Us Stock Market - Investment Opportunities
There are a lot of ups and downs in the very long history of the US stock market. The stock market is made up of 2 exchanges: the NYSE (meaning New York Stock Exchange) and the NASDAQ (meaning National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations).
The NY Stock exchange is more than 150 years old and has - in terms of dollars -. the largest volume of stocks traded all over the world. In terms of volumes, the New York Stock exchange is only second, since the NASDAQ - another stock exchange institution in the USA stock market - comes first in terms of volumes exchanged. The capitalization of the market of the NYSE is the bigger in the world and has a figure of trillion of dollars.
The US Stock market offers a convenient means by which a common stock holder can trade in stocks, by easily buying and selling them. Such trading is done electronically in both exchanges, and also on the trading floor in the case of the NYSE. Direct trading on the floor of the exchange is restricted to members or “seat” owners. The seats are limited in number and are much sought after. You have to pay a price in order to become a seat owner. Currently the price is around $4 million.
In order to know the general trend in the prices of stocks, each stock exchange has an index that is made up of the prices of significant stocks quoted and traded in the exchange. In the US, there are three major indices - the NASDAQ index, the Dow Jones index and the S&P index. The indices are further expanded to show sector wise performance.
If you want to find out past performance or get a current quote for a particular company’s stock, you can take a look online at the stock exchange websites. The websites will list an abbreviated name for each, and these are called stock symbols.
The history of the US stock markets is equally informative and interesting. During its long history one of the most notable events is the 1929 crash, perhaps the most significant one of all times. The black Tuesday in 1929 is usually considered the worst day in the US stock market long history. The biggest quantum of sellings was concluded on a single day. The crash of 1929 burned more than $100 billion dollars in investor’s assets. Nowadays - in today’s dollar values - this would be worth several hundred times more.
If you’ve got some extra cash which which you’d like to invest stocks make for a good option. People who may not have sufficient experience and/or technical knowledge to manage their own investments still have several avenues available to them. These include invest stocks and mutual fund companies. These organisations tend to manage investments in a professional manner, but they are not all equally good. One should make his/her own inquiries before making an investment through any one of them.
There are several avenues available for people who may not have the expertise to manage their own investments. These include invest stocks and mutual fund companies. The us stock market offers a convenient means by which a common stock holder can trade in stocks, by easily buying and selling them. Such trading is done electronically in both exchanges, and also on the trading floor in the case of the NYSE. Stock exchange has an index in order to know the general trend of the individual stock price movement. In order to denote the stocks, stock exchanges use stock symbols.
- Mark Crisp
