Haramis stock brokers Athens Greece how to track stocks Tracking Stocks To track how your stocks are doing, you have to look at stock listings. Stock listings are published in just about every newspaper. The listings look confusing at first, since they look like a mixture of numbers, but can be a very useful tool when tracking your stock's progress. This field is a good indicator about a stocks volatility.
Volatility is an indicator of the riskiness and potential for profit that the stock has.
The greater the difference between the high and low, the riskier the stock is for loss and gain. This field is usually abbreviated in the listings, and listed alphabetically. This field is a one to five character symbol used as a sort of nickname for the company. This field is listed in currency format, and it is the cash amount of money that the company will pay you each year for each stock. This field is calculated by dividing the dividend by the closing price.