1…If there are some new IPOs ..what are DOs n DON’Ts to consider if you are decicing to buy
2…Then there is a lock up period for this certain IPO …what does that mean …a lock up period of 12 months means what???
3…how do you know which shares are for short term trade n which ones for long term…
4…Is it normal if some shares are not sold/bought for some days after a fall in price???
5… When you look at stock market charts…some shares are shown with downwards red arrow…some are marked with upwards geen arrow…i know what this means…but whats the straight (horizontal) grey arrow for???
6…whats ‘large cap’ small cap’ n ‘mid cap’ in stock market??
7What does it mean when bidding price column says ‘N/A’ (not applicable) for a certain share??
1... Do Learn All About Your Company - can't stress enough. IPO's at first sight are usually attractive but soon become a liability if the company does not perform to expectiations.... if its a established company then check past accounts and confirm their figures. its safer to get IPO in these kinda companies.
Do Know Your Risk Tolerance.
Do invest only money you absolutely won't need for at least three to five years. - unless of course ur planning to sell them straight after purchase. generrally after an IPO the share price 'usually' drops.
Try and get a prospectus of the company. Prospectuses for all US companies are available for free from the Securities and Exchange Commission's Web site, FreeEDGAR.com, or on a delayed basis from EDGAR Online.
2...
Lock up period of 12 months means that when the investor purchase the shares at IPO they agree NOT to sell the shares they hold for 12 months.
3...
(a milion dollar question !)
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im thinking .... 'no change' in market price?
6...
Cap is short for Capital.
Companies having a market capitalisation between $10 billion and $200 billion are said to have large-cap. companies like Microsoft.
mid-cap between $2 billion to $10 billion.
samll-cap between $300 million to $2 billion.
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if it says N/A then that column does not relate to that company or the company info isn't available.
About question 3....I know I should've asked it other way ....I don't know the appropriate terms but what I know, there are some shares on which companies announce AND distribute profits after a certain period n then there is this short term trade .....I want to know if these all are listed at one place how you know which one is for regular trade n which one just to invest n sit back ....or is it so that they are not listed at one place...???
Like I was checking a car manufacturerer.....n its bid column was saying 'N/A' so i thought may be their shares aren't sold or bought regularly n they are just going to announce profits/loss after a certain period.....though i know i could be veryyy wrong!
About no. 4.....I was observing a company for past few days .....its shares were going in negative value (price was falling) n today morning there wasn't any share of the company being bought or sold ...the volume was zero....i mean how will u explain a zero volume..?
i guess u r talking about dividend payouts (i.e profit distribution allocated to ordinary shareholders). Some companies do have fixed payout timeline...like at company's year-end (some companies have December as year-end so the investor gets dividend around march.
Some companies even have intrim dividends but none, of course, are guarented. Profitable companies do give out generous dividends to shareholder and i guess those are probably worth holding on to.
there is no portal where the companies forward these kinda info.
with regards to zero trading....chk history of sharetrading on a daily basis, and chk average volume trading on a day-to-day basis of that company ...if these are mid to high figures then theres **no **way a company can have zero trading. its more likely that the info wasnt available at the time of compling the table.