On this web page we look at the definition of stocks, types of stocks, issuers and buyers of stocks. Here you will also find a Stock Valuation calculator that helps find the value of a particular stock.
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Stocks, Valuation and Stock Markets?
There are myriad of ways to invest your money as in Bonds, Savings yet more and more investors are inclined to invest in Stocks even though uncertainity and risks are associated with such an investment. Most US Corporations offer dividends to their stock holders and one can always redeem the stock when markets are acting jittery. Stocks are traded on stock exchanges and some of the major US and foreign exchanges are listed below.
What are two common types of Stocks?
Common Stocks
Voting Rights, Right to sale of assets upon liquidation Read MorePreferred Stocks
No Voting rights Read moreMajor Stock Exchanges and Trade Indices
| Stock Exchange | Trade Indices |
| NYSE New York Stock Exchange | NYSE Composite , DJIA, S&P500 and Russell2000 |
| NASDAQ The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations | NASDAQ 100, NASDAQ 100 PMI and NASDAQ 100 AHI |
| LSE London Stock Exchange | FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE 350, FTSE All-Share, FTSE AIM, FTSE TechMARK, FTSE SmallCap |
| FWB Frankfurt Stock Exchange ( Frankfurter Wertpapierbörse ) | DAX, DAXplus, CDAX, DivDAX, LDAX, MDAX, SDAX, TecDAX, VDAX and EuroStoxx 50 |
| PAR Paris Stock Exchange | CAC 40 |
What is DOW JONES Industrial Average ( DJIA )
All stock exchanges use some sort of a trade index which is an averages of average of top stocks from particular sector such as Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).
Companies trading their stocks on these exchanges are assigned tickers such as GOOG for Google Inc. YHOO for Yahoo Inc. MSFT for Microsoft Corp
Electronic Trading
You can eliminate the stock broker and directly sell and buy stocks over the internet by using some online stock trading compaines such as eTrade and Scottrade
Online Trading Data
There are a number of services on internet that provide real time stock trading data, some of these are Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, AOL Finance, CNN Money, and Reuters
Stock Valuation
For an investor, it helps to know how to value a stock when approached by a broker that is offering an investment for your money. Follow the links below to find details on methods used in Common Stock Valuation and Preferred Stock Valuation. You will find our online Stock Valuation Calculator handy when valuing the stock being offered