What Influences The Stock Prices

by J. Hamilton Fraser on February 20, 2010

Most people know that the main rule in buying stocks is to buy low and sell high. However, there are still a lot of people who don’t know the factors that influence the prices of stock shares.  If you want to make money in the stock market, you need to know the rules of the game.

There are of course many factors as to why shares increase and decrease in price. Normally, share prices changes in response to news. It can be news pertaining to a certain company or it can also be news about changes in interest rates. Another factor that influences share prices is the basic economic concept of supply and demand. The more in demand the share of a certain company is, the more expensive its price becomes. On the other hand, if few investors are interested and willing to buy shares in a company then the price gets lower. So basically, it all comes down to the supply and demand of shares.

Furthermore, there are also the internal and external factors that influence the supply and demand of shares. One of the most influencing factors affecting the shares of a certain company is how the company itself is attractive to stock traders. It all comes down to how a company is performing as a whole. A company with a good record of consistent returns, good growth prospects and has good management will attract investors and thus the demand for its shares go up.

External factors that affect supply and demand of shares include things such as economic trends, globalization and Geo-political events. This is why investors also need to be aware of what is happening locally and internationally so that they can prepare and make good decisions with their trading system.  Thus they will be able to make money in the stock market.

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