1 Once upon a time, when you bought broccoli you bought the whole vegetable, stems and crowns. Then it became customary for grocery store produce departments to separate the crowns from the stems and to sell the crowns at a premium. 2  Iâm not a fan of this practice, because I like both parts of the broccoli plant.
A company's first issue of common stock to the public is called an Initial Public Offering. Afterwards, a corporation may issue new equity at any time in order to finance its growth. When new common shares are offered to existing shareholders first, this is called a rights offering.
How To Keep Stock Records It is your responsibility as a shareholder to keep records of your stock transactions. Those records should include: 1. Stock purchase price (adjusted for any stock splits and/or spin mergers) 2. Date of Purchase or Acquisition 3. A 2 for 1 stock split occurred on 06/12/92, 20 shares were credited for the 20 shares already held, making the account balance 40 shares. The cost basis price is divided by 2 making the new cost basis $52.00 per share. The new âsplit sharesâ have the same cost basis of $52.00 per share.