Posted 11:20 PM by Tommy

Got an e-mail from my company's CEO that our stock hit an all-time high today...

In the last year, Fair Isaac stock (in blue) has gone up over 50% while the S&P 500 (in red) has gone up about 10%






But this is only after my company's stock dropped 35% from September 2003 to July 2004.

3 Comments:

But assuming that you started buying your stock in the summer of 2003, you're should be in great shape! Just a small portion of your stock went down, and the rest you bought at a low price that has since been climbing high!

Jomo

By  Anonymous, at Tue Sep 13, 03:41:00 PM  

Wait, I'm not sure I understand. Hm, if you bought it in the summer of 2003, wouldn't that have meant the value of your shares went down 35% in a year? and then up 50% the following year for an overall percent change of -2.5%? What is the percent based off of?

By  basile with an e, at Tue Sep 13, 04:54:00 PM  

Jomo... you're right... this trend has helped me out a lot since I participate in my company's employee stock purchase plan and I bought a lot of shares when it was at its low point

Basile...
Yes, the shares went down 35% from September 2003 to July 2004.

The shares went up 50% from September 2004 to September 2005.

The overall percentage change (September 2003 to September 2005) about 8%.

By  Tommy, at Tue Sep 13, 05:31:00 PM