Stock Market Report - Rolling With The Changes

Stock Market Report - Rolling
With The Changes
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A stock market report is a summary of
the most recent news of stock market
sectors, stock groupings such as the
Dow Jones Industrial Average, the
Standard and Poor’s 500, the
NASDAQ average, and outstanding
stock movements either up or down.

Reading at least the daily stock
market report is important to keep a
sense of perspective on where the
stock market is and where stocks are
going.

However, investors and traders
commonly invest or trade stocks one
at a time and, thus, need to follow
their individual stocks and market
news that relates to specific market
sectors.

Investors and traders who buy stock
or trade stock by way of index funds
such as a fund that tracks the S&P
500 can get their stock market news
more directly from stock market
reports.

Wall Street news has been available
in print by the Wall Street Journal
since July 8, 1889 and before that in
many newspapers ever since the
markets opened.

Up to minute market reports used to
require a ticker tape machine that
delivered stock prices by telegraph
and printed an “endless” tape.

In today’s electronic world updated
reports and online stock investing
newsletters are available from many
sources.

The scrolling stock prices at the
bottom of the screen are the last
vestige of the ticker tape machine.

Up to date news allows investors to
follow the latest stock market trends in
the USA and in stock markets
throughout the world.

Up to date information is essential for
the day trader who capitalizes on
market inefficiencies during periods of
high trading volume and high market
volatility.

Efficient market analysis requires the
most recent market information.

To a degree, up to the minute stock
market reports reduce the problem of
insider trading in that information is
generally available to everyone who is
paying attention at the same time.

Of course true insider trading deals
where someone knows of a situation
before it becomes public are still
difficult, but not impossible, to predict.

However, comprehensive stock
market reports include lists of insiders
who buy stock or sell stock of the
company.

These purchases or sales of stock
shares are reported in Securities and
Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

The definition of insider is a
company's officer, director and any
“beneficial owner” of more than ten
percent of a class of the company's
equity securities.

A smart stock market trading strategy
is to follow what the directors and
owners of large blocks of stock are
doing in a company where a investor
wants to buy stock or a stock option.

Market reports are not just for
checking minute by minute stock
information.

Much of the material in a good report
is market analysis for long term
investing purposes.

Successful investing comes from a
well thought out and executed
investment strategy.

Such a strategy requires analysis of
stock market charts, company plans,
the price to earnings ratio of a
prospective investment, and more.

This is the homework of investing and
it requires taking the time to read and
study all available information.

Stock Market Report - Rolling With The Changes

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