I am allways keeping an eye out on time warner inc on google finance . I am planning on buying some shares now when they are cheap and wait for the summer (because of summer blockbuster movies) which i am predicting will cause the market 2 have a great increase( please respond to my idea) , also i dont understand what all the numbers underneath the graph mean ( on google finance) can someone explain . Also since I am in egypt and investing in an international stock what is the minimum that I can invest . And also how do I know how much 1 stock costs????

Post the address of the site you are looking at.Then the stock symbol (TWX, TWC, TWTC)Then the #s you're talking about -Open, Close, Range, Change, Mkt Cap, Key StatisticsThe most prominent # is usually the price of the stock in US dollars.That is the price to pay for 1 share of that stock (plus commission to your broker for placing the order).As for the minimum - enough to purchase 1 share of stock.Check with your broker - they might have limits.

I wouldn't get your hopes up so high about Time Warner's stock going up this summer. There is a possible actor's strike coming and also with less disposable income because of high inflation/bad economy, Americans are less likely to be spending as much money this summer. I don't believe there is a minimum you can invest. It usually is one share of the stock. In Time Warner's case, it is $26.67 as of Friday's close. You wouldn't want to only buy 1 share though as you'd make practically nothing and you have to pay anywhere from $4-$50 in commissions depending on your broker. Every publicly traded company has stock which is traded. The shares are the portion of the company's stock that you own. Some of the common fundamental indicators that you probably see under the graph are the company's earnings, (How much they earn per share) the P/E ratio (Price/Earnings- typically an undervalued company is one that has a PE ratio of under 20 but it also depends on the industry it's in as some high growth industries have high PE ratios), the 52 week high is the highest point the stock has reached in the last 52 weeks, the volume is the number of shares traded that day, Inst. own is the percentage of shares that institutions own, the beta is a measure of volatility. The market cap is a measure of a company's size. (it equals shares outstanding x the share price) The dividend is the money that the company gives you per share in a given year usually. I strongly suggest you learn a lot more about the market before you go investing your hard earned money especially since the market will likely be going down for the foreseeable future.