Wednesday, 2 January 2013

TERMS RELATED TO CAPITAL MARKET

CORPORATE ACTION

SPOT TRADING :- spot trading is any transaction where delivery takes place immediately due to technical constraints.
               It involves visual inspection and mainly deals in wholesale markets.

STOCK SPLIT :- A stock split or stock divide increases the number of shares in a public company. 
  • The price is adjusted such that the before and after market capitalization of the company remain same.
  • Ratio for splitting is 2 for 1, 3 for 1, 3 for 2 usually.
  • It is mainly use for increase the liquidity of a stock.
               For ex :- there are more buyers and sellers for 10 shares at $10 than 1 share at $100.

BONUS SHARE :- A bouns share is a free share of stock given to current shareholders in a company , based upon the number of shares that the shareholder already owns.

  • It increases the total number of shares issued and owned, it does not change the value of the company.
  • Although number of issued shares increases, the ratio of number of shares held by each shareholder remains constant.
  • Company issue Bonus share to reduce or capitalize its reserves.       

  HUNG UP:- It is a situation in which one or more of an investor securities have fallen well below the levels at which they are purchased.

BLOW OUT :- When the launch of share and also the selling of all the shares on the same day occurs this condition is known as "blow - out". 

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