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Selling shares of stock
To be the market leader, a occupy a huge amount of shares.
Market makers- These are investment banks (eg Goldman Sachs) that partake in IPO's (initial public offerings) An IPO is done when a private company wants to 'go public', they ask investors and fund managers to buy shares in a company, when the company has fully, or nearly fully sold out then they launch the company on to the stock market. Another aspect market makers do is to generate more equity in a company, they do this buy issuing more shares in a company, effectively diluting the value of the other shares. In order to stop existing shareholders being annoyed by the decreased value of their holding they offer them the right to buy the shares (take up their rights) or to receive free shares to compensate them.Stockbrokers- Buy and Sell shares on behalf of investors. They can control the price of companies by waiting and mass buying or selling shares which can effect the price drastically.Fund Managers- these include unit trust, OEIC (open ended investment companies), Hedge Funds and Investment Trust managers. They manage trillions of assets on behalf of investors and in extreme circumstances can cause the rise or fall of a company in a matter of hours.
Primary Market:- Whenever any company wants to raise money, it can done by floating its shares in the share market. When such shares are issued for the 1st time in the share market, it is called as IPO (Initial Public Offering) and the further issue is called FPO (Follow on Public Offer). Primary market consists of IPO and FPO. Tata steel coming with further issuance of shares is an example of FPO. Secondary Market:- once the shares are listed on the market, they can be traded on the exchange. the market where such trading takes place is called as secondary market. trading on BSE, NSE, Dow Jones etc is an example of secondary market.
Stocks and Shares
The company must disclose details about its finances.
The company must disclose details about its finances.
It begins selling shares of stock in a public stock market
The company must disclose details about its finances.
Market Shares depend upon the company prices. If market down then company shares will be down. Then its true that market shares is always burden for the company.
Market capitalization begins at the start of any company. It is calculated by multiplying outstanding shares by the current market price of one share.
It begins selling shares of stock in a public stock market
The company must disclose details about its finances.
It begins selling shares of stock in a public stock market Greater pressure to make bigger profits
Investing in share market saves your tax and also makes you owner of shares of the company
Selling shares of stock
The are certificates showing that you own a bit of the company. Individuals owning shares in a company receive a proportion of the profits the company makes prorate to the number of shares they own. The shares are first sold on the stock market and the money raised either goes into the company or to the previous owner of the company. The shares can also be traded on the stock market and their value will go up and down depending on how well the company is perceived to be performing. If the company fails, owners of the shares will find them to be valueless.