Stocks&shares

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Stocks&sharesgiving its holder part of ownership of ...entitle to vote at General Meetingsreceive a proportion of distributed prof ...Describing graphsUpSOARRISE (prices)INCREASEgoing through the roofBOOM & BUSTJUMPDRIVE OF THE PRICEDownPLUMMETPRICES SLIDEBURST THE BUBBLE = COLLAPSEDirection changeREACH A PEAKMarket trendspredictionFLUCTUATIONSROLLERCOASTER RIDEISSUING shares(GB)/stocks(US) - offerin ...for the first time - FLOATING a company ...use a bank to UNDERWRITE the issueRIGHTS ISSUE - offering to existing shar ...BONUS/SCRIP/CAPITALISATION ISSUE (GB) / ...(US) corporations are permitted to reduc ...on the marketstock exchange - for big comapniescan apply to have their shares traded o ...a number of requirements (eg. independe ...newer and smaller TRADE ON 'OVER-THE-CO ...NOMINAL, FACE, PAR VALUETradingACCOUNT/SETTLEMENT DAYcompany sells its shares at above their ...
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hidegiving its holder part of ownership of a company
leafentitle to vote at General Meetings
leafreceive a proportion of distributed profits in the form of a DIVIDEND
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leafSOAR
leafRISE (prices)
leafINCREASE
leafgoing through the roof
leafBOOM & BUST
leafJUMP
leafDRIVE OF THE PRICE
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leafPLUMMET
leafPRICES SLIDE
leafBURST THE BUBBLE = COLLAPSE
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leafREACH A PEAK
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leafprediction
hideFLUCTUATIONS
leafROLLERCOASTER RIDE
hideISSUING shares(GB)/stocks(US) - offering them for sale to the public
hidefor the first time - FLOATING a company / FLOATATION
leafuse a bank to UNDERWRITE the issue
leafRIGHTS ISSUE - offering to existing shareholders at less than their market price
leafBONUS/SCRIP/CAPITALISATION ISSUE (GB) / STOCK DIVIDEND/SPLIT (US) = turn part of the profit into capital by issuing new shares instead of paying dividends
leaf(US) corporations are permitted to reduce the amount of capital by BUYING BACK their shares = TREASURY STOCK (GB - not allowed)
hideon the market
hidestock exchange - for big comapnies
hidecan apply to have their shares traded on the major SEs = = to be QUOTED / LISTED
leafa number of requirements (eg. independently-audited annual reports)
leafnewer and smaller TRADE ON 'OVER-THE-COUNTER' markets
leafNOMINAL, FACE, PAR VALUE
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leafACCOUNT/SETTLEMENT DAY
leafcompany sells its shares at above their PAR VALUE - amount recorded as SHARE PREMIUM (GB) / PAID-IN-SURPLUS (US)