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Alternately known as “stocks” or “equities,” the term “shares” most accurately describes what you acquire when you invest in a company: When you buy “shares,” you gain ownership in your company-of-choice. Therefore, you have influence over its growth and direction-at least to the extent that you vote at company meetings; and, to some extent, you [...]

Certainly, there are just so many factors affecting share prices. For example, high oil prices, interest rates, GDP and CPI to name few. However, many beginners are focusing too much on the external factors than what can happen from the accounting perspective. They can easily get frustrated from their own ignorance. Therefore, before you [...]

A share price is the price of a single share of a company’s stock. Once the stock is purchased, the owner becomes a shareholder of the company that issued the share.

Stock typically takes the form of shares of either common stock or preferred stock. As a unit of ownership, common stock typically carries voting rights [...]