How Do You Understand & Make Money Off The Stock Market?
Playing the stock market may seem like a great way to make money from home. But the stock market tends to be volatile, so learn how the market works before investing. Recommendations include learning to interpret stock-related information in context and devising an investment strategy. Read financial periodicals and related literature to read stock tables, stock tickers and price quotes. Financial news programming also can be a valuable source of information for tracking the general market, as well as particular industries and publicly traded companies. Compile a list of a range of companies to follow. Ideally, the companies on your list should span a variety of industries. Make detailed notes on each stock’s market performance — both good and bad. Pay particular attention to stock tables/quotes, which provide information on the stock’s 52-week price range, dividend yields (money you potentially make off the stock), its price-to-earnings ratio, and its trading volume ((the number of s
