Stock Market Today

（I learned today that stock in Home Depot and Best Buy was like 10 bucks a SHARE…. back in 1987 and today it’s worth some crazy astonomical amount like 650,000 bucks!!!!! That was 20 years ago. I was only 13 at the time and this is the sole reason why I am not mad at [...]

（I understand the stocks go up and down, but WHY do they? What is affecting them so dramatically that they are falling so fast that bail out plans are needed? WILL there be another depression?） Answer ： Stocks go up and down due to whether investors are selling or buying stocks. The market takes a [...]

(Any suggestions on websites, brokers, profitable stocks, etc. I am very interested in investing. I hear that it is the second largest Market in Africa. I onder what the first is, South America?） Answer： It’s located in Casablanca. I dunno how you would trade, maybe you should contact one of the big banks there such [...]

(also how can you compare the two? in my question market capitalisation of a company is 3398 million and there are925 million shares on issue. on the company balance sheet the Net assets are 1062. Thank You) Answer: Usually these terms are used for closed end mutual funds. NAV is the total value of the [...]

(1. I don’t mean using any borrowing method. 2. Does a company can buy back its shares from the market as treasury stock but not void/cancel them and resell them when it needs equity capital? 3. I always thought the stock secondary market only benefits the investors but no money raise real effects toward companies [...]