Month: May 2018
This is a continuation of the last post discussing basic financial principles as it applies to individual stocks. Read Part 1 first if you haven’t already There are many ways to describe a stock/business, but the 3 major categories are: the market cap size, the sector and geographic location. Market Capitalization Market cap size refers to the overall quoted value of the stock. Market Cap = the stock’s trading price X the total number of outstanding shares of the company. …