Active Stocks

  

So, you’ve got two best friends. One friend is always on the move. The other friend sits on his or her butt all day with little activity. It’s safe to say that one friend is active and the other is a lazya**.

This is how we want you to remember active stocks. These are stocks that are on the move and in heavy demand with traders. These are also stocks that have a ton of outstanding shares (shares that can be bought). There is also a list of most active stocks, which means just that: the stocks that were on the move the most over a measurable amount of time.

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