The entire purpose of becoming a shareholder is to increase your initial investment by being entitled to a portion of the company’s overall earnings. This will be reflected both in the share price and in the form of dividends. Dividends are taxable payments given to shareholders by the companies Executive Board [...]

When you decide that you have found a good investment and believe that the company you have selected is worth your hard earned money - you will purchase shares, equity or stock in it. These words are used interchangeably and all represent the same thing - ownership. By purchasing shares you [...]

There are two markets that this can occur in - one is the primary market where each company creates its new securities (shares, stocks) and one is the secondary market where these shares are sold between investors for future gain.
The primary market is where a company creates securities and floats (sells) them to [...]

The Stock Market is a fantastic place to create wealth assuming you know what you are doing. The intricacies behind its movements, its periods of growth (known as bulls), its periods of decline (known as bears) and the hundreds or thousands of companies that create the market is mind boggling, but [...]