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Market Makers People are often confused about how prices are actually set, so let’s examine one or two issues in a bit more detail, based on genuine… Read more »
What is the Stock Market and How Does It Work? The stock market is a collection of global exchanges where shares of public companies are bought, sold and issued. Here's everything you need to know. Read more »
SETS and SEAQ SETS and SEAQ enable share trading to be carried out cheaply. SEAQ The first technology I want to take a quick look at is known… Read more »
Broker Forecasts Broker forecasts are estimates made by City analysts as to what a listed company will report in terms of future sales, profits, and dividends. The… Read more »
The London Stock Exchange What actually is the London Stock Exchange, and what does it do? Read more »
Rights Issues and Open Offers A rights issue is a way for a quoted company to raise money. Rather than take on debt, a quoted company can instead ask its… Read more »
What is a Share Buyback and How Does It Work? We explain why a company might want to buy back its own shares rather than pay out a dividend. Read more »
Share Splits, Bonus Issues and Share Consolidations Why might a company split or consolidate its shares? Read more »
Takeovers and Mergers What is a company takeover? The business definition of a takeover is where a stock-market quoted company is bought by another company. Sometimes the company… Read more »