| Frustrated by all the symbols in a stock | | | | |
| quote? Here's a basic overview to reading a | | | | Bid: What various investors are looking to |
| stock quote on Yahoo Finance. | | | | buy the stock for at the current moment |
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| If you're like many new stock market | | | | Ask: What various investors are willing to |
| investors you are learning all sorts of new | | | | sell the stock for at the current moment |
| things, one of the many things you need to | | | | |
| know is how to read a stock quote. | | | | 1 yr Est: Estimate for the stock's price in |
| | | | one year's time |
| Yahoo Finance has a nice stock quote page, | | | | |
| please follow along and go to this web page | | | | Day's Range: The range in price the stock has |
| and find out what everything means. | | | | traded that day |
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| Near the top of the page it will tell you | | | | 52wk Range: Stock price from low to high over |
| that you are looking up Microsoft Corp. | | | | the past year of trading |
| (MSFT) this tells us what company we are | | | | |
| looking at. You will then see the last price | | | | Volume: Number of shares of stock traded so |
| (which is delayed 20 minutes) and you will | | | | far today |
| see how much the stock has gone up or down | | | | |
| for the day. | | | | Avg. Vol (3m): Average number of shares |
| | | | traded each day for the past 3 months |
| If you scroll down the page you will find a | | | | |
| table with a bunch of data. | | | | Market Cap: This is the market price for the |
| | | | company take the number of shares outstanding |
| Last Trade: This is the last trade that | | | | and multiple by the price of the stock |
| happened on this stock (delayed 20 minutes) | | | | |
| | | | P/E: Price to earnings ratio |
| Trade Time: This is the date or the time of | | | | |
| the trade | | | | EPS: Earnings per share |
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| Change: Amount the stock traded up or down in | | | | Div & Yield: The dividend (if any) that you |
| dollars and percentage | | | | could receive from the company for owning |
| | | | stock |
| Prev. Close: The amount the stock closed at | | | | |
| the last day it traded. Generally the day | | | | Those are the basic items on that Yahoo |
| before, unless holiday or weekend | | | | finance page; you can also find charts, |
| | | | headlines and some more background |
| Open: Price the stock opened at today or if | | | | information on the company. |
| weekend or holiday last day it traded | | | | |