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Getting Started In The Stock Market Anyone with money to invest can buy and sell stocks. Stock trading has its own specialized vocabulary but once you have the basics under your belt you can...
- Stock Basics
Stock Basics Understanding the stock market starts with understanding stocks. A stock represents partial ownership of a company – the smallest share possible. Company's issues stocks to raise capital...
- Penny Stocks
Penny Stocks Penny stocks are low-priced stocks – usually with a value of less than $5 – of small companies. These stocks are traded on the Over-The-Counter-Bulletin-Board (OTCBB) and the Pink...
- Pink Sheets Stocks
Pink Sheets Stocks If you are interested in penny stocks you are sure to hear about the Pink Sheets. It is an electronic quotation system for many Over-The-Counter (OTC) securities. The name comes...
- Stock Brokers
Stock Brokers Brokers handle most of the buying and selling on the stock market, and the average investor will use a brokerage service to handle his trades. There is a broad range of brokerage...
- Stock Indexes
Stock Indexes Stock indexes are a statistical average of a particular stock exchange or sector. Indexes are composed of stocks which have something in common – they are all part of the same exchange;...
- Stock Markets
Stock Markets The term 'Stock Market' is commonly used to encompass both the physical location for buying and selling stocks as well as the overall activity of the market within a certain country....
- Stock Options
Stock Options Stock options are contracts to buy (or sell) a stock at a certain price before a certain time in the future. Buyers of options have the right to buy the stock at the specified price,...
- Stock Prices and Quotes
Stock Prices and Quotes In glancing through the stock prices listed in the newspaper one might wonder how stocks are priced and what affects price movement. After all, there is a wide variety of...
- Stocks versus Bonds
Stocks versus Bonds Whereas stocks give investors part ownership of a company, bonds are loans made by investors to corporations or governments. Rather than benefiting from company profits the way...
- Stocks versus Mutual Funds
Stocks versus Mutual Funds A mutual fund is a diverse holding of stocks that are managed on behalf of the investors that buy into the fund. A mutual fund allows an investor to take advantage of a...
- Types of Trading
Types of Trading The stock market is a reliable indicator of the actual value of companies which issue stock. Values of stocks are based on verifiable financial data such as sales figures, assets and...
- Penny Stock Investing