Stocks

The stock market refers to public demands for issuing, buying, and selling stocks traded on a stock exchange or over the counter. Stocks, also known as equities, represent fractional ownership in a company, and a stock market is a place where investors can buy and sell ownership of such investible assets.

Learning Outcome

At the end of this course, you will be able to understand the following:-

• Equity Shares.
• Preference Shares.
• Need of Issue of Shares.
• Reasons to invest in Shares.
• Primary and Secondary Market.
• Stock Price and Factors affecting it.
• Share Trading.
• Stock Market Returns.

What is a Share?

Shares are precisely what the name implies; they are the shares in the ownership of the business. A shareholder is a part-owner of the company and can expect to share its profits but should also be prepared to share its losses.