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How does the stock market work and how do you trade/invest in it?

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

tif0722 asked: I want to start trading/investing in the stock market but I do not really understand the terms such as indexes, averages, etc. I also do not know how the whole stock market works. May someone summarize or provide me with a detailed website? Thanks.

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What happens to stock prices when one company is bought out by another?

Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

Irony Of Poe asked: What has traditionally happened to the stock price of the company being bought out? Does it rise? Or does the buying company purchase all the stock for very little and current stockholders lose their butts like with Bear-Stearns? I'm asking this because I want to know what ...

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