Marketable securities meaning and examples.
What are marketable securities as a short term investment option? First, what are marketable securities? Many businesses prefer to invest most of their liquid resources in marketable resources instead of keeping them in idle cash. Businesses prefer holding a greater portion of their liquid resources in this form, because marketable securities can be easily and quickly bought or sold (they are highly liquid, that is, easily converted into cash) at quoted market prices daily, on securities exchanges. Marketable securities consist basically of bonds and common stock of publicly owned companies. Investments in marketable securities yield returns in the form of interest and dividends. When marketable securities are bought, how is the purchase price calculated? ABC Company makes a short term investment by buying 10,000 shares of the common stock of XYC Company at $0.35 per share. ABC also pays a brokerage commission of $500. The purchase price is $4,000 (10,000 x $0.3...