What is a Stock Market? What Function does it Serve?
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...
View ArticlePrimary and Secondary Markets
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...
View ArticleShares, Shareholders & Shareholder Rights
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...
View ArticleWhat are Dividends?
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...
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Cum Entitlements, Ex-Dividend Dates and Record Dates
In completing your understanding of dividends there is some important timeline information that you need to comprehend regarding dividend entitlements. There are some important dates that you need to...
View ArticleDividend Imputation, Franked and Unfranked Dividends
Dividend Imputation was introduced by the Australian Government in 1987 in order to stop the double taxation of dividends. Double taxation of dividends meant that when a company decided to distribute...
View ArticleHow do Share Prices Change?
This question is best understood after reading our section on Economics Basics to give you a clearer picture of the underlying forces behind share price increases and decreases. Share prices change...
View ArticleHow do Investor’s Perceive Value?
To help you understand what investors perceive a company to be worth – first take a look at its earnings or profits. Usually, the more profitable a company is – the more demand for the company’s stock...
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How to Read Stocks in the Newspaper
If connecting to the Internet is not your cup of tea, then another more widely available option is checking your shares through the newspaper. Most Australian newspapers will print the previous days,...
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