An example of country and foreign exchange-specific risk would be investing in the common stock of a Latin American company listed on a U.S. stock exchange. South American countries often have ...

The value of capital stock is typically a combination of its paid-in capital based on par value and its additional paid-in capital. A company typically sets its common stock’s par value at a ...

Any investor who has purchased or has considered purchasing shares of Google and YouTube parent company Alphabet Inc. (ticker: GOOG, GOOGL) in recent years has likely noticed there are two paths ...

Preferred stock is a little-known type of investment that combines the qualities of both bonds and common stocks. Preferred shares don't generate nearly the kind of excitement that common shares do.