I am looking for a firm specific news that effected its share prices big time?

This news event should be fairly recent (within 6 months). Also, I am going to need a lots of financial articles about the event…I would also like to know if the market is efficient , semi-strong efficient, weak-form efficient or inefficient…
Actually I dont know the company name. I was trying to find out if there is a company in past 6 months that had a big news event…and once I know the company and the news event I can do the research myself…I kinda need it now rather than waiting for a news to happen…

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Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 news

2 Comments to I am looking for a firm specific news that effected its share prices big time?

  1. I can answer this question but it will cost the $200/hr I charge as an research analyst. Alternatively you could check business websites and do the work yourself.

    Try Fool.com, yahoo finance, or even bloomberg.

    2. Mike S. on March 9th, 2010

  2. Okay, Mike can keep his $200/hour and we will do it ourselves, thanks…

    Go to the website for the company and sign up for email alerts for SEC filings. Whenever there is something going on in the company, they are required by law to release this information. If people are trading before that, it is called “insider trading” and that is frowned upon by the United States Government and there are very stiff penalties involved.
    Second, go to the website http://www.sec.gov/ and type in the name of the company you are researching. Go to their SEC filings, including their 10-K filings, which will tell you all about the financial health of the company. Learn to read the charts.
    Basically,if they are making more money and paying down debt, have fewer shares outstanding, then they are in good shape and getting better.
    Also, you can go to http://www.marketwatch.com/ and sign up for an Email Alert for the company, too. Just type in the name AND the ticker symbol and when there is any news for the company, they will send it to you in your email as soon as it is released.

    Tell you what…I will let you buy me a pizza.

    Best of luck to you!

    3. stockpicker2010 on March 9th, 2010

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