10. How to Read a Stock Quote

Aug 2, 2023

Dive into the stock market as the hosts demystify stock quotes! Learn how to read essential data like last trades, daily changes, and market caps. Discover what extra metrics different brokerage firms offer, from PE ratios to analyst info. Enjoy playful references for Swifties while exploring volatility, risk, and comparing companies. The discussion also covers earnings beats, analyst ratings, and both bull and bear cases for stocks, encouraging curiosity in your investing adventures.

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Start With The Last Trade And Daily Change

Check the 'last trade' price and the daily change to know the most recent market action.
Use the one-day default view as a regulated, standardized snapshot rather than a scare tactic.

INSIGHT

Same Data, Different Presentation

Brokerage platforms show the same core data but add different layers and visualizations.
These presentation differences reflect firms' methods to help clients decide, not different underlying truths.

ADVICE

Use Detailed Quotes To Validate Ideas

Use detailed quotes on brokerages to access extra metrics like PE ratios, analyst scores, and dividend info.
Open those deeper views when validating your investment thesis before buying.

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🐰 Come back down the rabbit hole and find stock market wonderland with us as we uncover all the information and data points you're seeing when you search a stock ticker symbol and find the stock quote. It's easy to get lost in it, but we're here to guide you.

Are you ready for it? Jess and Jessie look up a stock on Google and then show what additional info is available when you also look up a stock via different brokerage firms. It hits different when you make sense of all of the data.

Talking Turned To Screens

Once again, we are screen-sharing in this episode, so check out our YouTube Channel to see what we are describing!

And for all you "Swifties" out there, you'll enjoy the many references Jess gives while Jessie does her best to tolerate it in this episode. 😄 By the end of this episode you will know how to look at stock quotes all too well!

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