MIS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Ticker Symbol, Stock Market, Byrsonima Crassifolia

• School: University of Arizona
• Department: Management Info Systems Main
• Course: MIS 111
• Professor: Newman

Document Summary

Equity: ownership of a company is divided in certi cates. Market value: share price, number of common shares outstanding. For companies they are only one way to access nances. Total assets of company are the book value. Stock prices tell us the market value of company. Every major company in the world has a stock exchange: dow jones, s&p 500, etc. Excitement and fast selling and buying is what causes the crashes in the market. Don"t buy skyrocket markets and don"t sell tanking markets . Check your stocks yearly to not make yourself go crazy. Dividends are a portion of a company earnings decided by the board of directors to a class of its shareholders. Speculative stocks- potential for substantial price appreciation. Cyclical stocks- linked to the general state of the economy. Chartists believe they can predict by looking at patterns. Behaviorists look at psychology in the world and news.