Stocks
Become A Shareholder, Own A Slice Of A Company
A stock or share (also known as "equity") is a financial instrument that reflects ownership of a company or business and constitutes a proportionate claim
on its assets (what it owns) and earnings (what it earns in profits). Stock ownership means that the shareholder holds a business slice equal to the number
of shares held as a share of the total outstanding shares of the company. For example, a person or corporation that owns a company's 100,000 shares with 1
million outstanding shares would have a 10 percent stake in it. Many companies have outstanding shares in the millions or billions.