Corporate Actions
Investors frequently come across terms such as bonus, stock splits , right issues and buy back. All these are examples of what we call corporate actions. These are simply actions taken by a company once agreed upon by its board of directors and then authorized by its share holders. All such actions have announcement date, ex-date, and record date. Let’s have a quick look at what these corporate actions mean which will help us understand their impact on the company’s share prices.
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Thu, 31 Jan, 2019 at 4:02 PM
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