Comments on: How To Read A Google Finance Stock Page – And What A Beginning Investor Can Extract From It

By: Beatrice

Beatrice — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:01:28 +0000

Hey, I got a problem and I hope you can answer me really fast… How do I read the stock market? What is the exact wording? Thanks. Beatrice

By: Dale Young

Dale Young — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 22:45:59 +0000

The Compare section is not working properly: cuts off the price on the right side.

By: Shtarka

Shtarka — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:19:48 +0000

you mistate lower F P/E. ie you state in your example an F P/E may go down if a company’s future earnings increase. You neglect to mention that a drop in the stock price will lower F P/E’s as we;;. Obvioulsy opposite movements will raise the F P/E as well.

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 23:12:37 +0000

What is the time frame the beta is calculated on and on after what set period of time is it recalculated? Or is the rate entirely averaged out?

By: Kevin in NC

Kevin in NC — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:18:32 +0000

Beta has nothing at all to do with risk.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Thu, 10 May 2007 03:36:47 +0000

I’ll use stocks as an example, but beta can be calculated for any asset.

Beta is correlation with the stock market. A stock with a beta of 1 will rise (or fall) in value at the same rate as the stock market. A stock with a beta of 1.3 will rise and fall in value at a rate of 1.3 times the rate of change in the stock market.
A beta of zero means the stock doesn’t follow the market at all, and does its own thing (a good example is a CD, where you get a fixed rate of return no matter what happens in the stock market.)
Negative betas also exist, where a beta of -1 would mean the stock changes in value at the same rate, but opposite direction of the stock market. Imagine the stock of a repossession company, where when things are good (market wise) they have less business and when the market tanks they have increased business.

By: twins15

twins15 — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 07:03:55 +0000

Great post… very helpful!

By: lorax

lorax — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:15:15 +0000

I love finance.google.com too. Except I wish it had 1) more older data and 2) more information for mutual funds (PE ratios etc…).

By: Jordan

Jordan — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:24:17 +0000

Nice post. I love the site. As for Beta, a stock that most closely follows the market actually approaches 1. A stock with a higher beta is more risky, more volatile.

http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/beta.asp