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  • Capital Stock

    Corporation . Dominguez Land Corp. v Daugherty, 238 P. 703, 196 Cat. 468.

  • Watering Stock

    Legal Definition and Related Resources of Watering stock Meaning of Watering stock Fictitiously increasing the capital stock of a corporation. It is commonly done when the ordinary profits exceed an ordinary return on the investment, and as much […]

  • Stockholder

    The owner of shares in a corporation which has a capital stock . See shareholder .

  • Treasury Stock

    Stock reserved at the time of organization as assets of the corporation and the stockholders to be used in furtherance of corporate purposes. In respect to mining stock it has been held to mean such stock as is set aside for the actual development of the property. Stock which […]

  • New York Stock Exchange (Nyse)

    Also known as the Big Board or The Exhange. More than 2,00 common and preferred stocks are traded. The exchange is the older in the United States, founded in 1792, and the largest. It is lcoated on Wall Street in New York City…

  • Stock Market

    Also called the equity market, the market for trading equities….

  • Stock Split

    Occurs when a firm issues new shares of stock but in turn lowers the current market price of its stock to a level that is proportionate to pre-split prices. For example, if IBM trades at $100 before a 2-for-1 split, after the split it will trade at $50 and holders of the stock will have…

  • Stock Option

    An option in which the underlying is the common stock of a corporation….

  • Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Esop)

    A company contributes to a trust fund that buys stock on behalf of employees….

  • Preferred Stock

    See preference share .

  • Cumulative Preferred Stock

    Cumulative Preferred Stock

    Preferred stock whose dividends accrue, should the issuer not make timely dividend payments. Related: non-cumulative preferred stock….

  • Reverse Stock Split

    A proportionate decrease in the number of shares, but not the value of shares of stock held by shareholders. Shareholders maintain the same percentage of equity as before the split. For example, a 1-for-3 split would result in stockholders owning 1 share for every 3 shares owned before the […]

  • Repurchase Of Stock

    Device to pay cash to firm’s shareholders that provides more preferable tax treatment for shareholders than dividends. Treasury stock is the name given to previously issued stock that has been repurchased by the firm. A repurchase is achieved through either a dutch auction, open market, or […]

  • Preference Stock

    A security that ranks junior to preferred stock but senior to common stock in the right to receive payments from the firm; essentially junior preferred stock….

  • Preferred Equity Redemption Stock (Perc)

    Preferred stock that converts automatically into equity at a stated date. A limit is placed on the value of the shares the investor receives….