Stocks: owning a piece of a company
What a stock is, how the stock market works, what dividends are and how to read splits, buybacks and other events.
- 1What a stock is and why it goes up or downA stock is a small piece of a company. Its price changes because expectations about what that company will earn in the future change.8 min
- 2How the stock market works: orders, hours and pricesWhat happens when you buy a stock: who sells it to you, what types of orders exist, when trading happens and how much it costs.9 min
- 3Dividends: how they work and what to checkDividends are the part of profits a company pays out to shareholders. How they're calculated, which dates matter and why a very high dividend isn't always a good sign.8 min
- 4Splits, buybacks, IPOs and other company eventsCompanies do things that change the number of shares or their price without changing what your stake is worth. Knowing how to read them avoids confusion.8 min