to earn profits
Co operative companies give shares to their workers, so as you work for the company, shares are given out. Sometimes these companies will give more shares the longer you work for them. Limited liability companies issue shares either on the sotck market, where anyone can buy them, or to those inside the company themselves.
MACCAS
These are special shares that you get with ordinary shares from some companies, which they buy back off you at a price instead of paying a dividend.
Mutual fund shares are stocks of mutual funds, fractions of mutual funds just as companies have shares.
Stocks don't sell shares, companies do. They do do to generate funds in IPOs.
A starting trader would go for trading shares by visiting companies that deal with trading shares. Companies, such as cityindex, onetwotrade and others to find out information on how a trader, who is just starting should get trading shares.
Go to the stock market
Classification of equity shares in the stock marketIn the stock market, equity shares are classified into the following categories:1. Bluechip shares. These are shares of large, well-established and financially sound companies, e.g. Reliance, Larson & Toubro, Asian paints, and Infosys, which have an impressive record of earnings and dividend payments. Such shares yield a low-to-moderate current yield and moderate-to-high capital gains yield. Moreover, the price fluctuations also will be moderate.2. Growth shares. These are shares of those companies which have a secured position in the market and enjoy an above average rate of growth and profitability. Growth shares generally provide a very low current yield and a very high capital gain yield. Very often growth shares are also bluechip shares.3. Income share. The shares of companies that have fairly stable operations with relatively limited growth opportunities are income shares. Such shares provide a very high current yield and a very low capital gains yield. Such shares are fairly stable in the market. E.g. shares of power supply companies and tea companies.4. Defensive shares. These are shares of companies that are relatively unaffected by the ups and downs in general business conditions. Generally, such shares provide moderate current yield and moderate capital gain yield. The price of these shares is relatively stable, e.g. shares of food and beverage companies.5. Speculative shares. Those shares which tend to fluctuate mainly because of speculative trading in them are speculative shares.
The stock market allows companies to raise money by selling shares of their company to others.
Equity market is where shares of companies are traded.
Companies who are in the market from long period of time can issue shares at discount.
Private limited companies or public limited companies. Public limited's sell their shares on the stockmarket whereas private limited sell their shares individually to private holders (i.e. friends or venture capitalists etc.).