Table Talk Reading Financial Information.

Table Talk

Reading Financial Information

1. What do the following abbreviations stand for, and what do they mean: DIV, YLD%, PE?2. Why would an investor be interested in the 52-week high and low numbers?3. What are dividends? What kind of companies are most likely to pay dividends?4. What does a PE of 19 mean?5. How do PE ratios differ from industry to industry?6. If you wanted to know how many shares were traded for the day, which section of the stock table would you look at?

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