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MasterCard Incorporated (MA): I recommended in my blog last month traded today for the first time after split. If you bought your share please check your account and you should have got  10 stocks for every 1 stock  that you hold.  EXEL:    Exelixis plans to offer 10 million shares of its common stock in an overnight underwritten public offering (EXEL).  The price will be determined tomorrow AM. As a matter of fact, there could be some correction tomorrow. Hence it may not be a bad idea to take some position. This has gone up about 38% from the time I wrote on my December blog. Which one - Master Card (MA) or Visa (V)?  Both these companies good and have their strength and weaknesses. This is a good debate to have. However, I personally would like MA over V, based on fundamentals and growth prospect. See the table below. The green colors are critical factors where MA scores higher than Visa. Visa could be little cheaper but coincidently reven...

Tihis is just FYI to my BLOG readers: Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ICPT) today went up    $203.48 (281.09%).  It went upfrom about $72 to $276. Inraday it had gone upto $305 .  Seriously, if you are interested then you can take a look at the link below. That's the risk and reward of Biotech investment.    http://finance.yahoo.com/q? uhb=uhb2&fr=uh3_finance_vert_ gs&type=2button&s=icpt Thanks Shesa

2 January 2014 JANUARY 2014 Investment Blog Shesa Nayak Market Commentary Before I kick-off my blog for this year, let me wish all the readers and my invest group members a “ VERY HAPPY and SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR 2014 ”. I hope and wish all of you to be a successful investor. 2013, what an amazing year it was for the US stock market! The year happened to be one of the best Years in US stock market history. The DOW Jones Industrial Average closed the year at a record-high  16,576.66, up 26% for the year, its largest annual gain in 18 years. The S&P 500 closed the year at a record-high  1,848.36 , the index gained 30%, its best annual growth in 16 years. The only exception was NASDAQ that did not close at a record high; it still finished the year with a whopping 33% gain at 4,176.59 . This represents a whopping 33% gain in 2013. Reminding you, NASDAQ is yet to exceed its high of 4572 points in that it reached in Jan 2000. But do n...