... contain some stocks in their composition. It would
appear, then, that investing in a mutual fund composed of stocks would differ only slightly
from investing in the stocks themselves.
To some extent, ... ease, including drawing on the account with a personal check.
Cash can also refer to the money in your checking and savings accounts or the money
hidden under your mattr...
... Depending on what kind of investor you want to become, there might be. However,
most of the loopholes have already been addressed directly.
For example, investors who want information on stocks, ... the
responsibility of doing the footwork, researching the stock and reading up on market
trends—something many, many investors simply don't like doing.
Should you have a problem or dislike...
... Contents
Index
About the Author
10 Minute Guide to Investing in Stocks
E. Saenz
Publisher: Alpha Books
First Edition September 01, 20 01
ISBN: 0- 02- 863 610- 4, 21 6 pages
New investors can fall into some ...
10 Minute Guide to Investing in Stocks
Introduction
Extras
Acknowledgments
Lesson 1. Confronting Your Fear of Stocks
What You Need to Know Before Beg...
... are split into two issues—common stock that appeals more to individual
investors; and the various classes of preferred stock that are geared more to the needs
of institutional investors.
Various ... types of investors: common stock and preferred stock. As a very
general rule, the benefits of common stock tend to be more geared for individual investors
while those of preferred stock tend...
... issuing company's
focus on providing higher dividends as opposed to reinvesting its profits in further
growing the business to provide capital gains.
Growth Stocks
Growth stocks are stocks ... Growth stocks are stocks that pay little if any dividends, choosing instead to increase
capital gains by reinvesting profits to grow the business.
Penny stocks are characteriz...
... ( $2 × 10 warrants = $20 and $11 × 10
shares = $ 110; $20 + $ 110 = $130, versus $140 to purchase 10 shares at $14). The investor
has saved money, and you have made $10 from your initial $10 investment, ... Widgeto Incorporado stock
and then places the shares in trust.
Plain English
In trust means committing or giving custody of something (in this case, stock) to an
entity...
... While learning about international markets is
interesting, actually investing in them as an individual is an altogether different matter. As a
general rule, most international investing is done ... into the
New York Stock Exchange stood outside the building, trading stocks on the curb and yelling
and hollering loud enough to ensure that they were being heard by the "gentlemen&q...
... funds without having to go through the expense and trouble of
issuing new stock and the investor makes out by minimizing or avoiding a broker fee
altogether through purchasing stock directly from ... what
you're getting yourself into.
Drips
Direct Reinvestment Plans, or DRIPs, are an ingenious method many companies have
developed to make their stock available to individual investor...
... purchased that
was originally worth $100 is now worth $20 0. Lucky you!
Plain English
Using a stop order, an investor seeks to cover a short position by instructing a
broker to sell stock at a price ... that
cabinet stocks trade in groups of 10 primarily because of their astronomical share prices.
Prices for shares of cabinet stocks (their names are unfamiliar to the average inv...
... less sound than other
investments, since income stocks run the gamut from blue chip stocks to junk bonds.
TIP
If you are looking for additional income, income stocks are stocks that provide a
higher ... stocks
Speculative stocks
Income Stocks
Plain English
Principal means the original amount you invested.
Investors with income objectives expect their investments to provide s...