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advantage priority in income less risky investment stable market price
If the price of a stock that you own shares of goes down, the value of your investment is going to decrease.
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lien marking for buying investment
buying shares in a company.
Stock split means to increase the existing number of shares to more shares for example if a person has 10 shares and company announce stock split for 2 for 1 it means the person who has 10 shares will have now 20 shares of the same price. it doesnot change the total value of shares investment but change the value per share.
Several investment firms bought shares in AIG. Some of the investment firms are Ameriprise, Wells Fargo, Morgan Stanley, Fisher's Investments, and Charles Schwab.
There are two types of shares, private and public.Private shares are ones that are not traded but are received as rewards for direct investment. To profit, you can sell your shares to a third party for a higher price. Or , as an equity shareholder, you may receive part of the profit of the company. You would then make money by simply owning the shares.Public shares generally work the same way but rather than obtaining them from direct investment, you obtain them from other shareholders on a stock market. Then you can either hold them for dividends, or profit from trading them.
Direct investment in ordinary share is less complicated. However, the disadvantage is that the investor is not protected from risk if they invest directly in ordinary shares.
The managing underwriters (The investment banks) may underwrite the IPO on either a firm commitment or best efforts basis. In a firm commitment offering, the underwriters will purchase the shares at a discount (of usually 7%) and resell them for the full public offering price to institutional and individual investors. In contrast, a best efforts offering means that the underwriters are only committing their best efforts to sell the shares. Most reputable investment banks will underwrite an IPO on a firm commitment basis. If an IPO is being underwritten on a best efforts basis, it should serve as a warning signal to both the company and its potential investors. After all, how enticing will a company's shares appear if its investment bank is unwilling to shoulder the risk of holding the shares, especially when purchased at a discount? To help distribute the shares, the managing underwriters may form a syndicate composed of other investment banks. This serves two purposes. First, the underwriters may expand the marketing of the company's shares through other investment banks. Second, the managing underwriters may reduce their risks by allocating shares to other investment banks. The syndicate members may agree to participate by either purchasing and reselling the shares, or just marketing the shares to their institutional and individual clients. This 7% is how, investment banks make money during an IPO process...
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Issues of shares, repayment of loan, sale of an investment.