how much do stocks cost?

Answer 1

Based upon your question, I would say you are a basic beginner in the stock market. Therefore I would recommend that you go to Yahoo Finance or Smartmoney.com and read about Mutual Funds. If you want to start investing gain some knowledge about growth mutual funds. Or go to these two websites on investing. They have nothing to sell and great advises in money management.
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But to your question on how much do stocks cost as of Friday close:
Seaboard Corp (Ticker: SEB) sells for $2,217.00/share
Google Inc. (Ticker: GOOG) sells for $440.85/share

while

Target Logistics (Ticker: TLG) sells for $2.48/share
Archer Midland Daniels (Ticker: ADM) sells for $33.51/share
Marathon Oil Corp (Ticker: MRO) sells for $93.99/share

You may not have heard of any of these companies except for Google. There are thousands of companies being traded in the Stock Market. Stocks sell for a variety of prices per share based upon many factors related to the company and their potential future. Also based upon how investors view the future of the economy.

Let me explain: You have a company that is current value of $1,000,000 and you sell 50,000 shares. You would sell the shares for $20.00 share. However, the investors might think your company has a great future and they bid the price up based upon that anticipation of future earnings. So in the market the price of the stock could be $33.00 or whatever the market values it.

Think about an auction for collectible items. If the people feel the future for the collectible item is good, the auction price might be bid up. But if the people feel that the future of the collectible item is down, the price might fall below what it is really worth. Go to ebay - sometimes the same item sells for a high price and the next day the same items sells for a low price. It is hard to understand why. The stock market does that also. It is hard to understand.

That is why most people ought to look for good mutual funds that fit their investment needs. So read up on mutual funds and investments starting where I suggested.

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Answer 4

It varies on the stock and the company. also if there is a "transfer fee" involved or not in the sale of stock. Some sites have that as low as $33 and higher.

Answer 5

The cheapest stocks go for fractions of a penny (they are on the "Pink Sheets." The most expensive I have heard of is Berkshire Hathaway A sells for around $109,000.00 per share.

Answer 6

Stocks can cost as little as a penny or as much as $20,000. It depends on the company.