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Common Stock
A security
that gives
voting rights,
partial ownership,
and
claim on a firm’s assets.
It is not paid back and lost
if the company should fail.
It allows the owner to
elect the people in power
in the company.
A negotiable
or non-negotiable
investment or financing
instrument
that can be
sold and bought
on the financial market.
Bonds, stocks, debentures
notes and options are included.
Any securities and shares
that are
bought and sold on
an organized exchange.
They are bought off a
document
that is called a prospectus.
The governing body of a corporation,
generally selected from
among the stockholders
and constituting in effect a committee
of their number or board of trustees
for their interests.
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