Investing in stocks

What is a fundamental analysis?

Examination of a firm's accounting statements and other financial and economic value of a company's stock.

What are the differences between a full service broker and discount broker?

Full service brokers bu and trade plus gives advice and does research on the goals the investor has. Discount broker is doing yourself and using the internet to buy and trade.

Name 5 full service brokerage firms?

Morgan Stanley, JD. Power, Charles Swab, Edward Jones, Fidelity Investments

NetChg

amount the closing price moved up or down from the prior day's closing price.

There are two basic accounts with brokerage firms a cash account and a margin account what are the differences?

cash account means you must pay for the shares within three days of purchase of shares. Margin account are investors who borrow money for purchases.

Div

current dollar amount of annual dividend per share

What does it mean to "day trade" and "cancel"?

day trade is buy stock at the beginning of day and trade at the end. Cancel means that the limit order will execute at or close to the stock's opening price.

Yld%

dividend of stock as a percentage of stock price

How does buying shares in a company benefit an investor?

investor now owns part of the company when company does well share prices go up and investor shares are worth more.

Lo

lowest price stock sold for that day

PE

price earnings ratio

As an investor, what is the risk involved with the stock exchange?

risks include loosing all your money due to bad decisions on which stocks to buy.

What is a technical analysis?

study of collective market sentiment, as expressed in buying and selling of assets; prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand

Hi

the highest price stock sold for that day

Close

the last price per share when the trading day ended

Sym

ticker symbol of stock

How does selling shares on the stock exchange benefit companies?

to raises revenue

Vol 100s

trading volume, number of shares traded that day in hundreds of shares

When placing an order or buying stock what does market order mean?

when you want to buy or sell a certain number of stock at the best current available price.

What does limit order mean when buying stock?

when you want to buy or sell stock when it reaches a certain price.