By Robin Hartill (The Motley Fool) What is a stock? A single share of a company represents a small ownership stake in the business. As a stockholder, your percentage of ownership of the company is determined by dividing the number of shares you own by the total number of shares outstanding and then multiplying that…

From Finology One blog Can you imagine, the hi-fi, techy, expertise-demanding domain of Investing, as we think of it, actually dates back to much simpler times of the 17th Century! The first pension fund was established shortly after in the early 18th Century, followed by investment banking services and the rest, my dear reader, is…