What are stocks? loans people make to a government and expect to be repaid a pool of money from investors that is invested in many ways retirement savings accounts that are tax deferred shares of ownership in a company that may pay dividends

The correct answer to the following question is the last option - the shares of ownership in a company that may pay dividends .

Explanation:

Stocks which are also popularly know as shares or equity, can be defined as one of the types of securities which signifies the proportion of ownership in the issuing company . If a person ( who is know as the shareholder or stockholder ) holds a company's shares , then that person is entitled to the proportion of company's assets and earnings ( the proportion would depend upon the number of shares he or she is holding ) . If a company earns profit, then that shareholder would receive some portion of that earning in form of dividends .

answer: b 56, 250

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