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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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Q/A
Q gets bigger
A = Only you, so very low.
Dump the stocks when prices are high.
What is prefrence share capital?
Preference share capital is that capital which has preference over any other kind of capital and it has fixed interest rate no matter company earning profit or not as well as first of all this capital is cleared at the event of liquidation.
Can you use your ESOP account as collateral on a personal loan?
Yes, the vested portion of an employee stock ownership plan owned directly by an individual may be used for collateral. Some definitions:
* "Owned directly by the individual" indicates that there is a clear trail of ownership that is held by a sole party (e.g., one has X shares of stock in the company or Y% of the company)
* "Vested portion" indicates the portion of assets owned by an individual that no longer have any contingency attached (e.g., one may be vested in 50 shares of stock if I stay with the company 3 years after receiving those shares; for the first 3 years, that stock may not be used in full by the individual)
Is there a penalty for selling or liquidating your stocks?
No. Buying and selling stocks is normal and acceptable.
There is a higher tax rate on money gained by selling stocks owned a short time.
There is a very small SEC fee added to stock sales.
What is a preferred environment for a isopods?
Typically shady and wet environments. Usually found under rocks, leaf litter, or logs.
Can someone become a stock broker?
Yes. Someone can become a stock broker.
The proof of this, there are stock brokers.
When did qantas become a listed company?
1920Queensland and Northern Territory Aerial Services Ltd is formed on 16 November with headquarters in Winston, Queensland.
In case the shares have been issued at a premium and the amount of premium has been received then at the time of forfeiture of such share
(a) share premium account should be debited
(b) share premium account should be credited
(c) share premium account should be neither debited nor credited
(d) none of these
What investment strategy are you practicing if you purchase 100 of stock every month?
Dollar Cost Averaging
What is the journal entry for repurchasing common stock as treasury stock?
Debit treasury stock
Credit cash / bank
Does insider trading hurt the company as a hole?
Yes, because the people who are doing it get thrown in jail and can't work there anymore. Insider trading really hurts the overall economy.
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Insider trading more hurts the people OUTSIDE the company than it does inside.
I'll give a fairly simple example: Let us say Alpha Drug Company decides to launch a hostile tender offer for Bravo Drug Company. Bravo Drug is currently trading at $20 per share. The day before they announce the offer, Alpha's board of directors each buy $1 million worth of Bravo stock. The day after the offer is announced, Bravo's stock goes to $40, and the Alpha directors dump it. They have enriched themselves at the expense of the people who bought the stock from them. Alpha and Bravo, OTOH, haven't been affected one bit.
Where can I get a list of companies with two share classes?
I found the answer to my own question. If the first six digits of a stock's CUSIP number are the same as another then they are the same company but different share classes. So if you can download a list of stock tickers with their CUSIP's and sort in a spreadsheet you should be able to identify the majority of dual share class stocks. However, if anyone knows an easier way please share. Thanks!
What are preferred shareholders?
Preferred shareholders are the people who own a company's preferred stock. Corporations can issue several types of stock. If there are profits, the corporation the corporation may pay dividends. The company would pay the same amount to each share of stock. However, the company may have issued two types of stock, preferred and common. Preferred stock gets a percentage of the face value as a dividend say 5%. Common stock gets a percentage of the profits that are left. So if a person has a $100 share of preferred, and the company declares a dividend, the preferred shareholders are paid first. He gets his $ 5.00 first. He is a preferred shareholder. The rest of the dividend is divided among the common shareholders.
So Preferred Shareholders get paid first. Their dividend will never go up. It will go down if the company does not pay its dividend.
Major companies in BSE sensex?
BSE Sensex is the weighted average of the price movement of the 30 largest company's that are listed in the Bombay Stock Exchange. This list of company's may change from time to time and the Exchange will always release the news of replacement of any company in the Sensex to the public beforehand.
Some of the major companys in this index are:
- State Bank of India
- ICICI Bank
- HDFC Bank
- Reliance Industries
- TATA Motors
- etc
The full list of the 30 company's that are part of the Sensex Index can be found in the Related Links section
What is the ticker symbol for CARTIER?
CIE FINANCIERE RICHEMONT AG SHS CFRHF: Pink OTC Markets Inc CFRHF: Pink OTC Markets Inc The Company's luxury goods interests encompass names, including Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, A. Lange & Sohne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Vacheron Constantin, Officine Panerai, IWC, Baume & Mercier, and Roger Dubuis.
When is a good time to sell your stocks?
The best time to sell your stocks is when the economy in what ever country is going up, This is the time that people go to stocks markets and buy.
Give the brief note on the Organisational structure of nse and bse?
The National Stock Exchange (NSE), located in Bombay, is India's first debt market. It was set up in 1993 to encouragestock exchange reform through system modernization and competition. It opened for trading in mid-1994. It was recently accorded recognition as a stock exchange by the Department of Company Affairs. The instruments traded are, treasury bills, government security and bonds issued by public sector companies.
The number of members trading on the exchange has been on a steady increase, helping integrate the national market and providing a modern system with a complete audit trail of all transactions.
Membership
- 1026 trading members on the Capital Market segment, of which around 86% account for corporates and the remaining individuals and firms.
- 113 trading members on the Wholesale Debt Market segment, all of which account for corporates. (Out of these 113 trading members, 106 are members of the Capital Market segment also and are included in the 1026 members indicated above).
Geographic Distribution
- Over 2600 trading terminals
- Over 1500 VSAT's across the country with a 24 hour Network monitoring system in over 160 cities as of December 31st, 1997.
Number of Companies
- On the Capital Market segment, 600 securities are listed and 762 securities are permitted to trade as of December 31st, 1997.
- On the Wholesale Debt Market segment, 470 securities are listed and 369 securities are permitted to trade as of December 31st, 1997. Of the 470 securities listed, 267 are Government Securities, T-Bills and the balance account for other securities.
Capital Market Operations
- NSE is working to increase the capacity of the trading system from the present 4,00,000 trades per day to more than 10,00,000 trades per day.
- The average daily numbers of trades have gone up from over 893 trades in November-94 to over 1,48,783 trades in November 97. On August 7, '97 the number of trades reached a record high of 2,36,411 which makes NSE one of the largest stock exchanges in the world.
- Average daily traded value has increased from Rs.7 crores in November-94 to more than Rs. 1480 crores in December-97 with a high of Rs.3,080.61 crores recorded on 26th June-97.
- Number of shares traded has increased from 76.10 lakhs in November-94 to 11,148.21 lakhs in December-97.
- Net traded value has increased from Rs.125 crores in November -94 to Rs. 32,549 crores in December-97.
- Delivered value (settlement wise) has increased from Rs.60 crores in November -94 to Rs.5,008 crores in December -97.
- Number of shares traded (depository segment) has increased from 200 shares in December -96 to 1,19,102 shares in December-97.
- Net traded value (depository segment) has increased from Rs.0.43 lakhs in December -96 to Rs.185.44 lakhs in December-97.
- Market share of cities other than five metros (Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai & Ahmedabad) which was about 16% in first quarter of 1996 grew to as high as 24% during the last quarter of 1997.
- The ratio of contribution to turnover from Non Stock Exchange centres to Stock Exchange centres has risen from 0.36% in first quarter (Jan to Mar) of 1996 to over 10% in fourth quarter of 1997.
- The market capitalisation of companies has increased from Rs. 292637 crores in November'94 to Rs. 4571663 crores in February'98.
Clearing & Settlement
- Completed 170 settlements successfully without any delay or postponement as on February 28, 1998.
- Value of shares handled by the Clearing house per week has increased from Rs. 30 crores in November-94 to over Rs.1042 crores per week in December-97. The highest value of shares handled during the period was more than Rs. 2251.40 crores.
- Inter-Region Clearing : NSCCL has Regional Clearing Centres at Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai and a Central Clearing Centre at Mumbai. Members have the option of delivering/receiving the securities at a clearing centre chosen by them.
Wholesale Debt Market Operations
- The WDM segment commenced operations on June 30, 1994 with 224 securities carrying an outstanding debt value of Rs. 1,35,000 crores (US$ 34 billion). This has now increased to 839 securities with a market capitalisation of Rs. 3,50,565 crores (US$ 88 billion). More than half of the securities available for trading are listed and the balance are permitted to trade.
- Currently, the Exchange has 78 registered participants on the WDM segment which includes 24 Public sector banks, 18 Foreign banks, 15 Private sector banks, 6 Primary dealers, 5 Financial institutions, the others being corporate bodies, mutual funds and foreign debt fund.
- Average daily value in the WDM segment increased from Rs. 2.4 crores in June-94 to Rs. 298.17 crores in December -97 with a high of Rs. 1831.27 crores recorded on 12-Aug-97.
- Net traded value in the WDM segment increased from Rs. 1096.25 crores in July -94 to Rs. 7,752.52 crores in December-97 with a high of Rs. 15,545.40 crores recorded in July '97.
- There has been a consistent increase in NSE's share of the total volume of activity in the market (gilt securities) over the period. Government securities along with Treasury bills together account for over 80% of the total market activity.
- The share of the Exchange of the total market activity in Government Securities and T-Bills has increased from a mere 22% in 1996 to 53% in 1997.
What is the income you earn from the shares dividend?
Income earned from shares is called dividend income and shown in income statement as "Other income".
Do stock symbols usually have 3 letters?
Usually, but not always. Some have only one letter, others two or four. Checking your local newspaper can clear this up for you as well.
