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Definition of

buy

  • 1.

    pay to get something to get something in exchange for money

  • 2.

    something you pay for something that you pay for relative to its being worth or not worth the amount you pay

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    In certain cases, the management of a company will buy the business of that company. This is also known as a management buyout. The management will already be familiar with the business and be in a good position to buy. Finding the financial resources for the acquisition can be difficult

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    However, they know that soon after the IPO process the secondary market will impute all the information in the market in an efficient manner. Investors who believe the price to be too high will sell; investors who believe the price to be too low will buy. The key outcome of this competitive trading
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  • Investment

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    The return on investments can be measured in many different ways. A short-term financial investment could generate a profit that could be calculated simply by the difference between the buying and selling prices. When buying stocks generating regular returns, such as semi-annual dividends, this yield income should also be taken into account when using the buying and selling price of the stock to calculate the overall return (sometime known as the total return

  • Rights Issues and Placings

    Key Concepts

    Companies on occasion go to their shareholders to raise finance. This could be by means of a rights issue, where a company sells new shares to existing shareholders. The new shares are generally offered in proportion to an existing investor’s current shareholding, respecting their pre-emption rights, and they are almost always offered at a discount to the share price in a bid to encourage investors to buy the new shares

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Definitions of ’buy’ and meaning of ’buy’ are from the book publication, QFINANCE – The Ultimate Resource, © 2009 Bloomsbury Information Ltd. Find definitions for ’buy’ and other financial terms with our online QFINANCE Financial Dictionary.

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