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    Stock is the capital raised by a company or cooperation through the issuing and subscription of shares. It is the shares of a company held by an individual or group. It constitutes the residual stakes of its owners.   Then what are shares, a share is an equal part of a company’s capital divided to individuals entitling a portion of the company’s profits. Stock owners make money without having to show up at the work place, stock marketers sit back to watch their businesses growing and collecting the dividends at the end. Stock owners do not take part in the running of the company they own their shares but collect profits and dividends at the end. This may sound somewhat impracticable but it is close to reality. This is stock. see why to invest in stocks   As a stock owner, it means that you are shareholder of company assets, you are entitled to everything the company owns and you are entitled to any profits made by the company, you also have a voting rig...

There are basically four types of players in the stock market, each   struggling to make money base on how he/she understands   the market, they are the bulls, the bears, the chickens and the pigs,   each of this types of players   are named base on how they behave in the market, ·          The bulls : the bull buy stocks when everything in the market is good, people are finding jobs, gross domestic product (GDP) is increasing, consumers are spending money and stocks are rising. An investor who thinks that certain stocks will rise is said to have bullish outlook and will purchase stocks thinking that he will sell it at higher prices and he is said to have bullish outlook. An investor with bullish outlook is optimistic, they always predict    goods thing about the    market and expecting to benefit from it. However bull market does not last forever and may lead to losses to investors if    s...

Investing in stock is profitable and more rewarding than saving money in the bank, though some people prefer to put their money in the bank instead of investing in stocks and shares. When you save your money in the bank it will be affected by inflation, the accrued interest is often little and the actual monetary value reduces.   There are several ways to make profits from stocks and shares and this is why many people descend to stocks and shares: ·          Capital appreciation :   this means growth in the price of stocks you bought. For example if you buy 20 000 units of Texaco shares at $15 per in the year 2000 totaling 300 000 and decide to sell it off in 2012 when it was $200 per share. You would have sold it at 4 000,000 making a profit of 3 700,000.   This increase in price benefits of a stock over time is called capital appreciation. This is type is for all shareholders and this capital gains is as a result of dema...

Selecting a good stock has always being a big problem to new investors, even seasoned marketers find it challenging to select a profitable stock.   With the numerous companies quoted in the stock market it is wise to know which company to invest in.   It is not wise to buy a stock from a company because you are fond of it; you only buy from a company after a careful research.   Below is what you should keep in mind before buying any stock from a company, to make a viable investment that will keep you smiling all the time. Quarterly result.   Quarterly result is the report on the financial statement of firm for a period of three month, a good quarterly result that hit above analyst’s estimate means the company is performing wonderfully and this automatically shut up the stock price and picking a stock from this company is profitable. While a disappointing quarterly result will   reduce the value of the stocks , quarterly result are compared with the pre...

There are several approaches in stocks investment, many stock investors has their particular ways they approach stock business but at the end their aim is all the same, that is to make profit and to avoid loss. All the approaches that may be adopted by a stock investor most be based on the this philosophy; ·          Capital appreciation: ·          Buying for a future gain. Capital appreciation :   means a rise in the value of a stock based on a rise on its market price; it includes anything above the original price over which a stock is bought. This is called the speculative strategies, stock investors that fall in this category buy stocks in anticipation of a sharp rise in price, it may take shot time or longer, but either it take time or not investors in this categories has no fixed time with the holding of the stocks, but have a targeted stock value, that is a fixed price at which they ...

  A stockbroker is licensed professional individual working with a brokerage firm or broker-dealer, who buy and sell stocks for both retail and institutional client for a commission, a stockbroker act as a middle man between an investor and a firm, they bring stock sellers and investors together, a stockbroker charge a fee for executing buy or sell orders of stock submitted by an investor. Stockbroker act as buyer to find another stockbroker who as seller on behalf of another investor. They are responsible for bringing the buyers and sellers together, they are licensed to carry out transaction on the stock exchange floor, individual investors are not allowed to trade stock on the floor of the exchange.   Therefore selecting a reliable stockbroker is key to your success as an investor in the stock business, there are things to consider before choosing your stockbroker because there are fraudulent brokers and not all regulated brokers are reliable.   There are certa...

  private placement is the selling of securities to a small number   of investors in order to raise capital, it occur when a company makes offering of stocks to a small number of investors; it is done when   a company secretly offer it securities to few investors in it bid to make it through the capital market.   As from its name private placement, it is private and certain rules guide its operation because of the high risk involved.   In private placement the national stock exchange is not involved, stockbrokers are not involved and it is not advertised to the public.   Private placement is highly risky but there is money in it, through private placement, companies can also come into the market after the initial public offers (IPOs). But here only qualified investors are invited, there is no service of a stock stockbroker because this is exclusively done out of the stock exchange. how to select good stock   most investors prefer stock from ...

  Penny stocks are any low price stock and promising stocks in the future. They are common shares of    small companies that are traded at low prices. They often has low market capitalization because of their low prices,    in the united states any tocks valued below $5 is a penny stocks , and are not listed on the national exchange. In the United Kingdom, any stock valued below £1 is considered a penny stocks.   Most stocks   today started from penny stocks, all peak stocks where once a penny stocks, they started from penny stocks.   A unit stock of Berkshire Hathaway , a company owned by warren buffet, one of the world richest man, goes up to $10 000 , this was once a penny stock. Microsoft was once a penny stocks, what does that mean? , with time penny stocks   of today are going to be ’’top stocks’’. Penny stocks could turn in more than 200% of original investment. One thing with penny stock is that they don’t cost much but promis...

As   of   November   2013   BP plc hold a share of   14 refineries worldwide, as of 2013 BP plc has a share in   petrochemicals manufacturing plants,, the company petrochemical plant   produce products. BP consists of original BP shares as well and shares it when it merges with Amoco I N 1998 and ARCO IN 2000. BP shares are primarily traded on London stock exchange; BP shares are also listed on Frankfurt stock exchange in Germany and Newyork stock exchange in the US.   The merger with Amoco resulted to an increase of 40% of share value, the stock value later on dropped by 25% when the federal trade commission shows some opposition to the BP’s acquisition of Amoco, but later on the stock got appreciated by 57 cent when the Amoco acquisition was finally approved in 2000.   Below the daily BP stock value for open, high, low and closing prices for BP shares on The Newyork stock exchange OPEN PRICE 39.52 HIGH ...

  A stock price is the price of a single unit of a stock, the price of a single unit of shares of a company, or is the highest amount someone is willing to pay for a stock or the lowest amount that can be paid to buy a stock. Stock prices are never stable; they fluctuate from time to time because of the prevalent market forces. Though the price of a stock cannot rise or fall for more than 5% in 24 hours in the stock market.   There are several factors that determine the price of a stock in the stock market. Company’s financial performance:   each company quoted in stock market are mandated to present their quarterly result to the stock exchange   for clearance and each company is required to publish its quarterly result   to the public, the performance of a company   presented in each quarterly result play a very important role in determining   price of their stocks in the stock market , a good performance will attract   investors, bring ...

Gold is a very valuable precious metal accepted as safe havens for investment, gold is soft, malleable, ductile metal with brilliant yellow color, and its bright yellow color is maintained even in water or oil.   The price of gold   is influence by demand and supply,   the higher the demand the higher the price and the lower the demand the lower the price,   gold price is also affected by demand speculation, saving   and   disposition affect the price of gold   more than its consumption, as gold is used to store monetary value since from the ancient   time. Most of the gold ever mined are still preserved and never consumed; gold were the currency in the roman and the subsequent empire, and its production did not stop. see on stock exchange   This gold is ready to come to the market when the price is ok. The total amount of gold above ground as stated by warren buffet will just feet a cube of sides 20 66ft. Since there is large quantit...

The stock exchange is a form of exchange that provides investors with a platform to buy or sell stocks and securities. Stockbrokers and traders, can buy or sale stocks, bonds etc in the stock exchange, it also provide other financial facilities for services like issue and redemption of securities and also the payment of dividends and profits . Stocks, bonds, units trust, pooled investment and other securities are traded on the stock exchange, the stock exchange function as an auction market with investors buying and selling securities at a central location called the floor of the exchange. BP daily share prices For a stock to be traded on the floor of the exchange the stock has to be listed with the exchange, and to trade a stock an investor need stockbroker to execute his order, but modern technology has made it possible for investors to trade stock online. Before trading on the exchange an individual must become a member. The stock are introduced into the exchange b...