- Equities have the same meaning as stocks and shares - they are part ownership of a company;
- Equities confer the right to residual earnings and net assets of a company;
- The purpose of the stock market is to provide a platform for selling and buying equities.
More facts:
- Equities are much more volatile than bonds;
- Symbolic meaning: owning part of a company (equity) vs interest earning investment (fixed income);
- An example: No one has predicted the success of Apple.
WFE. (March 10, 2025). Largest stock exchange operators worldwide as of January 2025, by market capitalization of listed companies (in trillion U.S. dollars) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 27, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/270126/largest-stock-exchange-operators-by-market-capitalization-of-listed-companies/
Apple in Bloomberg
Trivia:
A story about a person who sold his Apple shares too early
This guide was created by Mantas Geidrichis
