VGStockz: General Questions

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VG Stock Market - Main players & Concepts

Basics

Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock

 

Stock Terms

Glossary: http://www.nasdaq.com/investing/glossary/

IPO: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_public_offering

Dividend: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dividend

 

Term of the Day:

Feb [29 - Forward P/E] [20 - Law of Large Numbers] [19 - Cash Flow]

 

Here are some providers to monitor stocks (with example search on Nintendo):

Google finance: http://goo.gl/kEszS

Yahoo finance: http://goo.gl/6DRSe

 

Where to buy stocks

http://www.stocktrades.ca/

please suggest others for your countries

 

Basic stock tutorial

Please suggest

 

Main Players: Codenames & Markets

Japanese Devs:

Company	Code	Market
Nintendo	7974	TYO
	NTDOY	PINK
Capcom	9697	TYO
	CCOEF	PINK
Square-Enix	9684	TYO
	SQNXF	PINK
Sega-Sammy	6460	TYO
	SGAMY	PINK
Konami	9766	TYO
	KNM	NYSE
Namco-Bandai	7832	TYO
	NCBDF	PINK

 

Western Devs:

Company	Code	Market
Activision-Blizzard	ATVI	NASDAQ
Take Two	TTWO	NASDAQ
Electronic Arts	EA	NASDAQ
Ubisoft	UBI	EPA
THQ	THQI	NASDAQ

 

Emerging Developers:

Company	Code	Market
Zynga	ZNGA	NASDAQ

 

Multi-Disciplinary Corporations:

Company	Code	Market
Sony	6758	TYO
	SNE	NYSE
Microsoft	MSFT	NASDAQ
Google	GOOG	NASDAQ
Apple	AAPL	NASDAQ
Coinstar	CSTR	NASDAQ

 

More concepts:

ADR (American bought foreign stocks): http://www.investopedia.com/university/adr/adr1.asp#axzz1maSEac4i

Returns when capital is at risk: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rate_of_return#Returns_when_capital_is_at_risk

 

Important Events:

Late-2000s recession: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Late-2000s_recession

 

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