The process of one company buying out another company, often through accumulating a majority of the stock in the acquiring company. When a company does not want to be purchased, it is referred to as a hostile takeover. Tax Check warns subscribers of the tax impact of intended portfolio changes. Any retirement plan in which income and appreciation from assets in the plan are not currently taxable.
Taxes are only due when assets are ultimately withdrawn from the plan.
An offer made to purchase a large quantity of a company's securities outside of the market where the securities are normally traded. Tender offers are usually made by one company attempting to take over another one. Tells you whether a stock 's current trading price is higher, lower or equal to its last trading price. The term and the symbols appear at the Netfolio site whenever stocks in a Personal Fund are displayed. A security's ticker symbol also may be used in news and price-quotation services to identify the security.