A stock symbol or ticker symbol is an abbreviation used to uniquely identify publicly traded shares of a particular stock on a particular stock market. A stock symbol may consist of letters, numbers or a combination of both.eg Safaricom’s symbol is SCOM, while Expresss Kenya’s is XPRS.

If a person is optimistic and believes that stocks will go up, he or she is called a “bull” and is said to have a “bullish outlook”. A bull market is when everything in the economy is great, people are finding jobs, gross domestic product (GDP) is growing, and stocks…

Fundamental analysis is a method of evaluating securities by attempting to measure the intrinsic value of a stock. Fundamental analysts study everything from the overall economy and industry conditions to the financial condition and management of companies. Technical analysis is the evaluation of securities by means of studying statistics generated…

Initial public offering (IPO) or stock market launch is a type of public offering where shares of stock in a company are sold to the general public, on a securities exchange, for the first time. Through this process, a private company transforms into a public company. Initial public offerings are…

Preferred and common stocks are different in two key aspects. First, preferred stockholders have a greater claim to a company’s assets and earnings. This is true during the good times when the company has excess cash and decides to distribute money in the form of dividends to its investors. In…