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What Is Float and Why Can It Be Valuable

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What is float and why can it be valuable?


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Rights Offering

A method by which a company raises additional capital by giving existing shareholders the right to buy new shares at a discount.

Subscription Price

The fee that investors pay when subscribing to a new issue of securities.

Market Price

This refers to the current price at which an asset or service can be bought or sold in the market.

Dutch Auction

A method for pricing shares (or other assets) where the price is reduced until all offered shares are sold to bidders, effectively finding the market clearing price.

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