1. How it is decided who will get the dividend declared by a company when the shares are trading on a exchange
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The dividend has a record date. All investors who own the shares at the end of trading on the record date get the dividend.
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The gains realized by a non-resident alien or foreign corporation from the sale of stocks and other securities is not subject to US tax.  The dividends are subject to 30% withholding unless the foreign person is a resident of a country that has a treaty with the US lowering the withholding rate.  See Section 871(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code.
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When the details of the buy-out are released the stock price will adjust accordingly.  If the buyout is announced to be $12 per share then the stock will trade at $12 (or very close) almost immediately.  You can sell the shares in the open market at that point in time.\n\nOtherwise, you will be offered shares of the parent company (one who is buying out smaller company).  The number of shares will be a dollar-weighted average of the shares you own.  You will still come out with the same dollar amount in the long run after the conversion but it will likely be far fewer shares.
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About common stock, the market will set the price on common stock. The buyer puts bid price and the amount of stock he or she willing to buy. The stock holder puts sell price and amount of stock on sale. In the market, you can see bid price and sale price. Once the two price becomes the same, the transaction would make base on the amount of stock. When the transaction occur , the stock price will show on the market. \n\nOther stock type\npreferred stocks: Capital stock which provides a specific dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of a liquidation. Usually does not carry voting rights.This stock price is set by company.\n\nmarket price: A security's last reported sale price (if on an exchange) or its current bid and ask prices (if over-the-counter); i.e. the price as determined dynamically by buyers and sellers in an open market.
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When you buy a share of stock, you're buy a piece of the company, even if it's only a very small piece.\n\nYou become an owner of that company along with anyone else who owns stock in it. Each share has a voting right, so you can vote for the board of directors, the auditors and any other issues.\n\nYou make money if the company does well, and receives more income than it costs to produce that income. You'll make money either by receiving a dividend, by selling the stock to someone else for more than you bought it, or both.\n\nCompanies also have down periods, and could lose money during this time, but only if you sell your stock. You may decide to hold on and wait  it out. Look at the people who held on to Apple Computers.\n\nThere are a lot of books that explain the stock market. You can find them at your local library.
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dividends are taxed in the year earned unless you are doing the drip in a tax deferred account. \n\nhow much you keep net of taxes depends on your situation, but in general qualifying dividends are taxed currently at a 15% tax rate.
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Usually you have two options of receiving the dividend, via cash balance or reinvesting the amount.  I'm not sure what the 0.07 represents in your question.  If it is the shared bought by reinvesting the dividend, you now have 965.07 shares.
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You will get them every time the company pays them..which varies. check online at the company's website to find out dividend frequency.
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if you become shareholder of a company, it means you bought common stock of that company and became one of the owners. If you are majority stake holder, you will have following benefits\n\n1. representation to company governing board\n2. dividend\n3. influence policy matters of the company\n4. influence day to day operation of the company\n\nif you are minority stake holder\n\n1. you will get dividend only\n\nIn the company prospectus, mainly audited financial records are kept (i.e. balance sheet, income statement, cash flow statement) in addition to a glimpse of company's future strategy, products, board members etc. etc.. the contents vary from company to company though ...\n\nNote: The dividends are paid when the company is making profit.If company makes loss, you being the owner, loose too.
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If you bought shares through a broker, that broker will gladly sell your shares.  If you bought these shares from an individual, you will have to find an individual buyer or seek a broker (as above).
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These might be of help:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Share_market\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_exchange
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Ordinary shares are a stake in a company and as such are a proportional value of the company.\n\nThe hope is that the value will go up as the value of the company increases, and often this is the case, and it can be a lot of increase, however the downside can be that if the company does not do well then the value can crash, to the point where there is no value.\n\nYou can also expect to receive a dividend from the company on at least an annual basis, this is a share of the profit the company has made in the year.\n\nShares have to be viewed as a risky investment in general
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Usually when a company or corporate is going public (ie wants to raise capital for expansion),they issue the equity(shares) of the company in the form of an IPO(Initial public offering).\n\nNow they employ an Investment bank(IB) to raise the capital. This IB then does an analysis(red herring prospectus and all) and comes up with an evaluation. They also tell the corporate that they will buy the shares from the company and then sell it to the public.\n     This ensures that the company gets the money irrespective of the public buying of shares.The IB then at their discretion may sell it at a higher cost to the public depending on oversubscriptions. This is underwriting. Securities can be equity or fixed income like Bonds.
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Do you mean preferred shares? The difference is the dividends on preferreds must be paid before any dividend on commons.
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Stock exchange is a exchange of buying & selling shares for that you must have PAN Card No De mat & Bank account DBC through share market brokers and you must konw complete profile of company and list of company involved in issuing shares. shares are of three kinds they are bull bear and stag they are the main brokers
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You do borrow shares from someone if you short.  Typically it's the brokerage you are shorting with, who is using the shares of another account holder. If they don't have the shares, they borrow from another firm.  Interesting problems happens when they run out of shares to borrow.  Or even better, the owners of the borrowed shares decide to sell their's.  Often when you want to short in a tight market, brokers will trash your trade while advising "no shares available" so you can't always short when you want, no matter the price you offer. \n  Where do the dividends come from?...your pocket if you are holding the short because you have basically a negative stock.\n\nFYI, there's no reason to hold a short unless you are selling a "covered put"; which will be never.\n\nMost traders buy puts to play the downside of an equity.     \nAgain: don't ever short a stock. Use puts.\n\nGood luck to you....
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You can sell it whenever you want.\n\nConsider the ex-dividend date.\n\nIf you sell it after, you will be the one who will receive the dividend.\n\nIf you sell it before, the buyer will receive the dividend.\n\nMight sound important to consider the ex-divident date, but the market ajust to this date (buyer will pay higher price for a stock with dividend than without). So usually it doesn't make much difference.\nHope its helps.