Stock Broker Directory

Stock Broker Directory

November 26, 2003

NEW SITE DESIGN!

Stock Broker Directory has a new online directory of stockbrokers.
Our stock broker directory has been undergoing some changes lately. We are happy to bring you stock brokers email addresses and contact information via the links on our website. Our stock brokers will be able to place their stock broker websites links here very shortly.

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Monitoring your stocks with the internet is a very efficient way to trade stocks.

Gone are the newspaper days. If you have any questions about the following, contact us.

A booklet sent by companies to shareholders once a year. It depicts the company operations and describes earnings, balance sheets, profits, sales and other important facts about the company. It lists detailed descriptions of the company business.

The lowest price an investor accepts to sell stock or, the quoted price an investor can buy shares of stock for.

Allocating your investment assets over a number of investments, (stocks, mutual funds, bonds, money market account, etc). Note: most mutual funds consist of several stocks, so they are already asset allocated.

The highest price an investor will pay to buy a security, or the price an investor can sell shares of stock for.

Consist of the oldest most continuously profitable companies, some of which pay a dividend. Some companies are more that 100 years old. These are considered some of the lowest risk stocks, based on their history.

Measures the volatility of a share of stock. A beta higher than one is more volatile; a beta lower than one is less volatile. The S&P 500 index beta is one.

A company's total assets minus intangible assets and liabilities, such as debt.

The fee an investor pays a broker for buying or selling a security.

The price of a stock dividend.

A Company whose stock price is closely in line with the cyclical ups and downs of the general economy.

Part of the company's profit paid to shareholders.

Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), 30 of the best Blue Chip companies on the stock exchanges. The average is used to gauge market performance. See Dow 30, at MsFinancialSavvy.com

Equals the profit divided by the number of shares of the stock.

The three major exchanges where stocks are traded in the U.S. are the: NYSE - New York Stock ExchangeNASDAQ - National Association of Securities DealersAMEX - American Stock Exchange

The stock of a company that has the potential to increase consistently over a long period of time.

The first time the company is traded on the stock exchange. A prospectus is issued to read about its risk before investing.

The board of directors and officers of a company. It can also be someone who has a large voting share in the company. These insiders are said to possess "insider information."

Set price at which an investor can buy or sell a security. The trade must be at or below this price.

Investor owns the stock or security. An investor purchases a security "on margin," or with borrowed money from a broker. Margin is the difference between the market value of a stock and a loan a broker makes.

Equals the company's market capitalization. Example: A company has 20 million shares, and the company's shares are selling for $20; the market cap is $400 million.

An average of a security's price over a particular time period. Example: The average changes on a 200-day moving average includes the most current 200 trading days. Moving averages usually indicate levels of support or resistance for a security.

The number of shares a company has outstanding.

Securities not listed on a stock exchange.

Is the share price divided by earnings per share or EPS, for the company's most recent four quarters.

Strength of the stock relative to other stocks in its category. Usually given a comparative number in major financial news publications.

Return earned on a company's common stock investment over a period of time.

A federal agency that regulates the U.S. financial markets.

A company's total assets minus total liability. The net worth is the same thing.

The difference between the bid and the ask price of a stock.

Standard and Poor's 500 best companies