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Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes when you buy or sell a stock? Read on and find out!
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Blitzkrieg? Dawn raids? Sounds like the markets and the battlefield have a few things in common.
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When you hear that your favorite stock closed at a record high price, have you ever considered how that price was reached? The calculation effort is far more complex than you might expect. To ...
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The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations, commonly referred to as Nasdaq, is a computerized marketplace where stocks are traded from 9:30am to 4pm Eastern Standard ...
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A market maker is a firm or an individual that stands ready to buy and sell a particular security throughout the trading session to maintain liquidity and a fair and orderly market in that security. ...
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Learn some of the important differences in the way these exchanges operate and the securities that trade on them.
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Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009 the numbers of independent broker-dealers have been steadily declining. Find out why, and if the trend will continue.
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A stock ticker is a report of the price for certain securities, updated continuously throughout the trading session by the various stock exchanges. A "tick" is any change in price, whether that ...
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As investors become more environmentally conscious, the exchange traded fund market is following.
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Minimum margin is the amount of funds that must be deposited with a broker by a margin account customer. With a margin account, you are able to borrow money from your broker to purchase stocks ...