Stock Investment Articles

What is Preferred Stock

What is preferred stock? Preferred stock is categorized as an equity security but has many...

Why Invest in Stocks

Describing the returns stocks can generate and why at least some portion of your portfolio should be in stock indexes.

The US Stock Market

How investing in a total US Total Market Index is equivalent to investing in a large cap index.

Stock Picking Fails

Stock Picking Fails: Investors attempting to beat the indexes by pick individual stocks are on a fools errand.

What is a Short Sale

What is a short sale? A short sale is when an investor sells a stock they do not own...

Stock Performance and Size

Splitting the market by size can have an impact on your overall portfolio performance.

Diversified? How Many Stocks

How many stocks should an investor purchase to be truly diversified?

Stock Order Types

Explaing the various stock order types and stipulations an investor can use to buy and sell stocks at their online brokerage.

What is Common Stock

What is common stock? Common stock is a type of stock which represents ownership in a corporation.

Great Company, Great Stock

History is primed with examples where people believe that a great company must have a great stock.

A Companies Earnings

Shares holders receive a piece of a company’s earnings by dividends, and stock appreciation.