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Viewing details about a security in your portfolio

Your My Yahoo! portfolio displays detailed activity information about each security included in your portfolio. To view more information about a security, follow these steps:

Click on the security's symbol in your portfolio. The following information appears for the security:

  • Last Trade - the time and price of the last trade made for the stock.
  • Change - the change in price for the day. This is the difference between the last trade and the previous day's closing price. The change is reported as 0 if the stock hasn't traded today.
  • Previous Close - The closing price of the trading day prior to the last trade reported.
  • Volume - number of shares traded.
  • Day's Range - the low and high price for the day.
  • Bid - the price you will get if you sell your stock.
  • Ask - the price you pay to buy a stock.
  • Open - the opening price for the first trade of the day.
  • Ex-Dividend - the ex-dividend date. You must purchase stock before this date to receive the current quarter's divided or stock split.
  • 52-week Range - the high and low price of a stock over a 52-week period.
  • Earn/Share, or Earnings Per Share - the annual net earnings per share of stock, as reported by the company.
  • P/E, or Price to Earning Ration - the previous closing stock price divided by the earnings-per-share, reflecting the value the market has placed on the stock.
  • Div/Shr, or Dividend Per Share - annual divided per share of stock, as reported by the company.
  • Yield - the annual dividend per share divided by the previous closing stock price, as a percentage.
  • Chart, a visual display of a stock's activity over a 3-month, 1-year, or 2-year period
  • Recent Related Headlines - news, research, etc.

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