Can trading bonds yield a 100% gain in a year? How?
Answers: That is not the general case but it can be done by:
(a) Buying convertible bonds whose values track equities
(b) Deep discounted bonds (those that trade at about half it's par value or less) that eventually rally to par value.
Another case is that in the past, bonds came with warrants and those warrants to purchase stock may have value.
I doubt it. That's extremely difficult to do even with stocks. Bonds don't normally fluctuate in price nearly as much as stocks do, so it's very difficult to make large gains.
Bonds are purchased primarily to generate income, not to make large capital gains.
If you want to shoot for 100% gains, you have to take far more risk than trading bonds.
When will Logitech be bought by Microsoft?
Answers: There are way too many column inches written in the business news about who Microsoft will buy next. It's all just speculation by journalists with deadlines to meet. At various times Microsoft will have looked at just about every medium sized tech company. I'm sure they've taken a look at Logitech at some point, but a deal is unlikely. Microsoft wants to be a bigger player in web services. It's all they've talked about for the last 2 years. They have other options to help them fill that gap that make a lot more sense than Logitech.
As of Friday morning, it is just a rumor that Microsoft will buy out Logitech.
What is an American Depository Receipt? What are the advantages of investing in one?
Answers: As an American, you cannot invest directly in the stocks of other nations (and vice versa), primarily because you do not have a taxpayer ID number in those nations.
"American Depository Receipts" are simply a way for you to purchase a paper instrument that functions just like stock in a foreign company, but trades on an exchange at home!
Nokia (NOK) is actually an ADR in a Finnish tire company who bought a tiny (but obviously VERY well-run) phone company some years ago!
, say, Finland (for example). So