A. There are several avenues to keep up with what's going on in the stock market.
You can buy the local newspaper -- see the Investment section for daily details. You can subscribe to Investors Business Daily, or use the Internet for free information by going to Nightly Business News to review the Day-By-Day breakdown of major activity in the stock market. Check out "www.nbr.com" Slide your mouse pointer over the wording "The Program", then select "Transcript Archives". Here you'll find the daily headlines for stocks in the news. Click Here!

Another source for free daily stock market updates is "www.yahoo.com" (http://finance.yahoo.com)! Select the "Investing" tab, slide your mouse pointer down to the "Market Overview" link (the first link), click on the "Market Overview" to read the details.

Make it a practice to read up on what's going on in the market every day -- you don't have to spend much time,,,,but you must stay in tune with what's going on to make a better informed decision about managing your investment activity and looking for opportunity. Over time you will become more familiar with the terminology and events which move the markets.

Jimmie V Smith Jr.

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