Stock Market Capitalization for Beginners

Someone forward you this email? No Sweat! Sign up here to get your own If you're having trouble viewing this email, click here Follow Us Stock Market Capitalization for Beginners Joshua Kennon Investing for Beginners Expert Stock Market Capitalization for Beginners Market capitalization is a term used on Wall Street that is extremely important. Although it is often heard on the nightly news and in financial textbooks, very few new investors know what market capitalization is or how it is calculated. It’s actually really easy and intuitive. After you read about the details of market cap, as it is often called for short, you’ll understand the concept and begin using it when putting together your own portfolio. READ NOW Share The Pros and Cons of Investing in Bank Stocks Investing in bank stocks has specific risks such as determining the adequacy of loan loss reserves and multiples of bank stock price to book value. READ NOW Share What Every Investor Should Know About Share Price and Splits Investors cannot look at the share price by itself to determine the value of a stock. They must consider the relationship to earnings and net assets to share price. Stock splits can affect the actual price of shares. READ NOW Share What is a Ticker Symbol? A ticker symbol is a short code used to buy or sell shares of stock, as well as research the business including dividend history and share price. READ NOW Share MORE FROM ABOUT.COM Advertisement About Money   |   Follow Us: You are receiving this newsletter because you subscribed to the About Investing for Beginners newsletter. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. If you would like to unsubscribe from all newsletters sent from About.com, please send an email to optout@about.com with "Unsubscribe" as the subject line. 1500 Broadway, 6th Floor, New York, NY, 10036 © 2014 About.com - All rights reserved

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