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Common stock is a form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security. It is called "common" to distinguish it from preferred stock. In the event of bankruptcy, common stock investors receive their funds after preferred stock holders, bondholders, creditors, etc. On the other hand, common shares on average perform better than preferred shares or bonds over time. Common stock is usually voting shares, though not always. Holders of common stock are able to influence the corporation through votes on establishing corporate objectives and policy, stock splits, and electing the company's board of directors. Some holders of common stock also receive preemptive rights, which enable them to retain their proportional ownership in a company should it issue another stock offering. Additional benefits from common stock include earning dividends and capital appreciation. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/commonstock.asp From Wikipedia under the
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Q. Suppose the mean rate on the common stock in a large investment portfolio was 12% last year. If the rate of returns of the stocks within the portfolio are approximately normally distributed and a rate of 15% represents the 80th percentile, what is the approximate standard deviation of the rates of returnn in the portfolio? Asked by Veronica B - Wed Feb 4 04:05:15 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments A. look up a probability of 0.3 in the one-sided normal distribution table (link). why 0.3? area on the left of the bell curve is 0.5; add the area shaded to get a total area (from left extreme to the z marker) of 0.8=80% of all values; so the area shaded (listed in the table) must be 0.8-0.5=0.3 the closest figure in the table is 0.2995 which has a z statistic of 0.84. so. z=(15-12)/S=0.84 S=3/0.84=3.6 % is the required standard deviation (only 2 sig figs because values given in the question are to 2 sig figs). Answered by Barry G - Wed Feb 4 04:29:25 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Common stock" |
