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Equity shares of ownership in a corporation that give the holder a claim on the company's earnings and dividends

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What did the US sell to fund the war?

The major revenue of US comes from their weapon business. They are the largest weapon seller in the world.

What should i know before investing in stocks?

before investing in a stock, make sure that you are SURE you want to invest in this stock. never invest in a stock that you only have a "good feeling" about, make sure that you do a lot of research on the stock and have hard concrete evidence that this stock is reliable and strong. the stock market is a funny place, and the stock that's most acclaimed today could crash hard tomorrow. nobody knows what the market does, people can only guess ^^.

Dividends are usually paid how many times a year?

This would depend on the company, but many pay 2 or 4 times a year.

What does portfolio beta mean?

The beta of a portfolio is the weighted average of individual betas of assets in that portfolio. There is an example of portfolio beta calculation here: http://www.riskyreturn.com/portfolio_beta.html

Bell Atlantic stock value?

On September 22, 2000 Bell Atlantic changed their name to Verizon. The last closing stock price for Verizon was $49.39.

If a itm call option is 9 and the share is trading at 10 it is itm but why do you say that a 9 put is otm if the share price is 10 what is the history to this seemingly inconsistancy?

When a stock is at $10, a $9 strike price call option allows you to buy that stock at $9, which is $1 cheaper than the market price, hence it is in the money (ITM).

Now, when a stock is $10, a $9 strike price PUT OPTION allows you to SELL that stock for $9 when you can actually sell it for $10, so there's no value in it, right? (why would anyone want to sell a stock at $9 when he can sell it for $10, right?) That is why it is out of the money (OTM).

It is not an inconsistency but that you did not understand that options moneyness for call and put options are the reverse.

What happens to price of stocks when a corporation reduces authorized amount of stocks?

I believe what you are referring to is when a corporation buys back it's own stock resulting in less authorized shares in the marketplace. This doesn't have a direct effect on a stocks price but can typically indirectly cause a stocks price to increase. The reason that it is not direct is that the company must spend it's own money to buy back the stock. This results in less shares and each shareholder now holds a larger stake in the company but the resulting company now either has less cash in it's reserves or has issued debt to pay for the stock. Indirectly this can help the price of the stock. The fact that a company is buying it's own stock back would indicate that the company feels it's own shares are a bargin at the current price. It also adds support to a stocks price in that if the price begins to fall due to market conditions the company can step in and buy shares to prevent or limit continued stock depreciation.

What is naked shorting?

Naked short selling, or naked shorting relates to the practice of short selling without first borrowing the shares or making an "affirmative determination" that the shares can be borrowed. Typically, traders must borrow a stock, or determine that it can be borrowed, before they sell it short. This is true when you placing a trade through your broker. They must determine if shares are available for shorting before allowing the investor to short a particular security. However, some professional investors and hedge funds take advantage of loopholes in the rules to short shares without making any attempt to borrow or determine if they could be borrowed. In October of 2003 the SEC issued a regulation, known as "Regulation SHO", seeking to limit abusive naked shorting. The regulation was designed to limit manipulative short selling for the purpose of lowering the stock price on thinly traded stocks. Critics of the new rule argue that naked-shorting is one of the only market forces that can act against over-hyped, or irrationally exhuberant market place conditions. See related Links for an article about one particular CEO on a campaign against short sellers. He believes they dramatically lowered the stock market value of his company.

999.00 krone equals how many US dollars?

1 Swedish krona = 0.129074 U.S. dollars, so it would equal $128.94 Or did you mean kroners?

If I buy one share when my stock falls will all my previous bought shares equal that price - or does each share equal the price you bought it?

A share is worth whatever the market price is. The starting value for measuring gains is the price each individual share was purchased for. Any other method would allow the investor to manipulate the starting price and avoid paying taxes.

What is stock control?

Stock control software certainly comes in handy for any retail business, especially those looking to streamline processes and get a real return on investment. This is because it offers a range of solutions to make retail businesses more efficient. Not only does stock control software give you a clear overview of all your stock and its location at any given time, but it can help you to manage forecasting of future demand and supply chain management. This prevents the need for error prone, time consuming and disparate manual systems.

If you own a retail establishment and want to have a clear overview of your inventory, one of the best ways is to invest in a dedicated stock control system, like the ones offered by Eurostop. To learn more about their stock control and POS solutions, contact them online or call +44 (0)20 8991 2700.

What is the historic PE Ratio for the SP 500?

The history of the ratio for theÊS&PÊPE 500Êchart has been below 30 since 1880. The ratio started going up around the year 2000. The ratio spiked to over 65 around 2010.

Dividends are usually paid how many times per year?

There is no set amount of time required per dividend payment. However, the majority of the time it is paid on a quarterly basis (4 times per year). It is also somewhat common to see a company pay out a one-time, annual dividend, or for a company to pay a monthly dividend.

Would Pennsylvania railroad stock certificates be worth anything today?

Yes, some Pennsylvania railroad stock certificate will be worth some money to railroad collectors today. The stock itself is rarely valuable, but the certificate can be worth up to several hundreds of dollars to collectors who enjoy railroad memorabilia.

What does stocks on margin mean?

05/08/08 Buying on margin means that you are buying your stocks with borrowed money

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It means that you've borrowed money to finance your stock purchase. This is very risky and may lead to a margin call if the share price declines.

Does the government not regulate crude oil prices because President Bush and people in his administration have investments in oil stocks?

Crude Oil is regulated by the market through trading. The government's controlling oil prices is socialist idea. Government regulation has taught us many things. See "Communism." Assuming just for argument's sake that President Bush and his associates and friends have stock in oil companies, what makes you think that that is a possible reason for the lack of price regulation? If President Bush were as powerful as you seem to think he is, why wouldn't he be in favor of regulation and setting prices HIGHER than they are right now? The reason there is no price regulation is simple: it doesn't work, because it's economically unsound. Setting price limits on any commodity, including oil and gas, does one thing for certain: it causes shortages in that commodity. So the next time you hear somebody advocating for price controls, keep in mind that he is therefore advocating for shortages and long lines at the pumps as gas stations run out of gas.

GE stock prices in 1988?

http://finance.google.ca/group/google.finance.14135/browse_thread/thread/c94c7b404a0cb5cd

Someone at google misplaced a decimal.

There was no unusual price fluctuation in 1988 for GE as is

represented with google finance.

http://finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GE#symbol=GE;range=my - CORRECTED

What is the ticker symbol for Shell Oil?

Shell oil is also Royal Dutch. The ticker is RDS.A
Royal Dutch Shell is:

RDS.A or RDS/A class A shares, New York Stock Exchange

RDB.B or RDS/B class B shares, New York Stock Exchange

RYDAF, pink sheets

How many companies are listed on the NSE - the National Stock Exchange?

The NSE has more than 2,000 stocks listed with it. It is fully automated electronic order processing exchange. Nifty is major index of NSE and it comprised of 50 scripts from different sectors.

The NSE index is calculated using the 50 most profitable and largest companies in India which are listed in the NSE. This index is called Nifty. Some companies listed in it are Reliance Industries, ICICI Bank, Larsen & Toubro, HDFC Bank, and Hero Honda.

(See the Related Link to the official website of the NSE.)

What is the difference between face value and book value of shares?

Book value is a company's stock equity produced on a balance sheet. This is equal to assets, minus liabilities and any goodwill assets. The amount is what would be left if a company went bankrupt and had to sell stocks. Face value is usually a small amount that has no significance to the market price, it is assigned by the user. In the case of preferred stock, it is used to calculate the dividend payments. The face value is usually consistent throughout the shares amount.