how can you earn income from owning stock 
there are two ways to earn money by owning shares of stock through dividends and capital appreciation dividends are cash distributions of company profits if a company has 1 000 shares outstanding and declares a 5 000 dividend then stockholders will get 5 for each share they own 6capital appreciation is the increase in the share price itself if you sell a share to someone for 10 and the stock is later worth 11 the shareholder has made 1 6