This Stock Was the Dow's Only Winner in August

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As Syria is air condition, the U.S. stock market suffered little loss today, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^ GSPC) fell 0.3%, while narrow, the dow Jones index, the dow Jones industrial average price weighted DJINDICES: ^ average rose 0.2%. The third cap stocks lost a week today, in the past four years, and the S&P 500 index fell 3.1%, for August - the worst monthly performance since May 2012.
However, despite the poor performance of a month, low volatility, its reason is already reflected in the volatility in September, the prospect of embedded in today's (free), the Chicago board options exchange volatility index (VOLATILITYINDICES: ^ VIX, the closing price of 17.01. (the VIX, Wall Street's "fear" index from the S&P 500 index option prices, reflecting the stock market volatility, investors expect the next 30 days.)
We enter into August and the VIX index is 13.45, by historical standards, a low value, but it has fallen further, became more and more at the end of August 5, 11.84. Now looking back, in the S&P 500 index in August has been realized volatility is low, but more than 10.43%. Over Syria, however, upgrade, and potential of the federal reserve on September "cone", the prospect of its bond purchases - the federal deficit/debt political row - and you have enough reason for investors to push the VIX index rose 21%, this week.
There can be only one: Microsoft

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, the dow Jones industrial average loss of 4.4% in August, only a single the dow component award for a month. Stock is a Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), up 4.9% this month. Just a week earlier, the company announced the CEO Steve Ballmer (Steve Ballmer) will step down in the next 12 months, and have begun to change the search for him. The good news is the pop-up shares of 7.3%.
However, it is not a company in August last year. Today, Microsoft announced another basic governance changes - no, improve - ValueAct capital and activist investors, the company has about 0.8% of the outstanding shares signed the "cooperation agreement". The following paragraphs press release to emphasize the crux of the agreement:
Regular meetings between the President mason Morfit cooperation agreement, ValueAct capital, directors and management are discussed, and the selected Microsoft a series of major business problems. The agreement also gives ValueAct capital have Morfit started in the first quarter of 2013 annual meeting of the board of directors of the shareholders' meeting to join Microsoft's board option.
For shareholders, it is a very good development. Although it may be technically is real, only independent directors make up the four directors committee of Microsoft, these same directors do poorly controlled Mr Ballmer is in charge of Microsoft's flagrant error, to adapt to the rapidly changing technology environment. In the combination of Microsoft has great economic benefits will be the new director of harmless... On the contrary!
In addition, as a shareholder ValueAct existence seems to have a broader impact. As nomura securities director rick Xie Lande technology research, said this week, before the latest, "I don't think there is a shift, Microsoft's corporate governance." Pieces fall into place - the next key to hire a new chief executive.
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