What Is The Difference Between Common Stock And Preferred Stock? Besides common stock, there is another type of shares that is called preferred stock. The difference between common and preferred stock is that preferred stock has additional benefits. Maybe the most important one is that the dividends obtained by a company are distributed, first, among owners of preferred … [Read more...]
equities and investors : basic terms of stock trading
Equity Shareholders They are the owners of the company, sharing its risks, profits, and losses. They have a residual claim on the earnings and assets of the company. after all claims are met they are paid their share of profit , and in the event of the liquidation of the company they share whatever is left of the company after all its creditors have been paid. They enjoy … [Read more...]
WHAT IS NIFTY ?
What are the Sensex & the Nifty? The Sensex is an "index" for stock market ..An index is the average of prices of shares in the list of index based on weights of prices and volumes. So it gives average of total market movement in largely traded stocks. It gives directions of the market. it is basically an indicator which It gives you a general idea about most of the … [Read more...]
Blending Candlesticks Explained
Candlestick patterns are made up of one or more candlesticks and these can be blended together to form one candlestick. This blended candlestick captures the essence of the pattern and can be formed using the following: • The open of first candlestick • The close of the last candlestick • The high and low of the pattern Blending Candles (Bullish Engulfing + … [Read more...]
Inverted Hammer and Shooting Star
The Inverted Hammer and Shooting Star look exactly alike, but have different implications based on previous price action. Both candlesticks have small real bodies (black or white), long upper shadows and small or nonexistent lower shadows. These candlesticks mark potential trend reversals, but require confirmation before action. The Shooting Star is a bearish reversal … [Read more...]