Common Shares
Most investors only purchase with common shares, either because they are too unfamiliar with preferred shares, or they simply enjoy the greater capital gains benefit that comes with common shares. For these reasons, these...
Dividends
Dividends are small payments that are distributed to shareholders on a regular or irregular basis just for owning a share of a corporation. While not all stocks pay a dividend, many give very good...
Preferred Shares
The Benefit of Preferred Shares
Preferred shares differ from common stock in many different ways. There are pros and cons to either kind of stock, common or preferred, but the biggest benefits come from ownership of preferred stock.
Preferred stock...
Stock Prices
Until online stock trading became popular, stock prices were quoted in fractional dollars rather than dollars and cents. For example, a stock trading for $32.50 would be listed as $32 ½. These fractional stock quotes went...
Day Trader
A day trader, by law, is someone who actively trades and manages more than $25,000. Day traders get their name because they rarely hold stock trades past one day, and most sell their holdings...
Stocker Charts
Stock charts can be as simple or as complicated as the end user would like, tracking any length of time, from 10 seconds to 10 years. Charts represent the change in stock prices over...
Stock Splits
How to Profit from Stock Splits
There are two different kinds of stock splits: a normal stock split and a reverse stock split. A normal stock split is where a share of stock is divided into more shares of stock,...
Stocker Broker
Though traditionally regarded as someone you shouldn't trust, along with lawyers and used car salesmen, stock brokers can be a great asset to a starting investor looking to get decent returns in the stock...