Requesting Advice on the Stock Market

[Bulldog One One]

Just started playing the game and I wish to put my money into the stock market! My first character is a golden spoon ex-con working his way to 1,000,000 cash! As of right now, I am a sales supervisor!

[Cold_Spartan]

Buy high, sell low - works 100% of the time

[Bulldog One One]

How do you know when they are going to go high or low? Is there something in game I should be looking for?

[PokingWaterGames]

I'm going to put a help page in the game for the stock market at some point, here is draft of the info that will be included:

Market Cap - Size of the company. Larger companies tend to be more stable, while smaller companies can grow quicker but have a more unstable share price.

Earnings Per Share - The company's profit per share. Some of this gets distributed to you (dividends) and some gets invested back in the company (increased equity).

Equity Per Share - The company's assets per share. A company's share price will tend to move towards this price over the long term.

Dividend Yield - Profit paid to you every year divided by the current share price. Half is paid in week 13 and half in week 39. For example, a share price of $100 and dividend yield of 3% means a payout in week 13 of $1.50 per share.

Price/Earnings Ratio - Share price divided by Earnings Per Share. A higher number means less profit per share. A ratio above 30 generally means poor earnings.

Price/Book Ratio - Share price divided by Equity Per Share. A higher number means the share price is more expensive relative to the company's assets.

Economic Growth - When economic growth is high, most share prices tend to be expensive. When economic growth is low, most share prices tend to be cheap but there is also a chance of a company going bankrupt and losing your investment.

Corporate Management - Each company has a hidden management rating that affects the company's performance. You can subscribe to Financial Dimes for alerts when company management changes, but you won't know if it's a good, bad or neutral change. Watch how the share price reacts in the weeks after any management changes.

[Bulldog One One]

Thank you so much for the response!