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  2. Share price - Wikipedia

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    Share Prices in a Korean Newspaper. A share price is the price of a single share of a number of saleable equity shares of a company. In layman's terms, the stock price is the highest amount someone is willing to pay for the stock, or the lowest amount that it can be bought for.

  3. Glossary of stock market terms - Wikipedia

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    Theoretical ex-rights price: a situation where the stock and the right attached to the stock is separated. Trade : the buying and selling of financial instruments. Two-tier tender offer : an offer to purchase a sufficient number of stockholders' shares so as to gain effective control of a firm at a certain price per share, followed by a lower ...

  4. Stock market - Wikipedia

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    A potential buyer bids a specific price for a stock, and a potential seller asks a specific price for the same stock. Buying or selling at the Market means you will accept any ask price or bid price for the stock. When the bid and ask prices match, a sale takes place, on a first-come, first-served basis if there are multiple bidders at a given ...

  5. Stock - Wikipedia

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    A stock certificate is a legal document that specifies the number 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. In the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, South Africa, and Australia, stock can also refer, less commonly, to all kinds of marketable securities. [4]

  6. Par value - Wikipedia

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    The par value of stock has no relation to market value and, as a concept, is somewhat archaic. [when?] The par value of a share is the value stated in the corporate charter below which shares of that class cannot be sold upon initial offering; the issuing company promises not to issue further shares below par value, so investors can be confident that no one else will receive a more favorable ...

  7. Beta (finance) - Wikipedia

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    Beta is the hedge ratio of an investment with respect to the stock market. For example, to hedge out the market-risk of a stock with a market beta of 2.0, an investor would short $2,000 in the stock market for every $1,000 invested in the stock. Thus insured, movements of the overall stock market no longer influence the combined position on ...

  8. Financial quote - Wikipedia

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    Level 2 data displays the best bid and ask prices (also known as "top-of-book") for each market participant in a given security. In other words, at a given time there may be several market makers participating in trade matching for a specific stock. Level 2 data will display the highest bid and lowest ask for each individual market maker.

  9. List of words having different meanings in American and ...

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    (n.) a sudden increase (as in price) (orig. Stock exchange) * porter: doorman, gatekeeper, or building maintenance worker * bearer of burdens a style of beer: railway sleeping car attendant post (v.) to send a letter *(US: mail) to display on a noticeboard or bulletin board, Internet forum, etc.