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Most Active Stocks

Following is a listing of some of the most active stocks for January, 2005 and how to read the stock information.

If your investment group is thinking about making its first investment you'll want to keep these stocks in time.

Please keep in mind that all data should be checked to confirm the accuracy of stock prices today.

Stocks can fall or rise in a matter of hours so any stock price information that you get should always be confirmed. This is why a broker is important for your investment club. You need someone who can keep a constant eye on the stock market and the stocks that you're looking at.

However, the reason you've started an investment club is so that you can learn how to watch the stock market on your own and do your own investing.

Your club should take every opportunity that it can to learn how to monitor your own stocks so that you're not relying on any outside sources.

Atlantic American Corp. AAME. This company is an American life insurance company:

Stock Activity

Last Price 3.27

52 Week High 3.62

52 Week Low 2.35

Volume NA

Average Daily Volume (13wk) 7,400

50 Day Moving Average 3.04

200 Day Moving Average 2.94

Volatility (beta) 0.

AmerisourceBergen Corp. ABC. This American company deals with wholesale drugs.

Stock Activity

Last Price 57.90

52 Week High 64.02

52 Week Low 49.74

Volume NA

Average Daily Volume (13wk) 1.65 Mil

50 Day Moving Average 59.15

200 Day Moving Average 56.53

Volatility (beta) -0.

Apple Computer AAPL. This company is a manufacturer of personal computers.

Stock Activity

Last Price 68.96

52 Week High 70.70

52 Week Low 21.70

Volume NA

Average Daily Volume (13wk) 14.43 Mil

50 Day Moving Average 61.48

200 Day Moving Average 39.83

Volatility (beta) 1.8

Stock Symbols

This is a quick introduction into the letter symbols that identify stocks according to a variety of details. Each security has a particular letter that has been assigned to it to make it unique and so that you can easily identify it.

· A - Class A

· B - Class B

· C - Issuer qualification exceptions

· D - New

· E - Delinquent in required filings with the SEC

· F - Foreign

· G - First convertible bond

· H - Second convertible bond, same company

· I - Third convertible bond, same company

· J - Voting

· K - Nonvoting

· L - Miscellaneous situations, such as depository receipts, stubs,

additional warrants, and units

· M - Fourth preferred, same company

· N - Third preferred, same company

· O - Second preferred, same company

· P - First preferred, same company

· Q - Bankruptcy proceedings

· R - Rights

· S - Shares of beneficial interest

· T - With warrants or with rights

· U - Units

· V - When-issued and when-distributed

· W - Warrants

· Y - ADR (American Depository Receipts)

· Z - Miscellaneous situations such as depository receipts, stubs, additional warrants, and units

After you've been investing for a short time and reading the stock market, you'll become familiar with these symbols.