Free Stock Market Tips

ztim21 asked:


If I am against the business practices of Chiquita Banana and Nike, how does purchasing their common stock support them? Is merely holding then trading stock of these companies immoral?

qpot asked:


A quick search on “stock options” shows that many companies are switching from “stock options” to “restricted stocks” as an employee compansation vechicle.

Below is what I learned from my research. It could be wrong though.

The sales of “stock options” are usually reported as loss. It reduces the company’s tax liability, but also adversely affects the company’s profit. From 2006, most companies are required to disclose the impact of the “stock options” sales to the public.

My questions,

When a company issues “restricted stocks” and the employee sells them, is the proceeding counted as “loss” like “stock options”?

Why companies don’t switch until recently? Does it have anything do to with the new SEC reporting requirement?

Thanks,

born to be an olympian asked:


So I own stock and mine doesn’t pay a dividend, but i am thinking about cashing in my current stock and put my money in some stock with a high dividend yield. I was just wondering if there is a certain time length that you must keep your money in that particular dividend stock to qualify for the dividends, or if the company starts paying you the first quarter that you own the stock…

NX! asked:


Please anwer all if possible:

What are stocks?
How do they work?
What is the stock market?
What are all the companies that i find market doing in the market?

Please, if you can, tell me all there is about stocks, the stock market, etc.