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finance a la shmoop. what are securities? remember Linus? if not ask your parents.;

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if you don't remember who the peanuts were, well then Linus was the guy always [man on stage]

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carrying the blankie. and always sucking on his thumb .yeah ew gross .the blanket

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was his security yeah see where we went with that his blanket was a something

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that he relied upon, leaned on, nurtured. it was certainty, it was Bank. that secure

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you see in the beginning of security? well it's not there by accident, so

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financially speaking a security secures money. or at least value. when you buy a [100 dollar bill]

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security, you give money to someone or something like a corporation. and in

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return you get a promise of some value. securities come in two flavors generally

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the first is equity ,or ownership. a share of stock is a security entitling you to

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whatever percentage ownership and that company the share represents. like if you

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bought 500 shares in a company with ten million shares outstanding well that

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security represents ownership of five hundred divided by ten million or point [pie chart]

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zero zero zero zero five percent of the company.

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so that's equity. there's also debt as a security. that's the second thing. like

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bonds the bond that Apple offered at four percent yield that pays off in ten

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years? yeah that's a bond security. and note [woman sits behind computer]

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that securities can carry different guarantees. that is the underlying

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promise that the security represents or secures different elements. like a senior

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bond security secures that those bonds will be paid off ahead of junior bonds

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which will be paid off before say subordinated junior debentures. so you

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can see that there are multiple classes and flavors and types of securities all

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falling under this tent, which fortunately for everyone doesn't smell

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like it's been sucked for four years. good grief. come back next [Linus holds his blankie]

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time for another finance lesson a la shmoop and hopefully he'll have washed

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this thing by then.

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