MCS 2100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: European Cooperation In Science And Technology, Market Capitalization, Risk Premium

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 2100
• Professor: May Aung

Document Summary

*use the internet for research on stocks before invesing* Refers to an index which is a staisical measure of the changes in a porfolio of stocks represening a porion of the overall market. Its used to track the performance of the stock market because it would be too diicult to try and track every single security trading in the country. 71% of market capitalizaion for canadian based companies listed by the. Djia most widely reported indicator of stock markets performance. 30 signiicant industrial stocks traded on the nyse. Index covers price movements of all stocks listed on nyse. A form of equity corporaions don"t have to repay the money a shareholder pays for stocks. Selling price is determined by demand, if demand increases stock value increases and vice-versa. Dividends not mandatory in general rapidly growing irms may give a small or no dividend, while uility companies and other inancially secure companies may distribute.