How to Retrieve Invested Stock in the Stock Market
Retrieving information on your stock portfolio helps determine whether your investments are meeting your investment goals. While many people rely on stockbrokers or investment advisers to track stock portfolios, others prefer to track and monitor stock fluctuations on their own. There is more than one way to accomplish this depending on the stocks and what brokerage firm holds your investments.
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Examine the stock section of your newspaper or a national financial journal such as "Baron's" or "The Wall Street Journal." The business section has an alphabetical listing of stocks with their symbols that gives you the last trading day's trading information, including the starting price, the day's ending price, the net change in value and total number of shares traded.
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Call your financial adviser or customer service number found on your investment statement if you are unable to find your stock's information in print publications. Ask whether your firm has an online service that allows you to track your assets on a day-to-day basis. Some firms charge a fee for this service, so check before registering.
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Search for online resources if your brokerage firm is unable to set up an online monitoring account. The Yahoo Finance and MSN Money websites offer free stock trackers. These trackers allow you to save the stocks in which you have invested or are watching, allowing easy access when you log in. There is a search box that requests either the stock name or symbol that enables you to get a quote quickly. Follow the on-screen prompts to set up your custom watch list.
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Tips & Warnings
If you do not have access to a computer, your investment adviser or customer service representative can give you stock trading information.
Some online tracking systems are on a 10-to-15-minute time delay, which can mean big price differences on active stocks.
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