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When trading stocks on NYSE I find stocks with ask/buy prices marked N/A. How do I acquire these stocks?

When I am trading stocks on yahoo finance I come across stocks like AK Steel that have a bid price marked N/A and an Ask price marked N/A. How do I purchase shares of these stocks?

1. Trading Halt.
2. No liquidity. there are currently no bids on the market to buy or offers to sell their stock.

If it is a trading halt - you can't buy them until the halt has been lifted.
If it has no liquidity, simply put up a bid price at which you are comfortable to buy them at.

Dividend seaon comes straight after the reporting season and for the stocks listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) these events come around yearly around February and August. Using instalment warrants allows investors and traders to maximise their dividend income. Investors may want the exposure to the franking credits as well as the increased income, while traders may see the increased dividend and franking credits as a bonus to their regular trading strategy - perhaps looking to profit after an ex-dividend rebound if the shares are especially bullish.

Where can I find a great FREE website that teaches stock market Trading and Investing?
It could be anything from stock market trading to Futures and Options or even Forex. Could be Day-trading, Online-trading, etc. Please feel free to list as many websites as you might know about - as long as they are FREE. Also, any good book suggestions and/or tips?

First of all - you should focus your learning on one or the other. I'm a trader myself and trading and investing are two totally different things.

What is the meaning of a stock market? what kind of effect it produces on economy of a nation. meaning of rising and falling?
I mean to say what is exactly going in the BSE when the SENSEX is risig or falling? What will happen it will fall suddenly or rise to a pick? Also is there any relation between sensex and the value of our rupee in foreign market

The stock market is there to raise capital for businesses. In exchange for capital it gives a share of the company to each person that buys in and they have an entitlement to vote for directors and for profits.

what online stock traders allow you to buy partial shares, with no minimum account balance?
I am looking to start investing in the stock market, but my initial investment will be small(in the $25-$50/ month max range) with a $100 opener. I have set up an account with sharebuilder but before i transfer any funds I would like to see what else is out there. Any suggestions?