Belongs to the financial industry.

Stocks are part of the ownership of a joint-stock company and are also issued ownership certificates. They are a type of securities issued by a joint-stock company to each shareholder as a shareholding certificate in order to raise funds and obtain dividends and bonuses.

Stocks are long-term credit instruments in the capital market that can be transferred and bought and sold. Shareholders can share the company's profits with them, but they also have to bear the risks caused by the company's operational errors. Each share of stock represents a shareholder's ownership of a basic unit of the business. Every public company issues shares.