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Jake B | What are stocks for? |
I'm only 12, but what are stocks for so I know in the future and not look like a loser asking about them at the age of 20 or something like that. |
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Seng
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If you define stock, it means:
"A share of a company"
If you own about 51% of the company's stocks, you will have control of the company.
Why do companies sell stocks?
It's a way to raise capital for the company.
Stock is known as an investment for most people out there.
That is why you see people always looking at the stock market to see their stock's progressing.
It's considered to most people: "A risky investment". BUT, the payouts are quite good depending on how the company you have invested performs.
There are 2 types of stock: "Common" and "Preferred"
Common stock holders have the rights to vote in the company for management (as in who takes the position). They DO NOT have dividends and if the company that they have invested goes broke and goes into liquidation (selling its assets for money and pay to their creditors), common-stock holders are the last to get their money as they are the lowest priority.
As for prefered stocks, the holders get to have dividends paid to them depending on when the company wants it: Quarterly, Bi-annually, Annually, etc
And if the company goes into liquidation, these holders have the highest priority to get they money back first. Hence the word, "prefered". They DO NOT have voting rights.
Lastly, Ignore what people says that you can only make money when the trend is up (also known as the bull market); because you still can make money when the trend is down (bear market) by buying options and such and at this level, it's for the professionals.
Well, those are MY words that I've tried to simplify... if you're still unclear about it, visit this site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock
And if you want to know how stock really "works", go here:
http://money.howstuffworks.com/stock.htm |
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Will M
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Stocks are for to get dividends and to get get captial gain when the stock goes up. |
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mozart8
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Stocks are ownerships in companies that you buy as investment. Their value tends to flatuate in a short term but in the long term they beat other financial investment. |
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kclark747
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A company sells stocks to obtain capitol (cash) to spend in the running of the business.
In return for the use of the stock holder's money the company usually issues dividends. A dividend is a portion of the company's profits that is divided out amongst all the stock holders. |
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derobake
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A stock is partial ownership in a company. Many years ago, you would be issued a stock certificate on a piece of paper when you bought the stock. But today most stock is just sold in electronic format. However, the basic idea is still the same.
Companies need to raise money so that they can purchase more buildings and grow their company. To do this, they can take out loans (debt) in the form of bonds. Or, they can sell ownership rights to the company in the form of stocks. So, the main reason companies issue stocks is to raise money for their operation.
The main reason investors buy stocks is because you can make money from them. As a partial owner of the company, you have the right to share in the profits. The company does this by paying "dividends" to the stockholders. Dividends are just a way of the company sharing profits with stockholders as a reward for buying the stock in the first place.
Many times the stock's value will rise because the company is growing. In fact, your stock's value is tied to the success of the company. If the company does well, so does your stock. If the company is dooing poor, your stock will become less valuble and you could lose money. As a stockholder, your success and the company's success go hand-in-hand. Because of this feature, stocks have risk. Sometimes people lose their money invested in stocks.
The biggest use of stocks is to grow your money over long periods of time so that you can buy expensive items or to retire. Most people stop working in their 60's. They need a big pile of money set aside to pay for their living expenses after they stop working. While working, they will save up their money and invest in stocks. This is because stocks grow their money a lot in the long run. Yes, stocks have risk, but their risk diminishes or lessens the longer you hold them. So, a person may temporarily lose some money in stocks from time to time, but over many decades he is likely to wind up with an overall gain. |
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bob shark
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Stocks are ownership of a company.
When a private company wants to raise money,It has an Initial Public Offering of shares in it's company.
They sell "Peices of ownership" shares through a brokerage to people who would like to buy a piece of the company based on the values and hopes of the company.
Afterwards the stocks trade on the stock exchange, and values changed based on supply and demand for the stock.
Usually, if the company does well in it's everyday business dealings, the "Market" will think the shares should be worth more and bid up the price , That means if there are more people wanting to buy the stock than are will ing to sell the stock, the price will rise until there is the same amount of shares for sale, as there are shares wanted to buy.
If in the future, the company wishes to return some of it's profits to the shareholders, a dividend is declared and on a certain date, each outstanding share is entitled to it's peice of the dividend declared.
Stocks are more risky than Certificates of deposit, but can give substantially more value to compensate for the risk.
The stock market is where companies raise capital to expand their business or buy new business by selling shares in it's company. |
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