corporate shares
Pieces of companies
Corporate shares are units of ownership in a corporation.
Owning shares entitles the holder to a portion of the company's profits (dividends) and typically voting rights on major decisions.
Shares are bought and sold on stock exchanges or privately: She inherited corporate shares worth half a million dollars.
Also called stock or equity.
- common stockBasic corporate ownership units
- stock exchangeSecurities trading marketplace
- preferred stockPriority-claim corporate ownership
- proxy votingEntrusting your ballot elsewhere
- value investingBuying underpriced stocks fundamentally
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