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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
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How can you find the historic closing stock price for BellSouth Corp BLS is no longer listed?
BLS closing price 6/7/1994
What is the difference between business management and finance management?
Financial management is the management of monetary resources in an organization. Business management is the management of all aspects of an organization, not only monetary resources but human resources, marketing etc.. as well.
What is the Current value of rgm preferred shares?
$4.20, Market orders only, market being made through Morgan Stanley. This is a spot bid as of 3:30 EST on Dec 08
How many share do you need to have control of the company?
Usually more than 50%, however you could have effective control with smaller shareholdings if the other shares are owned by numerous separate people
Can company buy its own share?
Yes, the company can buy shares and then 'retire' them. Essentially, this lowers the count of outstanding shares for people to buy, which is a good thing. It will increase the percentage ownership of existing shareholders, and it will increase the earnings per share. Increased earnings per share may allow a company to increase its dividends to shareholders, if the company pays these out. The executives of a company (insiders) may also purchase shares in their own company, and this is legal to do, assuming they did not have 'material information' that was not known to the public. This is also a good thing since it shows that the company members think the stock price is a good value, and that they are motivated for the company to succeed.
Why would a preferred stockholder want the stock to have cumulative dividend feature?
Because if the company is ever unable to make it's preferred dividend payment, the amount rolls over for the next time. The company is not allowed to pay dividends or distributions on lower classes of shares until they catch up on the back payments owed to the preferred shareholders. Some classes of preferred don't have the cumulative feature and if the company misses a payment, the payment is lost and not made up. That is why preferred stock investors look for the cumulative feature. If a company hasn't paid in a long time and you buy the shares then the company decides to pay off the back interest you get all the past payments that are owed on the shares even though you just bought them, though after a while of non-payment it is not likely the company will ever catch up and will end up going belly up instead.
How does the value of stock change?
people buy and sell stocks If a lot of people want to buy a particular stock then the price goes up on the other hand if a lot of people want to sell a stock the price goes down.
How do you buy stock in Walmart?
You simply open up an investment account with a brokerage firm, deposit funds, and place a trade to buy shares of Wal-Mart (ticker symbol WMT) on the New York Stock Exchange. Online brokerage accounts are great for this type of scenario.
Can an individual buy and sell stocks without a stock broker?
Yes in todays high technical world, an individual can create a n account with a stock and a financial instruments company. Through their system, a client can make trades vis a home PC at less cost than by using a salesperson as an intermediary. Most of the websites will advise you on how to do this and what stocks to buy. An investor can ignore all types of financial advice and make trades based on their own knowledge.
What happens to your GM stock after they file for bankrupsy?
Stock almost always becomes entirely worthless in bankruptcy. That said, the auto Cos are clearly a special situation...and while the stock becoming worthless is still almost certain...it is possible some small equity position will be held for existing stockholders. But any value will be very small.
How do you calculate average stock held?
you go to a farm ask the farmer how old he is and buy however many stocks is age is
Is Wolfram Research a publicly traded company?
According to their linked-in page as of this date, no.
http://www.linkedin.com/companies/wolfram-research
ordinary shares are equity whereas debentures are debt - debt is always payable, whereas, equity holders do not always necessarily demand a dividend payment immediately. it would depend on what the company wanted to use the funds for. if the funds were used to fund a project where the returns were not expected for a few years, a company may wish to issue shares rather than debentures as the debentures would have to be paid regardless of when the returns came.
Attic stock is excess construction material held to allow for repairs.
An exchange for buying and selling stocks?
Such a place is called a Stock Exchange.
ex: NYSE, BSE, NSE, FTSE etc.
What is another name for a group of 100 shares of stock?
Stocks bought and sold in increments of 100 shares are referred to as "round lots".
What are commissions at Bright Trading?
about $3-$5 per 1k shares. maybe a little cheaper if you do a lot of volume.
