As we are investing in the stock market, we encounter so many terms that many of us don’t understand at the beginning. One of the main purposes of this blog and our advocacy is to help ordinary Filipino investors understand the basics of money and how to make it grow.
Since we promote investing in stocks for OFW’s, we are introducing certain terminologies used in the stock investing world. One these if the phrase “free float”.
A free float is the number of shares available for trading of a particular stock. These are the stocks that you buy as a retail common stock investor. The stocks you are holding now are not the same stocks that the Sy’s or the Ayala’s or the officers of their companies. Continue reading What is a Free Float Stock?