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The majority of companies spend each year a huge amount of money in research and development or R&D. Research and development refers to a creative activity whose purpose is to improve and increase company and its workers knowledge and then to use this knowledge to improve the existing products/applications or create new ones.
Many analysts believe that a company that invests a high percentage of its revenues in Research and development is more likely to experience a high future growth because this company has more chance to develop innovative products that will contribute to its future growth.
For stocks listed on US exchanges, this downloader gets the percentage of revenues invested in research and development and stores the result in "%r&d" field of the "fundamental" database. The database is automatically created by this item the first time it is run.
This trading object doesn't only get the last value of the percentage of revenues invested in research and development; it gets the whole historical data starting from 1999.
Example: on June 2010, Apple spent 7.56% of its revenues in R&D; while Google spent about 20.63% of its revenues in R&D. Software, semiconductor and pharmaceutical companies usually spend more of their revenues in R&D than other companies. The average ratio of research and development spending to revenues for industrial companies is about 3.5%.
Trading financial instruments, including foreign exchange on margin, carries a high level of risk and is not suitable for all investors. The high degree of leverage can work against you as well as for you. Before deciding to invest in financial instruments or foreign exchange you should carefully consider your investment objectives, level of experience, and risk appetite. The possibility exists that you could sustain a loss of some or all of your initial investment and therefore you should not invest money that you cannot afford to lose. You should be aware of all the risks associated with trading and seek advice from an independent financial advisor if you have any doubts.
