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Common Stocks. Stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business. Examples. Google stock , that IPO’ed at $85, soared to over $500
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Common Stocks Stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.
Examples • Google stock, that IPO’ed at $85, soared to over $500 • WorldCom, that went from the heights of the stock market to a penny stock in less than 2 years
Limitations • they don’t possess dividend rights or voting privileges • stockholders are the last to get paid • limited information
Investors • Common people • Early Investors • Safe • Low class/Middle class • The Average Investor
stock could increase in market value The stock price will increase in market value when buyers bid the stock price up when trying to acquire shares of the stock corporation’s dividend policy more profit a corporation makes, the more dividends the stockholders make Ways Investors Make Money
Bibliography • http://phx.corporate-ir.net • http://www.mceeonline.org/ • www.investorwords.com • www.investopedia.com • www.allbusiness.com • www.finweb.com