What it means to buy a company's stock | Stocks and bonds | Finance & Capital Markets | Khan Academy

What it means to buy a company's stock. Created by Sal Khan. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/core-finance/stock-and-bonds/stocks-intro-tutorial/v/bonds-vs-stocks?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=financeandcapitalmarkets Finance and capital markets on Khan Academy: Many people own stocks, but, unfortunately, most of them don't really understand what they own. This tutorial will keep you from being one of those people (not keep you from owning stock, but keep you from being ignorant about your investments). About Khan Academy: Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps. We've also partnered with institutions like NASA, The Museum of Modern Art, The California Academy of Sciences, and MIT to offer specialized content. For free. For everyone. Forever. #YouCanLearnAnything Subscribe to Khan Academy’s Finance and Capital Markets channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1Rt02HirUvBK2D2-ZO_2g?sub_confirmation=1 Subscribe to Khan Academy: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=khanacademy

Comments

1. How many shares does someone need to buy at $3?
   
   @ColoredSpaces
2. Well done!
3. Thank you so much for this video. I will share it with my 12 yr old son.
4. I'm studying computer engineering and these videos are great as a introduction for investing.
5. So how much money do u need to open a company up?
6. Do you have a video on how to actually buy a company stock
7. mistake i found - u say book value instead of equity. Their different.
8. This is the most fucked up explanation specially the last part. how market know what's the true equity of the company is , if company says its 8 million , then market says no its 7 million. Know one
   Knows who is right
9. car isnt an asset. it's value depreciates over time.
10. Sooooo are we going to talk about bonds or..
11. Im not at all capable of this shit.. people want me to go to college but i know id have to take classes like this, and i hate it so much i dont see the reasoning of doing this when you hate it that much, life is made for much more than this artificial bullshit.
12. 6:02 Sal cussed
13. "a loan to me is a liability which we'll talk about in a second"
    
    suddenly im anxious
14. 6:01 Did he just slip-up and say shit instead of share XD
15. Imaa #share this video lol
16. So if you buy 50 share out of 100, does that mean you own half of the company?
17. im 12 and I want money
18. Fucking Great Video!!!! So well explained about what a company's share meant. with just 2 questions in my mind:
    1: how does the number of a company's share is determined, in other other word, how did the number 2.78m shares come from
    2: Can a company's share be bought out,? So what happens if the 2.78m share of this company is owned by some people and other investors want to buy more shares of this company, what happens then?
    
    Thanks for making and uploading this video. Double thumbs up for u!
19. Thanks for the video
20. i'm 18 and i have nothing to do with accounting because i'm studying in medical industry sector and i want to prepare myself i want to invest once i have enough money to be a minor investor and maybe a major investor learned a lot