1. $ How To Read Stock Tables $

2. 2 Ways to Make $ in the Stock Market
Buy Low, and Sell High (traditional-speculating)
High Risk Stocks (new Firms, innovative, haven’t tested time, ?)
have a large potentiality for profits, and losses
Low Risk Stocks (Firms that have existed for many years, Stable) have a small potentiality for profits, and losses
Hold on to Stock long term (10-20 yrs.), and collect dividend payments. (Better than savings and bonds)
Low Risk Stocks! (7-10 years, you should make your investment back, 20 years you may double.)

3. Stock Markets
NYSE – New York Stock Exchange. (Big Board) Largest exchange in the US $ World.
AMEX – (American stock Exchange)
NASDAQ – (National Association Security Dealers Annotated Quarterly) An entirely electronic stock exchange.
PCX – Pacific Stock exchange ( Los Angeles)
Top Foreign stock Markets: London, Japan, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Euronext, & Shenzhen
* In China

4. Stock Measures / Index
DJIA – Dow Jones Industrial Average. Measures the top 30 companies in the NYSE, and uses them as a general guide for the market.
S&P 500 – Standard & Poor’s. Measures the top 500 companies in the NYSE. Gives better view of the market.

5. Market Trends

6. Newspaper: NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ

7. Cites: Yahoo! Finance, CBS Marketwatch, or MSN Moneycentral.