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What Exactly Is a Company's Float?
Float is the regular shares that a company has issued to the public that are available for investors to trade.
  • Shares vs. Stocks: Understanding the Difference
  • Detail of a Golden Bull Breaking Through the Finance Section of a Newspaper
    Understand the What and Why of Stock Splits
  • How Do Interest Rates Affect the Stock Market?
  • Market Capitalization Defined
  • Close up of stock certificate.
    Is It Worth It to Cash in Old Stock Certificates?
  • Dilution Definition
  • Insider Trading Definition
  • Pen and graphic charts on table
    Large Cap (Big Cap)
  • Over-The-Counter (OTC) Definition
  • Preferred Stock Definition
  • Short Interest Definition and Uses
  • Definition of Small Cap
  • Stock Split
  • Tender Offer Definition
  • If You Invested Right After Amazon's IPO
  • Google's rising stock price appears on the NASDAQ Marketsite just before the markets close August 19, 2004 in New York.
    GOOG or GOOGL: Which Stock Do You Buy? (GOOG, GOOGL)
  • Words insider trading written on a book.
    What Is Insider Trading and Is It Illegal?
  • After-Hours Trading Definition
  • Dutch Auction Definition
  • Model of Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo (SS2)
    Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) Definition
  • Trading Halt
  • Multiple Share Classes and Super-Voting Shares
  • Forces That Move Stock Prices
  • I Want to Start Buying Stocks—But Where Do I Start?
  • Technical indicators for options trading
    Open Interest vs. Volume: Understanding the Difference
  • Hand of a Stockbroker Buying and Selling Shares Online
    Class A Shares vs. Class B Shares: What's the Difference?
  • Shares Outstanding vs. Floating Stock: What's the Difference?
  • Fully Diluted Shares Definition
  • Naked Shorting
  • Open Interest Definition
  • Order Book Definition
  • Securities Lending Definition
  • Share Class Definition
  • Share Repurchase Definition
  • Short (Short Position) Definition
  • Short Sale Definition
  • Stock Swap Definition
  • Offset Definition
  • If Everyone Is Selling in a Bear Market, Does Your Broker Have to Buy Your Shares From You?
  • Lot (Securities Trading) Definition and Examples
  • Accountant working on consolidated financial report of corporate operations.
    Strategies for Quarterly Earnings Season
  • A male hand pointing a computer screen with charts.
    Momentum Indicates Stock Price Strength
  • Hand of a Stockbroker Buying and Selling Shares Online
    When to Buy a Stock and When to Sell a Stock: 5 Tips
  • OTCQX Definition
  • 5 Ways to Double Your Money
  • Why Do You Need a Margin Account to Short Sell Stocks?
  • New York City Stock Exchange building on Wall st.
    What Did it Mean to "Own a Seat" on the New York Stock Exchange?
  • Suspended Trading Definition
  • I live in the U.S. How can I trade stocks in China and India?
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    How to Choose the Best Stock Valuation Method
  • A man pointing with a pen trading charts.
    Examining Different Trailing Stop Techniques
  • Stock Loan Rebate Definition
  • Diffusion Index Definition and Uses
  • A woman looking at stock market charts on two computers.
    How to Sell Your Company Stock
  • Person checking stocks on a smart phone.
    How to Read the Market's Psychological State
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    Deposit/Withdrawal At Custodian (DWAC) Definition
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    How to Use Excel to Simulate Stock Prices
  • Alpha
  • NYSE Arca Definition
  • Rebate
  • 6 Bad Stock Buyback Scenarios
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    How to Use Volume to Improve Your Trading
  • What Is Treasury Stock?
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