Stock vs. Bond: What's the Difference?
Edited by Aimie Carlson || By Janet White || Published on October 30, 2023
A stock represents ownership in a company, offering potential profits via value increase and dividends, whereas a bond is a loan to a company or government, yielding interest income.
Key Differences
Stocks and bonds are fundamentally different financial instruments. Stocks are equity instruments that represent ownership in a company, and holders may receive dividends and experience capital gains or losses. Bonds, on the other hand, are debt instruments where the issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to pay interest and to return the principal at maturity.
When investing in stocks, an individual buys shares of a company, becoming a part-owner. The value of stocks can be volatile, reflecting the company’s performance and market conditions. Bonds, conversely, are less risky as they typically offer fixed interest payments, and the principal is returned when the bond matures, unless the issuer defaults.
The returns from stocks can be substantial but come with higher risk due to market volatility and dependency on company performance. Bonds are seen as a safer investment, providing a steady income through interest payments, and are especially favored by those seeking lower-risk investments.
Stocks are traded on stock exchanges and their prices can fluctuate significantly during a trading day. Bonds can be traded over the counter, and while their prices can also vary, the fluctuations are generally less severe compared to stocks.
In essence, the choice between stocks and bonds hinges on individual risk tolerance, investment goals, and market outlook. Stocks are suitable for those willing to undertake more risk for potentially higher returns, while bonds are apt for conservative investors seeking stability and income.
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Comparison Chart
Nature
Equity, representing ownership in a company.
Debt, representing a loan to the issuer.
Return
Dividends and capital gains or losses.
Interest payments.
Risk Level
Generally higher due to market volatility.
Lower, offering fixed interest payments.
Trading Venue
Traded on stock exchanges.
Typically traded over the counter.
Price Fluctuation
Subject to significant fluctuation.
Generally experiences less price fluctuation.
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Stock and Bond Definitions
Stock
Represents a claim on part of a company’s assets and earnings.
The robust performance of the company enhanced the value of its stock.
Bond
A debt investment obligating the issuer to pay interest to the bondholder.
Investors considered the bond as a safe investment due to its fixed interest payments.
Stock
A supply accumulated for future use; a store.
Bond
Represents borrowing by the issuer promising to pay regular interest and return the principal at the end of the term.
The municipal bond was deemed a low-risk investment.
Stock
The total merchandise kept on hand by a merchant, commercial establishment, warehouse, or manufacturer.
Bond
A financial security signifying a debt agreement between the issuer and the bondholder.
The bond’s interest payments were a steady source of income for retirees.
Stock
All the animals kept or raised on a farm; livestock.
Bond
Something, such as a fetter, cord, or band, that binds, ties, or fastens things together.
Stock
All the aquatic animals kept or raised in an aquaculture operation.
Bond
Often bonds Confinement in prison; captivity.
Stock
A population of wild animals, especially of a species that is also farmed
Interactions between hatchery fish and wild stocks.
Bond
A uniting force or relationship; a link
The familial bond.
Stock
A kind of financial security granting rights of ownership in a corporation, such as a claim to a portion of the assets and earnings of the corporation and the right to vote for the board of directors. Stock is issued and traded in units called shares.
Bond
A binding agreement; a covenant.
Stock
The stock issued by a particular company
A mutual fund that invests in technology stocks.
Bond
A duty, promise, or other obligation by which one is bound.
Stock
Chiefly British The money invested in a corporation, including debt and equity.
Bond
A substance or agent that causes two or more objects or parts to cohere.
Stock
Chiefly British A bond, especially a government bond.
Bond
The union or cohesion brought about by such a substance or agent.
Stock
The trunk or main stem of a tree or another plant.
Bond
A chemical bond.
Stock
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made.
Bond
A systematically overlapping or alternating arrangement of bricks or stones in a wall, designed to increase strength and stability.
Stock
A plant or tree from which cuttings and slips are taken.
Bond
A written obligation requiring the payment of a sum at a certain time.
Stock
The original progenitor of a family line.
Bond
A debt security obligating a government or corporation to pay a specified amount on a future date, especially a marketable security that makes semiannual interest payments.
Stock
The descendants of a common ancestor; a family line, especially of a specified character
Comes from farming stock.
Bond
A guarantee issued by a surety agency on behalf of a client, requiring the surety to pay a sum of money to a third party in the event the client fails to fulfill certain obligations; a surety bond.
Stock
Ancestry or lineage; antecedents.
Bond
A sum pledged as a guarantee.
Stock
The type from which a group of animals or plants has descended.
Bond
A sum paid as a guarantee of a person's appearance at court for trial; bail
Set bond at $100,000.
Released the prisoner on a $10,000 bond.
Stock
A race, family, or other related group of animals or plants.
Bond
The condition of being held under the guarantee of a customs bond
Imported merchandise stored in bond.
Stock
An ethnic group or other major division of the human race.
Bond
An insurance contract that indemnifies an employer for loss resulting from a fraudulent or dishonest act by an employee; a fidelity bond.
Stock
A group of related languages.
Bond
Bond paper.
Stock
A group of related families of languages.
Bond
To join securely, as with glue or cement.
Stock
The raw material out of which something is made.
Bond
To join (two or more individuals) in a relationship, as by shared belief or experience
An interest in banking reform bonded the two political opponents.
Stock
Paper used for printing.
Bond
To finance by issuing bonds
Two projects have already been bonded.
Stock
The broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables are simmered for a relatively long period, used as a base in preparing soup, gravy, or sauces.
Bond
To raise by issuing bonds
The city bonded $900,000 for the new park.
Stock
A main upright part, especially a supporting structure or block.
Bond
To gain the release of (someone who has been arrested) by providing a bail bond
Bonded his cousin out of jail.
Stock
Stocks(Nautical) The timber frame that supports a ship during construction.
Bond
To issue a surety bond or a fidelity bond for.
Stock
Often stocks A frame in which a horse or other animal is held for shoeing or for veterinary treatment.
Bond
To lay (bricks or stones) in an overlapping or alternating pattern.
Stock
Stocks A device consisting of a heavy timber frame with holes for confining the ankles and sometimes the wrists, formerly used for punishment.
Bond
To cohere with a bond.
Stock
(Nautical) A crosspiece at the end of the shank of an anchor.
Bond
To form a close personal relationship.
Stock
The wooden block from which a bell is suspended.
Bond
To secure release from prison by providing a bail bond
The accused bonded out of jail.
Stock
The rear wooden, metal, or plastic handle or support of a rifle, pistol, or automatic weapon, to which the barrel and mechanism are attached.
Bond
(legal) Evidence of a long-term debt, by which the bond issuer (the borrower) is obliged to pay interest when due, and repay the principal at maturity, as specified on the face of the bond certificate. The rights of the holder are specified in the bond indenture, which contains the legal terms and conditions under which the bond was issued. Bonds are available in two forms: registered bonds, and bearer bonds.
Stock
The long supporting structure and mooring beam of field-gun carriages that trails along the ground to provide stability and support.
Bond
(finance) A documentary obligation to pay a sum or to perform a contract; a debenture.
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
Many say that government and corporate bonds are a good investment to balance against a portfolio consisting primarily of stocks.
Stock
A handle, such as that of a whip, a fishing rod, or various carpentry tools.
Bond
A partial payment made to show a provider that the customer is sincere about buying a product or a service. If the product or service is not purchased the customer then forfeits the bond.
Stock
The frame of a plow, to which the share, handles, coulter, and other parts are fastened.
Bond
A physical connection which binds, a band.
The prisoner was brought before the tribunal in iron bonds.
Stock
A theatrical stock company.
Bond
An emotional link, connection or union; that which holds two or more people together, as in a friendship; a tie.
They had grown up as friends and neighbors, and not even vastly differing political views could break the bond of their friendship.
Stock
The repertoire of such a company.
Bond
Moral or political duty or obligation.
Stock
A theater or theatrical activity, especially outside of a main theatrical center
A small role in summer stock.
Bond
(chemistry) A link or force between neighbouring atoms in a molecule.
Organic chemistry primarily consists of the study of carbon bonds, in their many variations.
Stock
(Botany) Any of several Eurasian and Mediterranean plants of the genus Matthiola in the mustard family, especially M. incana, widely cultivated for its clusters of showy, fragrant, variously colored flowers.
Bond
A binding agreement, a covenant.
You could rely on him. His word was his bond.
Herbert resented his wife for subjecting him to the bonds of matrimony; he claimed they had gotten married while drunk.
Stock
(Games) The portion of a pack of cards or of a group of dominoes that is not dealt out but is drawn from during a game.
Bond
A bail bond.
The bailiff released the prisoner as soon as the bond was posted.
Stock
(Geology) A body of intrusive igneous rock of which less than 100 square kilometers (40 square miles) is exposed.
Bond
Any constraining or cementing force or material.
A bond of superglue adhered the teacups to the ceiling, much to the consternation of the cafe owners.
Stock
(Zoology) A compound organism, such as a colony of zooids.
Bond
(construction) In building, a specific pattern of bricklaying, based on overlapping rows or layers to give strength.
Stock
Personal reputation or status
A teacher whose stock with the students is rising.
Bond
(Scotland) A mortgage.
Stock
Confidence or credence
I put no stock in that statement.
Bond
(railways) A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
Stock
A long white neckcloth worn as part of a formal riding habit.
Bond
A peasant; churl.
Stock
A broad scarf worn around the neck, especially by certain clerics.
Bond
A vassal; serf; one held in bondage to a superior.
Stock
Rolling stock.
Bond
(transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind.
The gargantuan ape was bonded in iron chains and carted onto the stage.
Stock
To supply (a shop) with merchandise.
Bond
(transitive) To cause to adhere (one material with another).
The children bonded their snapshots to the scrapbook pages with mucilage.
Stock
To supply (a farm) with livestock.
Bond
To form a chemical compound with.
Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.
Stock
To fill (a stream, for example) with fish.
Bond
(transitive) To guarantee or secure a financial risk.
The contractor was bonded with a local underwriter.
Stock
To keep for future sale or use.
Bond
To form a friendship or emotional connection.
The men had bonded while serving together in Vietnam.
Stock
To provide (a rifle, for example) with a stock.
Bond
(transitive) To put in a bonded warehouse; to secure (goods) until the associated duties are paid.
Stock
(Obsolete) To put (someone) in the stocks as a punishment.
Bond
To lay bricks in a specific pattern.
Stock
To gather and lay in a supply of something
Stock up on canned goods.
Bond
To make a reliable electrical connection between two conductors (or any pieces of metal that may potentially become conductors).
A house's distribution panel should always be bonded to the grounding rods via a panel bond.
Stock
To put forth or sprout new shoots. Used of a plant.
Bond
To bail out by means of a bail bond.
Stock
Kept regularly in stock
A stock item.
Bond
Subject to the tenure called bondage.
Stock
Repeated regularly without any thought or originality; routine
A stock answer.
Bond
In a state of servitude or slavedom; not free.
Stock
Employed in dealing with or caring for stock or merchandise
A stock clerk.
Bond
Servile; slavish; pertaining to or befitting a slave.
Bond fear
Stock
Of or relating to the raising of livestock
Stock farming.
Bond
That which binds, ties, fastens, or confines, or by which anything is fastened or bound, as a cord, chain, etc.; a band; a ligament; a shackle or a manacle.
Gnawing with my teeth my bonds in sunder,I gained my freedom.
Stock
Used for breeding
A stock mare.
Bond
The state of being bound; imprisonment; captivity, restraint.
Stock
Of or relating to a stock company or its repertoire.
Bond
A binding force or influence; a cause of union; a uniting tie; as, the bonds of fellowship.
A people with whom I have no tie but the common bond of mankind.
Stock
Of or being a conventional character or situation that recurs in many literary or cinematic works.
Bond
Moral or political duty or obligation.
I love your majestyAccording to my bond, nor more nor less.
Stock
A store or supply.
Bond
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a future day appointed. This is a single bond. But usually a condition is added, that, if the obligor shall do a certain act, appear at a certain place, conform to certain rules, faithfully perform certain duties, or pay a certain sum of money, on or before a time specified, the obligation shall be void; otherwise it shall remain in full force. If the condition is not performed, the bond becomes forfeited, and the obligor and his heirs are liable to the payment of the whole sum.
Stock
(operations) A store of goods ready for sale; inventory.
We have a stock of televisions on hand.
Bond
A financial instrument (of the nature of the ordinary legal bond) made by a government or a corporation for purpose of borrowing money; a written promise to pay a specific sum of money on or before a specified day, given in return for a sum of money; as, a government, city, or railway bond.
Stock
A supply of anything ready for use.
Lay in a stock of wood for the winter season.
Bond
The state of goods placed in a bonded warehouse till the duties are paid; as, merchandise in bond.
Stock
Railroad rolling stock.
Bond
The union or tie of the several stones or bricks forming a wall. The bricks may be arranged for this purpose in several different ways, as in English bond or block bond (Fig. 1), where one course consists of bricks with their ends toward the face of the wall, called headers, and the next course of bricks with their lengths parallel to the face of the wall, called stretchers; Flemish bond (Fig.2), where each course consists of headers and stretchers alternately, so laid as always to break joints; Cross bond, which differs from the English by the change of the second stretcher line so that its joints come in the middle of the first, and the same position of stretchers comes back every fifth line; Combined cross and English bond, where the inner part of the wall is laid in the one method, the outer in the other.
Stock
A stack of undealt cards made available to the players.
Bond
A unit of chemical attraction between atoms; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. Also called chemical bond. It is often represented in graphic formulæ by a short line or dash. See Diagram of Benzene nucleus, and Valence. Several types of bond are distinguished by chemists, as double bond, triple bond, covalent bond, hydrogen bond.
Stock
Farm or ranch animals; livestock.
Bond
A heavy copper wire or rod connecting adjacent rails of an electric railway track when used as a part of the electric circuit.
Stock
The population of a given type of animal (especially fish) available to be captured from the wild for economic use.
Bond
League; association; confederacy.
The Africander Bond, a league or association appealing to African, but practically to Boer, patriotism.
Stock
(finance) The capital raised by a company through the issue of shares. The total of shares held by an individual shareholder.
Bond
A vassal or serf; a slave.
Stock
The price or value of the stock of a company on the stock market.
When the bad news came out, the company's stock dropped precipitously.
Bond
To place under the conditions of a bond; to mortgage; to secure the payment of the duties on (goods or merchandise) by giving a bond.
Stock
A share in a company.
Bond
To dispose in building, as the materials of a wall, so as to secure solidity.
Stock
(figurative) The measure of how highly a person or institution is valued.
After that last screw-up of mine, my stock is pretty low around here.
Bond
In a state of servitude or slavery; captive.
By one Spirit are we all baptized . . . whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free.
Stock
Any of several types of security that are similar to a stock, or marketed like one.
Bond
An electrical force linking atoms
Stock
The raw material from which things are made; feedstock.
Bond
A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money; the issuer is required to pay a fixed sum annually until maturity and then a fixed sum to repay the principal
Stock
Broth made from meat (originally bones) or vegetables, used as a basis for stew or soup.
Bond
A connection based on kinship or marriage or common interest;
The shifting alliances within a large family
Their friendship constitutes a powerful bond between them
Stock
The type of paper used in printing.
The books were printed on a heavier stock this year.
Bond
(criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial;
The judge set bail at $10,000
A $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman
Stock
Ellipsis of film stock
Bond
A restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
Stock
Plain soap before it is coloured and perfumed.
Bond
A connection that fastens things together
Stock
Stock theater, summer stock theater.
Bond
A superior quality of strong durable white writing paper; originally made for printing documents
Stock
The trunk and woody main stems of a tree. The base from which something grows or branches.
Bond
United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940)
Stock
(horticulture) The plant upon which the scion is grafted.
Bond
British secret operative 007 in novels by Ian Fleming
Stock
(by extension) Lineage, family, ancestry.
Bond
The property of sticking together (as of glue and wood) or the joining of surfaces of different composition
Stock
Any of the several species of cruciferous flowers in the genus Matthiola.
Bond
Stick to firmly;
Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?
Stock
A handle or stem to which the working part of an implement or weapon is attached.
Bond
Create social or emotional ties;
The grandparents want to bond with the child
Stock
(firearm) The part of a rifle or shotgun that rests against the shooter's shoulder.
Bond
Issue bonds on
Stock
The handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
Bond
Bring together in a common cause or emotion;
The death of their child had drawn them together
Stock
Part of a machine that supports items or holds them in place.
Bond
Held in slavery;
Born of enslaved parents
Stock
The headstock of a lathe, drill, etc.
Bond
A debt security that pays periodic interest and returns the principal at maturity.
The government bond yielded a 5% return annually.
Stock
The tailstock of a lathe.
Bond
A fixed income instrument representing a loan made by an investor to the issuer.
The company issued a bond to raise capital for expansion.
Stock
A bar, stick or rod.
Stock
A ski pole.
Stock
(nautical) A bar going through an anchor, perpendicular to the flukes.
Stock
(nautical) The axle attached to the rudder, which transfers the movement of the helm to the rudder.
Stock
(geology) A pipe (vertical cylinder of ore)
Stock
A type of (now formal or official) neckwear.
Stock
A necktie or cravat, particularly a wide necktie popular in the eighteenth century, often seen today as a part of formal wear for horse riding competitions.
Stock
A piece of black cloth worn under a clerical collar.
Stock
A bed for infants; a crib, cot, or cradle
Stock
(folklore) A piece of wood magically made to be just like a real baby and substituted for it by magical beings.
Stock
(obsolete) A cover for the legs; a stocking.
Stock
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
Stock
A person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
Stock
The longest part of a split tally stick formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness.
Stock
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests during construction.
Stock
Red and grey bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
Stock
(biology) In tectology, an aggregate or colony of individuals, such as trees, chains of salpae, etc.
Stock
The beater of a fulling mill.
Stock
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
Stock
To have on hand for sale.
The store stocks all kinds of dried vegetables.
Stock
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply.
To stock a warehouse with goods
To stock a farm, i.e. to supply it with cattle and tools
To stock land, i.e. to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass
Stock
To allow (cows) to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more prior to sale.
Stock
To put in the stocks as punishment.
Stock
(nautical) To fit (an anchor) with a stock, or to fasten the stock firmly in place.
Stock
To arrange cards in a certain manner for cheating purposes; to stack the deck.
Stock
Of a type normally available for purchase/in stock.
Stock items
Stock sizes
Stock
Having the same configuration as cars sold to the non-racing public, or having been modified from such a car.
Stock
Straightforward, ordinary, just another, very basic.
He gave me a stock answer.
Stock
The stem, or main body, of a tree or plant; the fixed, strong, firm part; the trunk.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Stock
The stem or branch in which a graft is inserted.
The scion overruleth the stock quite.
Stock
A block of wood; something fixed and solid; a pillar; a firm support; a post.
All our fathers worshiped stocks and stones.
Item, for a stock of brass for the holy water, seven shillings; which, by the canon, must be of marble or metal, and in no case of brick.
Stock
Hence, a person who is as dull and lifeless as a stock or post; one who has little sense.
Let's be no stoics, nor no stocks.
Stock
The principal supporting part; the part in which others are inserted, or to which they are attached.
Stock
The wood to which the barrel, lock, etc., of a rifle or like firearm are secured; also, a long, rectangular piece of wood, which is an important part of several forms of gun carriage.
Stock
The original progenitor; also, the race or line of a family; the progenitor of a family and his direct descendants; lineage; family.
And stand betwixt them made, when, severally,All told their stock.
Thy mother was no goddess, nor thy stockFrom Dardanus.
Stock
The handle or contrivance by which bits are held in boring; a bitstock; a brace.
Stock
Money or capital which an individual or a firm employs in business; fund; in the United States, the capital of a bank or other company, in the form of transferable shares, each of a certain amount; money funded in government securities, called also the public funds; in the plural, property consisting of shares in joint-stock companies, or in the obligations of a government for its funded debt; - so in the United States, but in England the latter only are called stocks, and the former shares.
Stock
The block of wood or metal frame which constitutes the body of a plane, and in which the plane iron is fitted; a plane stock.
Stock
Same as Stock account, below.
Stock
The wooden or iron crosspiece to which the shank of an anchor is attached. See Illust. of Anchor.
Stock
Supply provided; store; accumulation; especially, a merchant's or manufacturer's store of goods; as, to lay in a stock of provisions.
Add to that stock which justly we bestow.
Stock
The support of the block in which an anvil is fixed, or of the anvil itself.
Stock
Domestic animals or beasts collectively, used or raised on a farm; as, a stock of cattle or of sheep, etc.; - called also live stock.
Stock
A handle or wrench forming a holder for the dies for cutting screws; a diestock.
Stock
That portion of a pack of cards not distributed to the players at the beginning of certain games, as gleek, etc., but which might be drawn from afterward as occasion required; a bank.
I must buy the stock; send me good cardings.
Stock
The part of a tally formerly struck in the exchequer, which was delivered to the person who had lent the king money on account, as the evidence of indebtedness. See Counterfoil.
Stock
A thrust with a rapier; a stoccado.
Stock
A covering for the leg, or leg and foot; as, upper stocks (breeches); nether stocks (stockings).
With a linen stock on one leg.
Stock
A kind of stiff, wide band or cravat for the neck; as, a silk stock.
Stock
A frame of timber, with holes in which the feet, or the feet and hands, of criminals were formerly confined by way of punishment.
He shall rest in my stocks.
Stock
The frame or timbers on which a ship rests while building.
Stock
Red and gray bricks, used for the exterior of walls and the front of buildings.
Stock
Any cruciferous plant of the genus Matthiola; as, common stock (Matthiola incana) (see Gilly-flower); ten-weeks stock (M. annua).
Stock
An irregular metalliferous mass filling a large cavity in a rock formation, as a stock of lead ore deposited in limestone.
Stock
A race or variety in a species.
Stock
In tectology, an aggregate or colony of persons (see Person), as trees, chains of salpæ, etc.
Stock
The beater of a fulling mill.
Stock
A liquid or jelly containing the juices and soluble parts of meat, and certain vegetables, etc., extracted by cooking; - used in making soup, gravy, etc.
Stock
Raw material; that out of which something is manufactured; as, paper stock.
Stock
A plain soap which is made into toilet soap by adding perfumery, coloring matter, etc.
At the outset of any inquiry it is proper to take stock of the results obtained by previous explorers of the same field.
Stock
To lay up; to put aside for future use; to store, as merchandise, and the like.
Stock
To provide with material requisites; to store; to fill; to supply; as, to stock a warehouse, that is, to fill it with goods; to stock a farm, that is, to supply it with cattle and tools; to stock land, that is, to occupy it with a permanent growth, especially of grass.
Stock
To suffer to retain milk for twenty-four hours or more previous to sale, as cows.
Stock
To put in the stocks.
Stock
Used or employed for constant service or application, as if constituting a portion of a stock or supply; standard; permanent; standing; as, a stock actor; a stock play; a stock phrase; a stock response; a stock sermon.
Stock
The capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity);
He owns a controlling share of the company's stock
Stock
Liquid in which meat and vegetables are simmered; used as a basis for e.g. soups or sauces;
She made gravy with a base of beef stock
Stock
The merchandise that a shop has on hand;
They carried a vast inventory of hardware
Stock
A supply of something available for future use;
He brought back a large store of Cuban cigars
Stock
Not used technically; any animals kept for use or profit
Stock
The descendants of one individual;
His entire lineage has been warriors
Stock
The handle of a handgun or the butt end of a rifle or shotgun or part of the support of a machine gun or artillery gun;
The rifle had been fitted with a special stock
Stock
The reputation and popularity a person has;
His stock was so high he could have been elected mayor
Stock
A special variety of domesticated animals within a species;
He experimented on a particular breed of white rats
He created a new strain of sheep
Stock
Lumber used in the construction of something;
They will cut round stock to 1-inch diameter
Stock
A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation;
The value of his stocks doubled during the past year
Stock
Any of various ornamental flowering plants of the genus Malcolmia
Stock
A plant or stem onto which a graft is made; especially a plant grown specifically to provide the root part of grafted plants
Stock
Any of several Old World plants cultivated for their brightly colored flowers
Stock
The handle end of some implements or tools;
He grabbed the cue by the stock
Stock
Persistent thickened stem of a herbaceous perennial plant
Stock
An ornamental white cravat
Stock
Have on hand;
Do you carry kerosene heaters?
Stock
Equip with a stock;
Stock a rifle
Stock
Supply with fish;
Stock a lake
Stock
Supply with livestock;
Stock a farm
Stock
Stock up on to keep for future use or sale;
Let's stock coffee as long as prices are low
Stock
Provide or furnish with a stock of something;
Stock the larder with meat
Stock
Put forth and grow sprouts or shoots;
The plant sprouted early this year
Stock
Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse;
Bromidic sermons
His remarks were trite and commonplace
Hackneyed phrases
A stock answer
Repeating threadbare jokes
Parroting some timeworn axiom
The trite metaphor `hard as nails'
Stock
Routine;
A stock answer
Stock
Regularly and widely used or sold;
A standard size
A stock item
Stock
A share of ownership in a company.
She purchased stock in a technology company expecting high returns.
Stock
Equity in a company acquired through investment.
The value of his stock portfolio appreciated substantially over the years.
Stock
A type of security signifying proportionate ownership in the issuing corporation.
The plummeting stock led to significant losses for many investors.
Stock
Tradable financial instrument representing a unit of ownership in a company.
The decision to sell the stock was based on market predictions.
FAQs
A debt investment obligating the issuer to pay interest to the bondholder.
Investors considered the bond as a safe investment due to its fixed interest payments.
A debt security that pays periodic interest and returns the principal at maturity.
The government bond yielded a 5% return annually.
A financial security signifying a debt agreement between the issuer and the bondholder.
The bond’s interest payments were a steady source of income for retirees.
Is the principal guaranteed in bonds?
While bonds are designed to return the principal at maturity, there is a risk of loss if the issuer defaults.
A fixed income instrument representing a loan made by an investor to the issuer.
The company issued a bond to raise capital for expansion.
Represents borrowing by the issuer promising to pay regular interest and return the principal at the end of the term.
The municipal bond was deemed a low-risk investment.
Can bonds be traded on exchanges?
While some bonds are traded on exchanges, many are traded over the counter.
Do stocks provide dividend income?
Some stocks provide dividend income, depending on the company’s profitability and dividend policy.
Are bonds subject to credit risk?
Yes, bonds are subject to credit risk, which is the risk that the issuer may default on interest or principal payments.
Can you buy fractional shares of stock?
Yes, some platforms allow the purchase of fractional shares of stock.
Is it possible to lose money on stocks?
Yes, it is possible to incur losses on stocks if their value decreases.
Are there different types of bonds?
Yes, there are various types of bonds, including government, municipal, and corporate bonds.
Do all stocks pay dividends?
No, not all stocks pay dividends; it depends on the company’s dividend policy and financial performance.
Can bond prices fluctuate?
Yes, bond prices can fluctuate due to changes in interest rates, credit ratings, and other factors.
Can investing in stocks offer high returns?
Yes, investing in stocks can offer high returns, but it also comes with a higher level of risk.
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