The share price may rise. It is possible that the price of a share will rise after the investor purchases it. That increase in value is a capital gain that the investor can keep if they sell the stock later.
Dividends may be paid by corporations from their earnings. A cash dividend is paid to shareholders based on the number of shares they own.
Your liability is restricted. Because of this aspect of share ownership, you can only lose the amount you paid for the shares. Even if you own the company, creditors cannot hold you personally liable for any additional debts or obligations incurred by the company.
Cookies
Cookies are small text files placed on your computer that are created by the websites you visit. Cookies are used to improve your user experience, enable functionality on the website, facilitate site security. Fxmerge website use cookies to provide the functionality you need to browse our site correctly. Fxmerge website issue cookies upon visiting our websites, unless the user has changed cookie settings in their browser to refuse cookies. Please note that with cookies switched off, many areas of our website and services will not be made available.
Member SinceJul 08, 2021
Posts 713
Kihn
Nov 14, 2022 a 13:00Dividends may be paid by corporations from their earnings. A cash dividend is paid to shareholders based on the number of shares they own.
Your liability is restricted. Because of this aspect of share ownership, you can only lose the amount you paid for the shares. Even if you own the company, creditors cannot hold you personally liable for any additional debts or obligations incurred by the company.