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What are Dividends?
Dividends A dividend is a portion of a company's earnings that is returned to shareholders. Dividends provide an added incentive (in the form of a return on your invest… Read More »
Article in »ECN's and Online, Day and Active Trading
ECNs If the thought of your broker making money off the bid/ask spread makes you less than thrilled, you should be aware that there are alternatives for trading, such as El… Read More »
Article in »Common Stock Strategies - Part 1
Buy and Hold The "buy and hold" approach to investing in stocks rests upon the assumption that in the long term (over the course of, say, 10 or more years) stock prices w… Read More »
Article in »Common Stock Strategies - Part 2
Warren Buffett and Quality Some investors prefer to consider themselves not 'value' or 'growth' but 'quality'. This is a sort of hybrid approach i… Read More »
Article in »Common Stock Strategies - Part 3
DRIPs and DSPs Some stock strategies focus on reducing brokerage commissions in order to boost overall returns. Direct Stock Purchase plans (DSPs) let you buy shares of s… Read More »
Article in »Introduction to Futures and Futures Trading
A futures contract is a standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires delivery of a commodity, bond, currency, or stock index, at a specified price, on a specified future date. Ge… Read More »
Article in »Types of Cash Investments
As their name implies, cash investments are easily redeemable with small, if any, penalties for withdrawal. Examples of cash investments include money market funds, bank accounts and certificates of d… Read More »
Article in »Introduction to Stocks
Stocks are among the most talked about and most popular investment opportunities available. But although virtually everyone has heard about stocks, many people don't understand the basic concepts … Read More »
Article in »Stocks and Your Portfolio
The first thing you should know about stocks before adding them to your portfolio is that they carry a certain amount of risk. This is because the returns on stock are not guaranteed; not by the gover… Read More »
Article in »Common and Preferred Stock
Stocks can be classified into many different categories. The two most fundamental categories of stock are common stock and preferred stock, which differ in the rights that they confer upon their owner… Read More »
Article in »Categories of Stocks
Stocks can also be classified according to a number of other criteria, including company size and company sector. Large Cap, Mid Cap and Small Cap Stocks can be… Read More »
Article in »Splits and Buybacks Explained
Splits A corporation whose stock is performing well may opt to split its shares, distributing additional shares to existing shareholders. The most common split is two-for-o… Read More »
Article in »Initial Public Offerings
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) are the first time a company sells its stock to the public. Sometimes IPOs are associated with huge first-day gains; other times, when the market is cold, they flop. I… Read More »
Article in »Choosing a Stock
Stock Screens There are literally thousands of stocks available for purchase on the stock market. So how do you go about finding the right ones to buy? Often it is helpful … Read More »
Article in »Short Selling
Short selling (or "selling short") is a technique used by people who try to profit from the falling price of a stock. Short selling is a very risky technique as it involves precise timing and goes con… Read More »
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