Check out the following links for a list of some good books. It’s a lot of reading but worthwhile. Some of them you can probably get from your library and save on the cost.
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/03/050803.asp
http://www.investopedia.com/articles/07/investingbooks.asp
If total volume is higher than normal and stock price is higher than
average price than stock is on bull side so one can catch stock on around average(Best Buy) and if it fall down average price with volume then it is the point to sell(Best Sell).
to a certain extent as the previous answer suggests its looking at the past to predict future trends so if past is a guide to the future then its possible but remember this
The price and value of investments and their income fluctuates: you may get back less than the amount you invested. Remember that how an investment performed in the past is not a guide to how it will perform in the future. If you are in any doubt about investing in these types of investments, you should consult a financial adviser.
Three business days ago, the daily performance of the Dow was all Obama’s fault.
What happened? Why is Obama no longer responsible for the stock market’s daily performance?
Where do you expect? When you engage in such intellectual dishonesty, you’re not gonna show your face when you’ve been exposed.
The market has been tumbling since before the election, when Bush was still in office. The Dow has been falling since last May, for crying out loud, long before Obama was even nominated. This is about the credit/mortgage bubble that burst, not about politicians in Washington. Bush threw $700 billion at Wall Street and oversaw a socialist takeover of several banks and lenders, and STILL the market went down. That should tell you something. Some people are just too dense — or too partisan — to see it.
I want to know ,what does PORTFOLIO
mean in Stock trading ?
How one can create it ?
And how to manage it ?
A portfolio is just the list of the stocks, bonds, mutual funds and other investment securities that you own. If you buy 100 shares of XYZ Corp. that is your portfolio. The more you buy the larger the portfolio. Managing it is more difficult. You can manage it yourself by reading the financial reports of the securities you buy or want to buy and make the decisions yourself on when to buy and sell. The second way is to get help from a professional. Most large banks have a brokerage dept where you can get help from a financial advisor at no cost other than the brokerage fees associated with your purchases. The key here is to find someone you trust. This person should ask enough questions to find out what your financial goals are and your tolerance for risk and your time frame you are looking at. IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMPORTABLE WITH THIS PERSON DO NOT INVEST! FIND A DIFFERENT ADVISER. Investing is a long term process and should be looked at in those terms. You also need to be able to ride out the ups and downs of market fluctuations. The big downturn in 2000 cost me 40% of my retirement funds but by not selling and riding it out it all came back over the next several years. One thing to remember "It isn’t a loss until you actually sell it."
Its all Bush’s fault!!
Merry Christmas and May God Bless you and our country!
I m doing a virtual stock trading project which requires me to get latest (or fairly recent / delayed) stock prices. I will be stimulating graphs using the prices etc. XML format would be prefered.
this works for me using asp.net
public string[] GetQuote(string symbol)
{
string strAll;
string[] strAllArray;
try
{
string fullpath=@"http://quote.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=" + symbol + "&f=snl1d1t1c1ohgv&e=.csv";
HttpWebRequest webreq = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(fullpath);
HttpWebResponse webresp = (HttpWebResponse)webreq.GetResponse();
StreamReader strm = new StreamReader(webresp.GetResponseStream(),Encoding.ASCII);
strAll = strm.ReadLine();
strm.Close();
strAll = strAll.Replace( "\"", "" );
strAllArray = strAll.Split( new char[] {’,'} );
}
catch(Exception)
{
strAllArray = null;
}
return strAllArray;
}
playing a stock market game for school. want to buy stock in companies that will hold steady or go up. suggestions? is apple a good buy?
Generally, the people or teams that do well in stock market games tend to pick companies with high volatility (i.e. companies who’s prices swing wildly up or down). You can find the most volatile stocks in the "over the counter" market. I have been pretty successful with my investment in Animas Resources, Inc. (ANIMF). The company mines gold. However, it’s not a game – I actually bought the stock. It’s gone up over 300% since I bought it. The price has been pretty steady for the last several months, but I think it’s set to take off again soon.
For example, on a stock ticker, it says for the NASDAQ: 2539.38. What exactly does that number represent and how do they come up with that number?
What do you mean by "weighed". Also, what do the numbers represent. The amount of money, or something?
The stock quote is the average price one would pay for a share of that particular stock. The stock goes up and down based on what people will pay per share. In the case of NASDAQ, you are seeing how a composite of stock are doing. Nasdaq is technology stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is a composite of big corporation stocks.
When stock values go down like they did today (800 points at one point of time), where does the value of the stock really go? Sure, people who own the stock lose money because of de-valued stocks, but where does the worth of the stock really go? Does it just disapear? How can consumer confidence, which is just an intangible feeling, affect value of stocks like that?
People who own the stock have not lost money. They will only lose money if they sell the stock.
They may have bought the stock for $100
Today, the highest a buyer is offering to pay is $80
However, if they hold onto that stock, it may rise in value so that when they sell it, it sells for $150
Their net worth on paper has changed but they have not actually lost any money. If you hold onto your stocks, they will appreciate in value and you will not lose. In the meantime, you may be receiving dividends so will continue to enjoy the money being earned by that stock.