Stock Market Today

(I mean, just because a company is global, just because they make a great product, can’t the market makers on the exchange floor suck your money dry by selling more than is bought for a day and absorb your money into never never land, whether you like it or not?) Answer : You’re getting warm, [...]

(How can you tell? What references or websites have you subscribed to that helped you do research? I’m going to start investing in about six months when my debt gets paid off. I need to educate myself now.) Answer: According to my software, the largest losses against their 52wk avg are: media/publishing media /broadcasting automobile [...]

（Basically, how often do the prices change? Is there a set interval?) Answer: Some prices change every second most of the day, typically the highly traded stocks, or “most active” with high volume. Others may not trade at all for days even (usually penny stocks). Most free sites provide 20 minute delayed quotes that refresh [...]

（Don’t take this as something so negative. People make money off of weapons companies and other organizations assuming that they will be used. I’m just looking at the obvious eventuality. So what stocks would benefit from severe quake damage on the west coast?） Answer： window manufacturers, construction, etc. — just think, what is damaged, and [...]

（Can you please let me know what your sourse is？） Answer： The bond market is seen as a safe haven. It pretty much pays a nominal interest rate – but it’s guaranted by the Government, which is the main benefit. In times of turmoil, money may move from the sharemarket to the bonds market – [...]