An overview of Stock Equity – Equities are nothing but shares, which are shares in a company. It means if you buy stocks, you are buying equities. Stocks are raised by company, which are public or private. For an individual investor, only public companies are important. What are Public companies? A company whose shares can be bought by General Public. Public companies also publish their reports periodically and also readily available to its shareholders. Private companies are not accepted deposits from outsiders. It does not reveal its finances to outsiders and not issue equity securities. They set their own governance and reporting requirements. People invest in Equities because they expect high returns. If your stocks get declined then you will lose money. You may also get “Equity” when you join a new company as an employee. It means you are a partial owner of the company. Equity doesn’t pay to fix guaranteed income. What is Dividend? A dividend is the share of profits and...