If almost everyone can earn money on stocks using good strategies. Why does a company shares profit or losses(or i do not know what the proper term is). What benefits company received? I came here because i cant find or not satisfied by the answers given by google.
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After a company has issued shares, why should it care if the value of the shares fluctuate? Since the shares are now publicly traded, if the value fluctuates, that is strictly a transaction between buyer and seller, none of whom are directly related to the company. E.g. if I sell X an iPhone for $100, why should I care if X is selling the iPhone to Y for 1 dollar or 1000 dollars? I have got my $100, so I need not bother. No?
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Is it possible for a single share of stock to be shorted multiple times? Concrete example: Imagine we have five people with the following motivations: Person A owns a share of company ABC and wants to lend it out to collect interest.   Person B wants to short one share of company ABC.   Person C wants to own one share of company ABC and lend it out to collect interest.   Person D wants to short one share of company ABC.   Person E wants to own one share of company ABC.    The following then occurs (in order): Person A lends their share to Person B   Person B sells their share to Person C   Person C lends their share to Person D   Person D sells their share to Person E    This would result in 3 long positions of one share each, and 2 short positions of one share each, all based on one &quot;real&quot; share. If the above is allowed, you could imagine this occurring infinitely, allowing unlimited long and unlimited - 1 short positions, so long as the net equaled one long share. Is this possible? Are there any regulatory or procedural systems in place to prevent the above from happening?
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If a company can lower the dividends and even stop paying them at all during hard times, why would they re-install them at all?  If I understand correctly a company pays dividends so that investors that buy stock from that company have a bigger motivation to do it and then get more people to invest in the company. But once the stock is sold and no more stock is being issued, what does the company gain by paying dividends? It seems paying dividends would only raise the price of the stock, what does a company gain by raising it? Would it make more sense to lower it and buy that back?
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Let us assume there is a listed company x. Currently it has 100 shares issued to trade in free float market. Current price of stock is let say 10. Now please let me know if I purchase one share of company x at the market price of 10. How it will effect the stock price. And please add and exemplify some other scenarios whichever you find good to explain more. For more information let say promoters of the company holds 100 shares with them like 50% of the company is with promoters and the other half is with people who invest or trade in that company. If I've missed to tell or assume any other vital info. needed please assume it yourself while mentioning it. Thank You
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What is the difference between shares, stock and stakes? For a layman, many times it seems they are used almost interchangeably.
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I've now learned (from this site) that broth and stock are not the same product (see ).   So, in any given scenario, why should one use stock rather than broth, or vice versa? i.e. What's the practical difference?   EDIT: I'm mostly looking for when to use one vs the other.
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If I sell my car off at a loss, can I write that loss off against my income to save on tax? Does it matter if the car was used just for personal leisure use, or if I used the car to generate business income? (e.g. travel to work, to attend education seminars, etc.)
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Joel Spolsky has just posted  where he talks about seeking venture capital for Stack Overflow.  If instead they opted to seek shareholders from the StackOverflow community along the lines of the , but at a larger scale, would you be interested?  I'm asking this because I suspect there might be enough fanatics willing to invest $500 or so in a product they love to raise a considerable sum. People also often talk about the motivation for high rep users. It seems to me having an actual stake in the product might be a decent incentive (especially if you also get a gold badge for buying shares).
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In Grand Theft Auto V, you can buy and sell shares on the Stock Market via the in-game web browser. I have some questions about this.   Is the rise and fall of any of the stocks tied to the game's storyline? (if so, which/when?)  Is there anything that the characters can do in the game that influences the price of stock? (what?)   (I realise that asking multiple questions in one post is discouraged, but I think these are related enough to be a single question. Please let me know if you disagree and I'll post them separately.)
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I'm completely new to the world of investing and stocks. Knowing that I shouldn't invest or buy stocks until I know it well enough, I was wondering which cheap or affordable resources would be the best to get started?  I've seen quite a lot of books and websites that teach investing, but it's hard to choose.  To narrow it down, what book and/or what website would you recommend that does a good job teaching investing in stocks to beginners?
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I have a 10 stock portfolio and considering market conditions that are on the rise when this question in being asked, a few of them did hit their 52-week high price.  I would like to call myself a long term investor and I do not like to trade so much. If I take "Buy low sell high" as gospel then this is in my opinion a good selling position.  On one hand, I think I should lock my profit because stocks don't hit a 52-week high every day, but on the other hand, there is nothing wrong with the company and it is very well positioned to go up even further.  Any suggestions?
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I work for a publicly traded company that was acquired by another publicly traded company. I also own shares of "restricted stock units" for my company. All of my shares are scheduled to vest far after the acquisition will be completed.  What typically happens to unvested stock options / restricted stock units during an acquisition?  I'm guessing/hoping that they'll be used to grant me to an equally valued amount of my new employer's stock, with the same vesting date.   :      There are a number of possible   outcomes upon an acquisition.  They   include but are not limited to: 1)   full vesting automatically upon an   acquisition, 2) partial vesting upon   an acquisition with provision for   additional vesting upon termination   following an acquisition, 3) partial   vesting upon an acquisition with no   provision for additional vesting upon   termination following an acquisition ,   and 4) no vesting upon an acquisition   with no provision for any acceleration   post-acquisition.   Regardless of that answer, I am still curious to hear from anyone else that has gone through this scenario and how it worked out for them, especially if it isn't one of the outcomes described in that article linked above.  EDIT: ---------  According the publicly filed  document for the acquisition, I'll be getting a equitable amount of unvested stock with the same schedule. Great!
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Let's say I buy some stock. Two weeks later it pays a dividend which is reinvested in fractional shares of the stock. The next day I sell all shares at a loss. Would this be considered a wash sale?  suggests not, but I've found sources that say otherwise. If I had dividend reinvestment enabled but want to sell multiple positions soon, how can I avoid wash sale rules (other than not selling at a loss)?
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Let's assume there's this random company (XYZ)--that few are aware of--is selling stocks and they're doing really well. If their stock price is at $50 and no one is buying, will it still go up?  Do stock prices only go up when people are buying?
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Background: I am currently employed by a start-up that, so far, is doing really well. As part of my contract, I have stock options that will come available on a typical vesting schedule. A quarter of my options are set to vest later this year. Also, the company is not public yet, and it may be several years before it is public / I could sell my shares of the company.  My question is, is there any reason I should exercise them as soon as they vest? As far as I know they don't expire as long as I work at my company (if I leave for any reason, then I only have 3 months to exercise).  I don't foresee leaving any-time soon, and if I did, I would have 3 months to make a final decision.  Is there any disadvantage to just letting the option stay an option for a while?
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I have a few retirement accounts at Vanguard. I am considering opening a regular non-retirement investment account there. Is there any reason to diversify and open the new account with a different company like Fidelity, for example?  Note that I don't care about which company specifically (the ones listed are just examples). I want to know general information about diversifying between investment firms.
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Dividends are paid to share holders based on ownership of shares before the “ex-dividends” date.  Example: Stock A has an ex-date of July 1st Stock B has an ex-date of July 15th Stock C has an ex-date of August 1st  Is it legal to buys Stock A on June 30th, sells it on July 2nd, then buy Stock B on July 14th,   sells it on July 16th, then buys Stock C on July 30th, sells it on August 2nd... and continues this process to “mine” dividend payouts? Is this a strategy that is used by investors? Why or why not?