Stock Market Today

（they make it sounds like you’re playing a sports game or something. ANd does everybody who played the stock end up being rich?） Answer ： People who associate “playing” with the stock market are usually speculators. Even people who do research in the stock market play by speculation. Very few people are investors. The few [...]

（I need a website that has updated, to the minute, stock and market news. I’m tired of hearing reported earnings, then when I go to buy it’s already up 10%. Thanks!!!） Answer ： The last few days on Yahoo!Finance I noticed they are giving real-time quotes. This is stock price, though, and not news. Unless [...]

（What is a stock market definition for dummies?） Answer： The stock market is the vehicle whereby investors can own a piece of a company. It is also the means of raising money for little companies to grow larger and employ more people. The stock market is what capitalism is all about. When people do their [...]

（how do individuals who have invested in stock market earn? i mean do they get their profits everyday or at the end of the year?） Answer： There are two ways to get profits. 1. is to sell a stock at a higher price than you purchased it for. You get that profit when you sell [...]

（I know that shares can go up and down and I know that the market itself can go up or down but, on average, what kind of profit can you make per year on the ftse 100?） Answer ： Noone knows. The 200-year average has been a 7% annualized real return, which would translate into [...]