ADMS 3531 Lecture Notes - Stock Dilution, Bid Price, Growth Investing
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A stock or share represents ownership in a piece of a company. The stock price of a company is the current market price of a single stock in that company. Stocks are traded on a stock exchange, such as the nyse or nasdaq. Buyers put in a bid price, sellers put in an ask price which they are willing to buy or sell for. The number of stocks of a single company being traded over any period of time is known as its market volume. Market capitalization = current stock price x no. of outstanding shares. The market capitalization of a company is the total value, as determined by the stock market. Day range: lowest and highest price traded in a day. 52wk range: the lowest and highest price traded in a year. Shareholders are compensated for their risk through a risk premium. Over 2000 companies on nyse and over 3000 in nasdaq.