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From Wiktionary under the GNU Free Documentation License. The stock or capital stock of a business entity represents the original capital paid or invested into the business by its founders. It serves as a security for the creditors of a business since it cannot be withdrawn to the detriment of the creditors. Stock is distinct from the property and the assets of a business which may fluctuate in quantity and value. The stock of a business is divided into shares, the total of which must be stated at the time of business formation. Given the total amount of money invested into the business, a share has a certain declared face value, commonly known as the par value of a share. The par value is the de minimis (minimum) amount of money that a business may issue and sell shares for in many jurisdictions and it is the value represented as capital in the accounting of the business. In other jurisdictions, however, shares may not have an associated par value at all. Such stock is often called non-par stock. Shares represent a fraction of ownership in a business. A business may declare different types (classes) of shares, each having distinctive ownership rules, privileges, or share values. Ownership of shares is documented by issuance of a stock certificate. A stock certificate is a legal document that specifies the amount of shares owned by the shareholder, and other specifics of the shares, such as the par value, if any, or the class of the shares. Used in the plural, stocks is often used as a synonym for shares. Traditionalist demands that the plural stocks be used only when referring to stock of more than one company are rarely heard nowadays. In the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Australia, stock can also refer to completely different financial instruments such as government bonds or, less commonly, to all kinds of marketable securities. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License What's the difference between "restricted stock" and "stock options" from accounting perspective? Q. A quick search on "stock options" shows that many companies are switching from "stock options" to "restricted stocks" as an employee compansation vechicle. Below is what I learned from my research. It could be wrong though. The sales of "stock options" are usually reported as loss. It reduces the company's tax liability, but also adversely affects the company's profit. From 2006, most companies are required to disclose the impact of the "stock options" sales to the public. My questions, When a company issues "restricted stocks" and the employee sells them, is the proceeding counted as "loss" like "stock options"? Why companies don't switch until recently? Does it have anything do to with the new SEC reporting requirement? Thanks, Asked by qpot - Sat Jul 15 00:00:25 2006 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. A stock option gives the employee the option to purchase shares ofthe stock from the company at a predetermined price. Restricted stock are shares of the company that have restrictions placed on them (usually when they can be sold). Companies have switched because starting this year they are required to treat options as an expense. up until this year companies did not have to report options and so they had no effect on earnings. Now, they are treated as an expense, the company has to purchase the shares in order to give sell them to the employee. As options are only excersized if the current pprice is higher than the buy price, this automatically results in a loss for the company. Restricted shares are new shares that are issued by… [cont.] Answered by urbanbulldogge - Sat Jul 15 00:11:21 2006 Why should a change in their stock price affect a company ? Q. If I understand it correctly, a company issues stock and sells it to raise capitol. Once they have sold the stock to the public, and been paid for it, why should any changes to the price of the stock matter to them anymore ? In other words, how could it harm a company if people sell off the stock and the value of it declines a lot ? Asked by an old Priestess - Fri Jul 18 01:18:48 2008 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments A. You asked a thinker's question based on one capital structure model. A typical public C corporation "company," however, is the entire ccc gomes circle of 8 stakeholders: Customers, Community, Creditors, Goverment, Owners, Managers, Employees, and Suppliers. Shares of stock also can be structured in more than one ownership model and typically include more than what sold to the public shareholders. For example, SEC-approved shares may be held as company treasury (to be sold to generate cash from, or purchased to distribute cash to, shareholders), used as incentives and collaterals to obtain debt financing (preferred stocks and convertible debentures), used as part of incentive and loyalty handcuff for key management and employees (employee [cont.] Answered by sciquest - Fri Jul 18 03:46:25 2008 What does the current stock market crisis mean to low income people?
Q. Lately everyone is worried about the stock market but I'm curious about how this affects low income people? I don't have stocks, and I don't have money in a bank, so how will this affect me if things get worse with the stock market? Asked by SeekingTruth&Answers - Mon Sep 29 17:15:15 2008 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. The answer remains to be seen. Many jobs are created by businesses that borrow money. Many businesses rely on lines of credit, even to make payroll-- the money rolls in and everything balances a week later. What has happened is that the credit market has frozen. This makes expansion only possible with cash- again, many business use credit. It they need to wait to expand, hiring slows and low income people have fewer job opportunities. The other issue going on is inflation- our dollar continues to be worth less. This makes importing everything more expensive. It makes our exports more attractive, but most of our factories are already closed and not making anything. The other issue is that oil is traded in dollars. When the… [cont.] Answered by J.C. P - Mon Sep 29 17:31:02 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "stock" From Wikiquote under the GNU Free Documentation License.  news.google.com MarketWatch (press release) In connection with the reverse stock split, the Company has been assigned a new stock symbol. Beginning March 12, 2010, the Company's Class A common stock ... and more » news.google.com Wall Street Journal Comerica Inc. (CMA) priced its planned sale of at least $800 million in stock at a 3.6% discount to Monday's closing price, with the regional bank planning ... Comerica plans $800 million stock sale to repay bailout money Dallas Morning News Comerica Selling Stock to Repay TARP Debt BloggingStocks (blog) Comerica to offer $800 million worth of stock The Associated Press MarketWatch - BusinessWeek - Reuters all 159 news articles » news.google.com Idolator: All About The Music (blog) Dubovie sealed the deal on BBC One's Your Country Needs You special, and will head to Oslo, Norway in May to belt out the Mike Stock and Pete ... It's Josh for the UK in Eurovision 2010 GlobalPost (blog) all 176 news articles » From Google News Search: "stock"  zweiradschroeder.de 306px x 500px | 54.90kB [source page] Stock car Rennen in Schmerlecke mit guten Freunden Kaefer gabs wie Sand am Meer Umbau Vorbereitung und choppen des Kaefers an Ort und Stelle um ihn auf seinem letzten Einsatz zu begleiten From Yahoo Image Search: "stock"  biryu.us admin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:52:28 GM There are different tools that you can use that will affect your decision in making . stock. trades. These tools are based on the . stock. .  inteldirect.co.za admin Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:24:49 GM The Worldwide . Stock. Monitor gathers 1800+ Worldwide Finance Securities . Stock. Exchanges Websites. It allows you to monitor Worldwide . Stock. daily trends.  advice-4u.info Financial Advice Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:38 GM We find it very useful to inform you with the information that this article includes. In the case, you are interested in the information that relates the . stock. . From Google Blog Search: "stock" |
