Stock Classifications and Characteristics Quiz

Mobilization of savings to finance long term investments = Making long term funds available to individuals and businesses Facilitates trading of securities = Enabling buying and selling of financial instruments like stocks and bonds Minimization of transactions and information cost = Reducing costs related to buying and selling securities Quick valuation of financial instruments like shares and bonds = Providing a fast way to determine the value of assets

Issuers = Publicly listed companies that sell financial securities Capital Market = Market for long term investments with explicit claims to capital Market = A place where parties gather to exchange goods and services SEC = Securities and Exchange Commission, overseeing stock market regulations

Public market = Physical market where goods are exchanged openly Online market = Virtual platform for buying and selling products or services Auction market = Market where buyers bid for goods or services Financial market = Includes capital market and money market for trading financial securities

Encourage wide range of ownership of productive assets = Promoting diversified ownership in businesses Facilitates transaction settlement, as per definite time schedules = Ensuring timely completion of financial transactions Registration to SEC and listing through Philippine Stock Exchange = Requirements for companies to become issuers Market for long term investments with explicit claims to capital = Definition of the capital market