Shares
are a form of investment, which is associated with high profit opportunities,
but also with a lot of risk. Before the share purchase, it is important to
learn about basic rules of stock trading.
Because companies
often form a public limited company in its legal form, shares are thus the
shares in this company and thus belong to the company. With the purchase
of shares, also called securities, shareholders acquire a certain percentage of
shares in the company and become co-owners. The money that gets the
company for the shares flows into the equity of the company. Depending on
the share type will also vary the voting rights; the buyer owns the acquisition
of company shares. Thus, for example, is empowered with ordinary shares,
to intervene in the company's management about a veto, which is not the case
with preference shares. The lack of voting rights is offset in the latter
stock form by a higher dividend; therefore, this is the preferred way of
investing.