Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made her first earnings report in October 2012. In the conference she said that she is very impress with the progress of the company in the third quarter. She also said that Yahoo is working with Microsoft to improve search. Wall Street though wants to know what the outline is for reviving the Web Company's revenue growth.

SUN VALLEY, ID - JULY 12: Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google, Google’s Nexus 7 Android tablet during the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 12, 2012 in Sun Valley, Idaho. Since 1983, the investment firm Allen & Company has annually hosted the media and technology conference which is usually attended by powerful media executives. (Image credit: Getty Images via @daylife)

Anyone asking the question why should I invest in Google will need to consider what they are looking for when putting their money into the market. Many people simply invest without taking the time to consider what they would like from their ideal investments. When this happens, they tend to take on more risks than needed in order to chase a large financial profit.

While the drive to make profits will always be an important factor in how you invest, it should never be the only reason to put money into any investment. There are many options available on the market, Google is considered to be one of the best. A simple reason for you to invest in Google would be the stability that it can provide you when it comes to returns on your investments. When you put money into an investment, you want to make sure you know what you are getting.

Gold Futures Prices On The Rise

Men have always been willing to go for broke to get their hands on gold and silver. In many cases it didn't come easy. For others, being in the right place at the right time paid off.

There have been many times that the word got out of a gold strike and families packed up and headed across country to find their fortunes as gold futures prices skyrocketed.

This time line takes you through the history of many such times. The eras of miners risking it all to get gold. After everything they did to get there, no matter how minute the amount, it was all they had to hold on to.

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Trulia Is On The Stock Market

Trulia Inc. is riding the housing recovery well and has just gone public. With only one week of trading, it is now valued at over half a billion dollars.

The online real estate company opened on the New York Stock Exchange at $22 per share which was well above the asking price. Its offering is a test for how much people have overall interest in IPOs since Facebook's bad debut. Many companies are happy that it went so well the first day of Trulia's debut. Trulia makes money by selling subscriptions and advertisements to realtors. It has not returned a profit yet but its revenue has nearly doubled in the last year. If they lose those realtors, then their company will hurt so they must make sure that there is a demand for houses.

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Online Trading Blogs Today

Online trading blogs are blogs that talk about online trading. They may talk about the risks, the basics of trading, and so forth.

The risks of trading online is that you may lose money. With any kind of business though you can't expect to have profit without risk. If you start trading, make sure that you read the risk disclosure information so you will know what is exactly involved. Successful trading is trying to lessen the risks as much as possible and to maximize your profits. It is for those who know how to discipline themselves in the trading world.

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Warren Buffett's Investment Rules

You can describe Warren Buffett as one of the greatest investors of all time. He is definitely the greatest stock market investor of the present age. As a stock market investor, this man has no rival. The man believes in buying stocks and he has a huge portfolio to back up his beliefs. Over the years Mr. Buffett has developed an investment strategy that has worked wonders for him. Warren Buffett's investment rules are clearly spelt out below.

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KOL- What We Should Know?

According the recent reports, Coal exchange traded funds or coal ETF (KOL) has experienced a better growth than expected by the market experts. The expected theatrical forecast for KOL by market vectors KOL is reported as positive, especially in the thermal coal. This rise is purposely noticed because of the rising demand of thermal coal in the future. And this rise is demand is directly proportional to the coal ETF.

The high graph helped to raise the coal focused fund in a quicker way. But, the investors must learn some tips before they jump into the coal ETF market.

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Investing And Trading

Looking to put your money into something long term can be very rewarding. However, if you are not careful you can easily think investing and trading are the same exact thing, when they are not the same thing or anywhere close to it. The problem is many people have never thought about the difference between these and think they are the same thing.