A dividend that is accrued and paid on a company's preferred shares. In the event that a company is unable to pay all dividends, claims to preferred dividends take precedence over claims to dividends that are paid on common shares. Watch: Dividend Taobiz explains Preferred Dividend Preferred stock will typically pay much higher dividend rates than common stock of the same company. This is the main benefit of owning preferred shares.
A valuation ratio expressing the price of a security compared to its hard, or tangible, book value as reported in the company's balance sheet. The tangible book value number is equal to the company's total book value less the value of any intangible assets. Intangible assets can be such items as patents, intellectual property, goodwill etc. The ratio is calculated as: Taobiz explains Price to Tangible Book Value - PTBV In theory, a stock's tangible book value per share represents the amount of money an investor would receive for each share if a company were to cease operations and liquidate all of its assets at the value recorded on the company's accounting books. As a rule of thumb, stocks that trade at higher price to tangible book value ratios have the potential to leave investors with greater share price losses than those that trade at lower ratios, since the tangible book value per share can reasonably be viewed as about the lowest price a stock could realistically be expected to trade at.
1. A projected price level as stated by an investment analyst or advisor. 2. A price that, if achieved, would result in a trader recognizing the best possible outcome for his or her investment. This is the price at which the trader would like to exit his or her existing position so that he or she can realize the most reward. Taobiz explains Price Target 1. An influential analyst on Wall Street may give a stock that is trading at $60 a one-year price target of $90. 2. The interesting thing about price targets is that there is no surefire way to calculate them. For example, two separate traders holding a stock that is trading at $60 may have drastically different opinions about where the stock will go. One trader may set his or her price target at $75, while the other will set it at $120. Price targets are a function of risk tolerance and the amount of time that one plans on holding the security. In technical analysis, traders use tools such as previous support and resistance, Fibonacci extensions and moving averages to aid them in determining an appropriate price target.
The discussion of the appropriate price for an upcoming security issue. The investment community will determine a reasonable range of prices within which the new security should be sold. Taobiz explains Price Talk Price talk occurs when dealers, investors and brokers analyze and debate the price of a new security. Comparisons are made to benchmarks, such as past issues by the same entity or similar securities. Some investment banks, such as JPMorgan, provide their customers with price talk prior to the auctions of securities, allowing the clients insight into the new issue.
The tendency of a security's cost to continue moving in its present direction. A stock that has been in a strong upward or downward trend for weeks will display a high degree of price persistence. Conversely, a stock that has been trading in a choppy manner for an extended period of time will display a low degree of price persistence. Taobiz explains Price Persistence Opinion is divided on the investment merits of stocks displaying a high degree of price persistence. Technical analysts who believe that the "trend is your friend" may consider a stock in a strong upward trend as a good investment candidate based on the view that the stock's move higher will continue. Others may consider such a stock as overbought, and therefore a sell candidate or one to which fresh capital should not be committed.
Attaining a higher bid price, if you are selling a stock, or a lower ask price, if you are buying a stock, than the price quoted at the time your order was placed. Taobiz explains Price Improvement You will often read in brokerage marketing pitches that price improvement is an opportunity and not a guarantee. Although most brokerages purport "fighting for that last 1/16" there is no guarantee of this actually happening.
A characteristic of a liquid market where the price movements between transactions are relatively small. Each trade results in minimal price changes, as if the proceeding price continued through to the next transaction. Taobiz explains Price Continuity Price continuity represents the depth in a market, indicating a large number of buyers and sellers for a security. Each buyer and seller will have a bid and an ask, which represent the prices at which traders will buy or sell a stock. The bid-ask spread usually tightens with a large number of buyers and sellers, so the range in which a security will trade narrows. A narrow trading range will produce a high degree of price continuity.
A theory developed by Yale Hirsch that states that U.S. stock markets are weakest in the year following the election of a new U.S. president. According to this theory, after the first year, the market improves until the cycle begins again with the next presidential election. Taobiz explains Presidential Election Cycle (Theory) While the theory played out relatively reliably in the early to mid 1900s, data from the later twentieth century has disproved it. In 1937, Franklin D. Roosevelt's first year, the market was down by 27.3%. The Truman and Eisenhower eras also started off with a down year in the stock market. The start of more recent presidencies, however, did not show the same pattern. In George H.W. Bush's first year, the market was up 25.2%, and the start of both of Bill Clinton's terms showed strong market performance - up by 19.9% and 35.9%.
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