Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Float time refers to the amount of time between when an individual writes and submits a ...

Chris Wedel is a fan of all things tech and gadgets. Living in rural Kansas with his wife and two young boys makes finding ways to stay online tricky — not to mention making my homestead smarter.

What Is Free-Float Methodology? The free-float methodology is a widely accepted system for calculating the market capitalization of companies listed in stock indexes. By focusing only on shares ...

The Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio, a key valuation measure, is calculated by dividing the stock's most recent closing price by the sum of the diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for ...