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dylan n | What is the difference between stocks and bonds? |
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Derek
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Stocks are direct investments in the company leading to either partial ownership or gaining profit from the company's success.
Bonds are essentially purchases of debt with interest over a period of time. When that time ends, the bonds can be payed back by the issuer or renewed for more time. |
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jon b
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A stock is a purchase of part ownership of a company. Picture the big corporate office building and you owning 1 brick (or more if you buy more). As an owner, you have rights to vote in certain company business, receive reports on company performance, and even share in the profits if a dividend is declared. You also participate in the increase (and decrease) in value of the company - shown by the change in value of your stock shares.
A bond is simply an IOU from the company to you, the bond holder. You're money is lent to the company, for which you are given a rate of return and expected payment schedule, and maturity date - which is when the loan will be paid off. As a lender, you do not have rights to participate in company business, or share profits. |
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jeff410
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Stocks represent a share of ownership. You only get a share of the profits if they pay a dividend. There are different kinds and classes of stock. Some may have more voting rights than others, like A and B shares.. Some may have no voting rights like preferred stock.
Bonds represent a debt, a loan. Bonds may be unsecured or secured by assets. Bondholders get preference over stockholders if the company is liquidated. But they may be at a disadvantage to stockholders in a buyout. Nothing is guaranteed. There is always a risk of bankruptcy, and default with corporate bonds. |
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Clueless Dick
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john b has the right answer.
Stock is equity in the company; bonds are loans. |
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loanman
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in a nutshell, stocks and bonds are investment vehicles.
meaning someplace you can put your money and make it grow. stocks are more volatile, meaning you can lose your money and bonds have a guaranteed rate of return, meaning that you have less risk. the big difference with a stock is that the value can go up big netting big returns, but the downside is a loss of value. bonds are more stable against loss, but have lower yields overall. so depending on your level of risk tolerance, or how much your willing to lose or can afford to lose at any given time, you have your option of investing either in stocks or bonds or a combination of both.
hope that helps some |
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freeman
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stocks are issued by companies which offer you partial onwership of company and you get a part of companies profit if it makes some. And you get nothing if company is making laons.
Bonds are issued by the goverment to raise funds. They offer a fixed rate of return. |
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Zach Z
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Stocks have more risk with no guarantee of return, bonds have a fixed rate of return. Stocks have always outperformed bonds in any 20-year period of US history. To pick good stocks you have to research the company and its financials. |
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qu1ck80
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Also it should be mentioned that if a company goes bankrupt, the stock holders get $0, while the bond holders of the company get whatever is left over.
Otherwise, what jon b said was a good answer. |
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