Newbie Tips For Would Be Stock Investor

In: Stock Market

22 Feb 2009

Financial experts would say that instead of depositing your money in a bank and waiting for it to gain interest (which usually would take some time), it is better to invest it in a business venture in order to maintain a continuous flow of money in your coffers. The question then is what kind of business can an individual engage in, which would not require so much of his time? Stocks could be a good option because you will be able to manage or do your day job while you wait for your investment in a stock corporation to grow. All you have to do is to wait for the time until that corporation declares dividends.

Dividends are the rightful shares of the stockholders in the income of the corporation based on their proportionate investment therein. Aside from that, when you become a stockholder of a corporation, you become an automatic member of that corporation entitled to rights and obligation being as such provided that your name properly appears in the stock and transfer book.

In buying stocks, there are different acceptable forms of payment provided that the consideration is equivalent to the value of the stocks bought. A combination or more of the following are acceptable consideration in buying stocks:

1. Cash 2. Property, real or personal, tangible or intangible 3. labor or services for the benefit of the corporation 4. indebtedness previously incurred to you by the corporation 5. amounts transferred from unrestricted earnings to stated capital 6. outstanding shares in exchange for stocks attributable to a conversion or reclassification of the latter

Property, tangible or intangible, actually received by the corporation and necessary or convenient for its use and lawful purposes at a fair valuation equal to the par or issued value of the stock issued;

The following are the lists of stocks which are generally offered by a stock corporation: 1. Par value or no par value shares. The former are those which have values fixed while the latter has none. 2. Voting or non-voting shares. The former pertains to shares, which grant holders a right to participate in the approval of major corporate undertaking while the latter has none except for those, which the law expressly grants to it. 3. Common or preferred shares: The former pertains to shares which entitle the holder pro indiviso share in the profits among with the others having the same kind of share while the latter, enjoy preference in the distribution of the assets over the common shares.

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Common or preferred: Common share of stock refers to one, which entitles the holder thereof to a pro rata division of profits, if there are any. The preferred share is one, which entitles the holder thereof to certain preferences over the holders of a common stock.

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