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Stock: Financial Markets

Stock refers to shares into which ownership of a corporation is divided. Owning stock entitles the stockholder to a fraction of the company's earnings, assets if liquidated, or voting power proportional to the amount of money invested. Not all stock is equal, as different classes may have different voting rights or priority to receive profits. Stock is collectively known as "capital stock" or simply "stock" and represents fractional ownership of the corporation.

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Stock: Financial Markets

Stock refers to shares into which ownership of a corporation is divided. Owning stock entitles the stockholder to a fraction of the company's earnings, assets if liquidated, or voting power proportional to the amount of money invested. Not all stock is equal, as different classes may have different voting rights or priority to receive profits. Stock is collectively known as "capital stock" or simply "stock" and represents fractional ownership of the corporation.

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Stock

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For "capital stock" in the sense of the fixed input of a production function, see Physical
capital. For the goods and materials that a business holds, see Inventory. For other
uses, see Stock (disambiguation).
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Financial markets

 Public market
 Exchange · Securities

Bond market

 Bond valuation
 Corporate bond
 Fixed income
 Government bond
 High-yield debt
 Municipal bond

Securitization

Stock market

 Common stock
 Preferred stock
 Registered share
 Stock

Stock certificate
 Stock exchange

Other markets

Derivatives
 (Credit derivative
 Futures exchange
 Hybrid security)
 
Foreign exchange
 (Currency
 Exchange rate)
 Commodity
 Money
 Real estate
 Reinsurance

Over-the-counter (off-exchange)

 Forwards
 Options
 Spot market
 Swaps

Trading

 Participants
 Regulation
 Clearing

Related areas

 Banks and banking


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Stock (also capital stock) of a corporation, is all of the shares into which ownership of


the corporation is divided.[1] In American English, the shares are collectively known as
"stock".[1] A single share of the stock represents fractional ownership of the corporation
in proportion to the total number of shares. This typically entitles the stockholder to that
fraction of the company's earnings, proceeds from liquidation of assets (after discharge
of all senior claims such as secured and unsecured debt),[2] or voting power, often
dividing these up in proportion to the amount of money each stockholder has invested.
Not all stock is necessarily equal, as certain classes of stock may be issued for example
without voting rights, with enhanced voting rights, or with a certain priority to receive
profits or liquidation proceeds before or after other classes of shareholders.

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