If the violent International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) stock price movements this year are any indication of investor sentiment, then it's clear that Wall Street is clueless. And that's understandable. Its current iteration is not what it has been known for historically, and its undergoing a touch transition. Here are the basics and what you need to consider before buying IBM stock... Tags: buy IBM stock , IBM acqusition , IBM MRGE , IBM Stock , IBM stock price , NYSE: IBM , what does IBM do , what does IBM do now , why IBM stock has been falling To get full access to all Money Morning content, click here About Money Morning: Money Morning gives you access to a team of ten market experts with more than 250 years of combined investing experience – for free . Our experts – who have appeared on FOXBusiness, CNBC, NPR, and BloombergTV – deliver daily investing tips and stock picks, provide analysis with actions to take, and answer your biggest market questions. Our goal is to help our millions of e-newsletter subscribers and Moneymorning.com visitors become smarter, more confident investors. Disclaimer: © 2015 Money Morning and Money Map Press. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright of the United States and international treaties. Any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including the world wide web), of content from this webpage, in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Money Morning. 16 W. Madison St. Baltimore, MD, 21201. The post What Every Investor Needs to Know About IBM Stock Following MRGE Acquisition appeared first on Money Morning - We Make Investing Profitable .