share
Let an agent explain shares, relay types, rights, trading, corporate actions and regulation from securities regulators and finance education sources in general terms, describe the named terms, point people to regulated advisers and warn about investment scams, and distinguish shares from bonds, derivatives, mutual fund units and cryptocurrency tokens.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent explain shares, relay types, rights, trading, corporate actions and regulation from securities regulators and finance education sources in general terms, describe the named terms, point people to regulated advisers and warn about investment scams, and distinguish shares from bonds, derivatives, mutual fund units and cryptocurrency tokens.
A unit of ownership in a company, entitling the holder to a proportion of profits through dividends, voting rights in many cases and a claim on residual assets, including common stock or ordinary shares, preferred shares, bonus shares issued free to existing shareholders from reserves, and golden shares held by governments to veto certain decisions in privatised companies; terms the registry aliases name include cum dividend, meaning a buyer receives the next declared dividend, controlling interest, a stake large enough to control a company, and property stocks, shares of real estate companies. Shares are traded on stock exchanges under securities regulation, their value can fall, and nothing here is investment advice.
What it is for: Representing ownership in companies.
It can be explain types and rights; relay trading and corporate actions in general terms; describe named terms; warn about investment scams.
Distinguishing features
Equity ownership
Dividend and voting rights
Exchange trading
Price risk
What it looks like
Not a physical object today; recorded electronically, historically as paper certificates.
Physical character
Dutch East India Company shares: 1602 year - often cited early tradable shares
US SEC founded: 1934 year
registry parent: security note
How it is recognised
Unit of company ownership
Bonus share, common stock, cum dividend, golden share, controlling interest, property stocks
Bonds are debt; derivatives derive value from other assets; fund units pool investments; crypto tokens are not company equity by default
Related models
is a kind of - in registry terms
is traded on -
includes -
is contrasted with -
In practice
Families and kinds
ordinary or common shares
preferred shares
bonus shares
golden shares
dual-class shares
Standards and regulation
Securities laws and regulators such as the SEC and FCA
EU Market Abuse Regulation
Company law on share capital
Failure modes and hazards
Giving investment advice
Share and boiler-room scams
Stale market information
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.share
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Understand What a share is.
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
Definition
Definition.
- What is a share, and how does it differ from bonds, derivatives, fund units and crypto tokens? definition
- Is someone being pressured to buy shares by an unsolicited caller, which may be a scam to report to the financial regulator, or seeking personal advice, which needs a regulated adviser? boundary
Terms
Named terms.
Terms
Terms.
- What do bonus share, common stock, cum dividend, golden share, controlling interest and property stocks mean? definition
- Which entry fits the specific term? action
Rights Shareholder rights.
Regulation.
Dividends
Dividends.
Dividends
Dividends.
- How are dividends declared, and what do ex-dividend and cum dividend mean? provenance
- Which references are standard? provenance
Voting
Voting and control.
Voting
Voting.
- How do voting rights, dual-class structures and controlling interests work? provenance
- Which sources are cited? provenance
Markets Trading and regulation.
Regulation.
Exchanges
Stock exchanges.
Exchanges
Exchanges.
- How are shares listed and traded, in general terms? provenance
- Which entry fits stock exchange? action
Scams
Investment scams.
Scams
Scams.
- What do regulators warn about boiler rooms and pump-and-dump schemes? provenance
- Which entry fits pump and dump? action
Context Policy.
Attribution.
Golden shares
Golden shares.
Golden shares
Golden shares.
- Why have governments used golden shares, and how has EU law treated them, with positions attributed? provenance
- Is the presentation neutral and attributed? boundary
History
History.
History
History.
- How did joint-stock companies develop? provenance
- Which entry fits joint-stock company? action
What the second pass must settle
- Should property stocks be moved to real estate investment entries?
- How should regulator education resources be linked?
- Should golden share be a separate entry?