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lalaabc321
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Feb 23, 2007 - 03:28 PM |
 
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why do people call stock "Securities"
does it provide any Securities by any means? |
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yu888
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Feb 23, 2007 - 03:39 PM |
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If you do a Google search, you could learn alot.
taken from wikipedia:
http://en.{WeeKeePeeDeeYa DOT org}/wiki/Securities
For security (collateral), the legal right given to a creditor by a borrower, see security interest
A security is a fungible, negotiable interest representing financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into debt and equity securities. The company or other entity issuing the security is called the issuer.
Securities may be represented by a certificate or, more typically, by an electronic book entry interest. Certificates may be bearer, meaning they entitle the holder to rights under the security merely by holding the security, or registered, meaning they entitle the holder to rights only if he or she appears on a security register maintained by the issuer or an intermediary. They include shares of corporate stock or mutual funds, bonds issued by corporations or governmental agencies, stock options or other options, limited partnership units, and various other formal investment instruments that are negotiable and fungible. |
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CoffeeHawk_0
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Feb 23, 2007 - 03:51 PM |
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securities are not related to secure, secured, securing, security, one of the many special rules in the English language. |
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yu888
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Feb 23, 2007 - 03:59 PM |
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GetBusy
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Feb 23, 2007 - 06:30 PM |
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yeah. you can also write fish as ghoti in english...
the f from enough,
the i from women,
and the sh from nation. |
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hammerforlife
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Feb 23, 2007 - 08:23 PM |
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Its also why a public school in England is private and a private school is also, well..... private
And why flamable and inflamable mean the same thing. |
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Me_Again
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Feb 23, 2007 - 08:27 PM |
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| lalaabc321 wrote: |
why do people call stock "Securities"
does it provide any Securities by any means? |
No they do not. Securities take many forms however generally the collateral used may not always cover the amount of the outstanding debt.
It is important to remember that most debt is issued purely on a promise from the borrower - if you had enough collateral you probably wouldn't need to borrow. In many cases the "promise to repay the debt" is the actual collateral...consider bonds for instance, they are government debt (often termed securities) issued with a promise to pay the money back, the security or collateral is actually the income of the government which in practice is tax revenue. |
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