The NASDAQ market had a tough start as the first electronic stock market, but today it reigns supreme as the largest stock market by volume in the world. NASDAQ is an acronym for National...

The stock market is exactly how it sounds: it's a market for stocks or shares of a company. The world's stock markets are fundamental to the economy; they allow businesses to raise money for...

Although Jim Cramer of the Today Show once told investors to sell everything and get out of the stock market, the reality is that those who have enough assets-as well as the fortitude-might be better...

Historically there have been several famous 'bubbles' where people have invested everything they have in stocks, shares or commodities only to lose everything when the bubble burst. It is characterized by people forgetting that prices can...

When you start looking at stocks and shares you will hear the expressions a 'bull market' or 'bear market'. This is not a reference to people investing in wild life, but terms to indicate the trend of the...

Ticker Tape Old and New Ticker tape is a long stream of thin tape produced by a ticker tape machine that provides up-to-the-minute financial information about stock activity and transactions. Anyone who has watched a movie about...

Charts Overview Stock and commodity charts and graphs are used worldwide by traders, investors, and financial analysts in order to identify short- and long-term trends in the market and to help make decisions about when...

What Are Stock Market Charts? Stock market charts, also called commodity charts or price charts, are one of investors' primary tools for successful trading and investing in the stock market. Data provided by stock market...