“Types of Stocks: Understanding the Different Categories”
February 19, 2020
“Common stock and preferred stock Most stock that people invest in is common stock…
Large-cap, mid-cap, and small-cap stocks Stocks also get categorized by the total worth of all their shares…
Domestic stocks and international stocks You can categorize stocks by where they’re located…
Growth stocks and value stocks …Growth investors tend to look for companies that are seeing their sales and profits rise quickly. Value investors look for companies whose shares are inexpensive…
Dividend stocks and nondividend stocks
Stock market sectors You’ll often see stocks broken down by the type of business they’re in…
Blue chip stocks and penny stocks …Blue chip stocks tend to be the cream of the crop in the business world… penny stocks are… typically less than $1 per share…”