Stock Valuation > Markets > Electronic Trading Data

On this web page we look at the definition of stocks, types of stocks, issuers and buyers of stocks. Here you will also find a Stock Valuation calculator that helps find the value of a particular stock.
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Stocks, Valuation and Stock Markets?

There are myriad of ways to invest your money as in Bonds, Savings yet more and more investors are inclined to invest in Stocks even though uncertainity and risks are associated with such an investment. Most US Corporations offer dividends to their stock holders and one can always redeem the stock when markets are acting jittery. Stocks are traded on stock exchanges and some of the major US and foreign exchanges are listed below.

What are two common types of Stocks?

Common Stocks

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Preferred Stocks

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Major Stock Exchanges and Trade Indices

Stock Exchange	Trade Indices
NYSE New York Stock Exchange	NYSE Composite , DJIA, S&P500 and Russell2000
NASDAQ The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	NASDAQ 100, NASDAQ 100 PMI and NASDAQ 100 AHI
LSE London Stock Exchange	FTSE 100, FTSE 250, FTSE 350, FTSE All-Share, FTSE AIM, FTSE TechMARK, FTSE SmallCap
FWB Frankfurt Stock Exchange ( Frankfurter WertpapierbÃ¶rse )	DAX, DAXplus, CDAX, DivDAX, LDAX, MDAX, SDAX, TecDAX, VDAX and EuroStoxx 50
PAR Paris Stock Exchange	CAC 40

What is DOW JONES Industrial Average ( DJIA )

All stock exchanges use some sort of a trade index which is an averages of average of top stocks from particular sector such as Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).

Companies trading their stocks on these exchanges are assigned tickers such as GOOG for Google Inc. YHOO for Yahoo Inc. MSFT for Microsoft Corp

Electronic Trading

You can eliminate the stock broker and directly sell and buy stocks over the internet by using some online stock trading compaines such as eTrade and Scottrade

Online Trading Data

There are a number of services on internet that provide real time stock trading data, some of these are Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, MSN Money, AOL Finance, CNN Money, and Reuters

Stock Valuation

For an investor, it helps to know how to value a stock when approached by a broker that is offering an investment for your money. Follow the links below to find details on methods used in Common Stock Valuation and Preferred Stock Valuation. You will find our online Stock Valuation Calculator handy when valuing the stock being offered

Common Stock | Preferred Stock