No one gives a fuck

fixed for common folks

Horrible time to buy anything

.......do you lack google and wiki? If you wanna know about this shit study it, either online or take a class or some shit stop asking jspers, you most likely will not get great answers here lmao

This post was edited by Drakwen on Jul 15 2018 07:28am

Fixd

And index is just a group of stocks in order to get a "snapshot" of the stock market. The dow jones index tracks some of the biggest companies on the market. So the stock components are the individual stocks that make up the index. Which stocks make up the dow jones changes as different stocks start outperforming existing dow jones stocks.

Some indices track a particular market, so there could be an index of the top technology companies or the top retail companies.

If you are getting into investing, I would invest in an Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) which is like a Mutual Fund with lower fees, that chooses investments that match a particular index. It is very difficult to choose stocks that beat a popular stock index.

But you also need to make sure that the ETF investments match your portfolio goals. So if you are in your 20s, you probably don't want to invest in a fund that matches the dow jones. Those are huge companies that are well established and pay good dividends, but the actual value of the stock won't rise much. Dividends are great if you are retired and want some regular income, but not if you are young and have time to wait for a company to grow and become way more valuable.

This post was edited by Mastersam93 on Jul 15 2018 08:06am

I only want know how to understand right now.



Im asking jspers to understand in lamen terms, hopefully





thanks for the advice.







Thank you thank you










And thanks for everyone else who added useful information

Re-reading my post, I wanted to clarify that when I said



I don't mean that all ETF's choose stocks that match an index, just that I recommend you pick one that does.

alright, I'l keep it in mind

Irony