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Stocks
Equity shares of ownership in a corporation that give the holder a claim on the company's earnings and dividends
3,861 Questions
When was the Shell Royal Dutch merger?
in 1907 Shell and Royal Dutch merged, with Royal Dutch holding 60-percent ownership and Shell Transport 40-percent ownership
What are the best penny stocks to invest in currently?
The best penny stock to invest in currently is the stock that will go up in price tomorrow.
I know this doesn't really answer your question, you probably want a stock to invest in. Here's a hint to finding a great stock with the potential for upward movement.
Stock is at its lowest point in the charts for over the past 12 months, it is getting great news, people are starting to talk more about it on stock message boards, and it just had a positive day (stopped falling for a day)
This is a great sign that this stock is going to move upward. This is not 100% guaranteed but it is as close as you want to get to being certain.
The more green lights that you get in your research that is showing that a stock is going to go up, the more likely that it will do just that.
Why? If you are seeing what others are seeing, all you need is for others to start buying the stock, which will make it go up in price, to confirm your finding are true or false.
Hope this answers your question. "StockPickster over and out"
What are some opinions on the Phoenix Letter?
Don't know if it's a scam, but I'd be very leery about signing up. Re: I've written to two of the email addresses given questioning why they've been advertising for months that "there's only XX number of spots left", yet they continue to advertise the same number of spots left. Surely they would have filled them by now or at least had ONE person sign.
I believe they are just creating a sense of urgency to sign up quickly, but I loathe dishonesty in advertising and the fact that no one has gotten back to me with any kind of answer raises the red flag very high.
Can the public buy stock in quiktrip?
No quiktrip is currently private and will remain that way for the forseeable future
What is a share-for-share exchange?
Pretty much what it sounds like: two investors exchange an equal number of shares of two different companies. This is usually done when a corporation is taking over another one: the investors in the company being swallowed will turn in their shares in the old company for shares in the new one.
Preferred stock, also called preferred shares, preference shares, or simply preferreds, is a special equity security that has properties of both an equity and a debt instrument and is generally considered a hybrid instrument. Preferreds are senior (i.e., higher ranking) to common stock, but are subordinate to bonds.[1]
Preferred stock usually carries no voting rights,[2] but may carry a dividend and may have priority over common stock in the payment of dividends and upon liquidation. Preferred stock may have a convertibility feature into common stock. Terms of the preferred stock are stated in a "Certificate of Designation".
Similar to bonds, preferred stocks are rated by the major credit rating companies. The rating for preferreds is generally lower since preferred dividends do not carry the same guarantees as interest payments from bonds and they are junior to all creditors.[3
Preferred stock is a special class of shares that may have any combination of features not possessed by common stock.
The following features are usually associated with preferred stock[4]
- Preference in dividends.
- Preference in assets in the event of liquidation.
- Convertible into common stock.
- Callable at the option of the corporation.
- Nonvoting.
In general, preferreds have preference to dividends payments. A preference does not assure the payment of dividends, but the company must pay the stated dividend rate prior to paying any dividends on common stock.[4]
Preferred stock can either be cumulative or noncumulative. A cumulative preferred stock requires that if a company fails to pay any dividend or any amount below the stated rate, it must make up for it at a later time. Dividends accumulate with each passed dividend period, which can be quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. When a dividend is not paid in time it is said that the dividend has "passed" and all passed dividends on a cumulative stock is a dividend in arrears. A stock that doesn't have this feature is known as a noncumulative or straight[5] preferred stock and any dividends passed are lost forever if not declared.[6]
Can you sell the stock after ex-dividend date or after record date?
You can sell the stock whenever you want, but you need to own it on the date of record to get a dividend. That means you need to buy it BEFORE the ex-dividend date.
Why does a company issue bonus shares?
Sometimes a company might not have made any profit during the year but would not like to leave the shareholders hanging.Therefore it might liquidate certain reserves which under statute cannot be used to declare a dividend but can be used to declare a bonus issue.Bonus Issues are also very cheap for the company and do not interfere with the debt-equity structure of the enterprise.
Can a security short a person?
No. But a person can "short" a security, that is, he can "sell short" by agreeing to sell a stock that he does not yet own, hoping that he can buy it for less than he is selling it for.
What was the stock price of LU in May 2004?
I don't believe Lucent Technologies stock is available or has ever been since it's original offering. Historical prices on Yahoo Finance show a sale of 9,798,700 shares at $1.79 (high 1.94, low 1.75) on Jan 27, 2003 and no transactions since that date.
The dividends are shares of profits the company makes
Who are the biggest transfer agents?
The largest agent are: Bank of New York Mellon Shareholder Services, Computershare, Well Fargo and AST.
Of what significance are stock dividends as factors of production?
Although in business usage stock dividends are distributed profits, in economic analysis they figure as returns to capital, a kind of interest payment, since they are a return to finance rather than to entrepreneurship
What do you mean by forfeiture of shares?
A share in a company that the owner loses (forfeits) by failing to meet the purchase requirements. Requirements may include paying any allotment or call money owed, or avoiding selling or transferring shares during a restricted period. When a share is forfeited, the shareholder no longer owes any remaining balance, surrenders any potential capital gain on the shares and the shares become the property of the issuing company. The issuing company can re-issue forfeited shares at par, a premium or a discount as determined by the board of directors.
Exxon stock goes up when people anticipate that their earnings will be going up in the future.
What goal did Gupta maintain for Rohm and Haas?
4 to 6 percent sales growth, to be achieved through new product development, expanded presence in Asia, and the implementation of improved information technology and an Enter Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system throughout the company
What is causing McDonald's stock to continue to go down in price?
McDonalds stocks have started to go down since the day I've purchased a whole bunch.
What measures the amount of corporate profit assigned to each share of common stock?
EPS represents the portion of a company's profit allocated to each outstanding share of common stock
What do shares of stock RPO mean?
Shares of stock returned by the post office to the states' treasuries until claimed or expiration of time to claim.
What is the difference between a securities broker and a commodities broker?
Securities and commodities brokers differ in the investments they buy and sell. Securities brokers typically buy and sell stocks, bonds, and mutual funds. Commodities brokers buy and sell futures contracts for metals, energy supplies such as oil, and
