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What are At-the-Close Orders and At-the-Opening Orders? At-the-Close orders are given to brokers and the brokers can only fill them at the close of...

What rights does a public stockholder have? Common shareholders elect the board of directors. They vote. They have the right to quarterly financial...

Rights offerings are essentially hostile takeover defenses. Unfortunately, they're not as cool as swords and shields.

What is a warrant? Hit play to find out.

When you buy and sell something for investment purposes, whether it be a stock, artwork, gemstones, a bond, a condominium, you know that once you h...

What is the difference between common and preferred shares? Common stock is at the bottom. It comes at the very end, when a company is sold, in the...

What is common stock? Ownership. Common shareholders own a pro rata slice of the pie. They elect the board of directors by vote. Some companies hav...

If you go to an arcade and want to play coin-operated games, you will often exchange $1 bills for (4) quarters at a time. This is the equivalent of...

What is non-voting stock? Non voting stock is a class of stock that carries no voting rights on agenda items subject to shareholder vote. While som...

What are overbought and oversold? Hit play to find out.

What is a Money Market Fund/Commercial Paper? Money Market Funds are mutual funds that are very safe and liquid. They invest in cash and securities...

What is Authorized Stock? Authorized stock is the amount of common stock that a company can issue. A company’s shareholders have to approve any c...