Stock
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In financial markets, stock is the capital that a firm gets by giving out and distributing 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.
Stocks can be bought and sold from the stock exchange. Someone who buys and sells stock is called a stockbroker.
In the United Kingdom and Australia, the term share is used the same way as stock is described in the United States.
Related pages[change | change source]
Other websites[change | change source]
- The Oldest Share Archived 2010-09-11 at the Wayback Machine in the world, issued by the Dutch East India Company VOC, 1606.
- Stock Market Trivia: History of Stocks
- Who Decides Stock Prices?
- Researching Old Company Stock Certificates
