What is a share
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Dr Anand Wadadekar Educationist, Career Coach, Author | Contributor-Level 10
2014-11-07 15:57:13A Share is a share in the share capital of the company. A share is a part of the equity / preference share capital of a company. A shareholder gets voting right and is also called as the owner of the company. Best Luck. Rgds, Dr. Anand Wadadekar, Founder Director and CEO - Discovering Careers India. www. facebook.com/ discoveringcareers -
In financial markets, a share is a unit of account for various investments. It often means the stock of a corporation, but is also used for collective investments such as mutual funds, limited partnerships, and real estate investment trusts.[1]
A corporation divides its capital into shares, which are offered for sale to raise capital, termed as issuing shares. Thus, a share is an indivisible unit of capital, expressing the ownership relationship between the company and the shareholder. The denominated value of a share is its face value: the total capital of a company is divided into a number of shares.[2]
The income received from shares...more
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