In 2022, Alexander Industries had two major transactions involving stocks. The first transaction was a financing activity, and the second transaction was an investing activity. Which of the following transactions likely occurred?In the first transaction, Alexander Industries sold company stock to investors. In the second transaction, Alexander Industries purchased stock of another company.

Which of the following statements is not correct? the stock of publicly owned companies must generally be registered with and reported to a regulatory agency such as the sec. when stock in a closely held corporation is offered to the public for the first time, the transaction is called "going public, or an ipo," and the market for such stock is called the new issue or ipo market. "going public" establishes a firm's true intrinsic value and ensures that a liquid market will always exist for the firm's shares. if you wanted to know what rate of return stocks have provided in the past, you could examine data on the dow jones industrial index, the s& p 500 index, or the nasdaq index.