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