Category: Investing

Shares vs. Stocks: An Overview The distinction between stocks and shares is pretty blurred in the financial markets. Generally, in American English, both words are used interchangeably to refer to financial equities – specifically, securities that denote ownership in a…

Which Stock Rises – and Which Stock Falls When a company acquires another company, typically the stock price of the target company rises while the stock price of the acquiring company declines in the short-term.  The target company's stock usually rises because…