Stock

For other uses, see Stock (disambiguation).

In financial markets, stock is the capital that a firm gets by giving out and distributing of shares.

A person or organization which holds shares of stocks is called a shareholder. The whole value of the stocks that a firm has issued is called its market capitalization.

In the United Kingdom and Australia, the term share is used the same way as stock is described in the United States.

Other websites

• The Oldest Share in the world, issued by the Dutch East India Company VOC, 1606.
• Stock Market Trivia: History of Stocks
• Who Decides Stock Prices?
• Your 24/7 financial resource online
• Researching Old Company Stock Certificates