If you want to get involved in the stock market one of the things you should understand is how various stocks are classified into specific sectors.� This knowledge can help you choose the stocks you want to invest in, because you will know more of what to expect from each kind of stock. Broadly speaking there are two main sectors to consider.� The first one is defensive.� A good way to remember it is that it is better able to defend changes that occur in the stock market.� But you should also remember that you will not see any major changes going on in this market.� This is because they consist of utilities and other companies that deal in essential items that everyone needs.� Because these needs are fairly consistent all the time you won’t ever make a huge profit out of them.� They can however help you to protect yourself against picking stocks that suddenly experience a huge drop in value.

Sometimes when you invest in shares you might get the chance to choose a company that issues dividends as well.� This is a good way to make money because the dividends are really a bonus.� If you hold a hundred shares in a company that pays dividends you will be entitled to a dividend on those shares whenever one is issued. This is the main way to make money with dividends.� You will find that as well as having the potential to make money as your shares increase in value, you will receive a dividend payment on a regular basis too.� Thus you have a bonus way of bringing in some extra money. A second way of making money with dividends is to reinvest the money you receive as a dividend payment into more stocks or another investment vehicle altogether.� Some people view their dividend payment as bonus money, and in a way it is.� But if you don’t need it to help pay your bills you can invest it in other financial products

The most popular market index you will have heard of is the Dow Jones Index.  But this isn�€™t the only index in use.  Regardless of which ones you follow however, it is always a good idea to learn more about these market indexes and what they represent. Basically speaking the market index tells us what is happening in that particular part of the stock market.  So regardless of whether it measures a hundred different stocks or a thousand, it provides a way of getting an overall picture of how well those stocks are doing �€“ or of course, how badly.  Some market indexes represent a wide ranging picture of the market because they include lots of different types of stocks.  Others focus in on a more specific area, such as dot com businesses for example.  So it is possible that one index could look quite positive while another looks more pessimistic.  This would be the case if dot com businesses were doing well in a market that was performing badly in general. A market index represents all of the stocks in the market it is focusing on.  You will probably have heard about the Dow being down a certain number of points, or up a certain number of points for example.  The points represent how much value has been gained or lost on specific shares

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