Stock

Find the stock symbols of the company or companies you want to follow through any of the following websites: MSN money central, investors.co...

Print out a sample stock chart to examine (see 'Additional Resources,' below). Stock charts can be set up on a daily, weekly or long...

Peruse the Wall Street Journal, or WSJ.com (subscription required), the Financial Times, Barron's or the financial section of your local...

Use indicators. In addition to the price of a stock over a given time period, most charts include data on volume and price moving averages a...

Go to your favorite investment research site for a quote. Popular investment research sites include Yahoo! Finance, Google Finance, and MSN ...

Analyze your investment objectives and risk tolerance before you start researching companies that offer direct investment plans. Once you kn...

Contact a stock broker. A list of stock brokers, working in the United States, is available in the resources section of this article. The st...

Compile a list of the stocks that you currently own and those that you have interest in purchasing. It is almost impossible to monitor and t...

Obtain the original price at which the preferred stock was issued. This is called the par value and can be found in the stock's prospect...