Public warehouse
Warehouse operated by an independent warehouse company on its own premises. |
Similar financial terms
PLC (Public Limited Company)Under UK law there must be a minimum of seven shareholders in a PLC. There is no maximum number of shareholders allowed. Shares in PLCs can be bought or sold on the Stock Market by the general public. By implication, most big companies choose this route to growth as it provides access to large amounts of capital that can be used for investment, expansion and acquisition. Although technically owned by the shareholders, its management determines the affairs of the company. The US equivalents are I ...
Initial public offering (IPO)
IPO: Initial Public Offering (IPO) is a company's offering of newly issued shares from treasury to the general public. It is generally the first time that a company does so - making the transition from being a closed-door privately operated company to being a publicly traded, highly visible, entity. When doing an IPO, an underwriter, i.e. a stockbroker firm, handles the distribution of shares to the public. Effectively, the brokerage firm subscribes (underwrites) for the shares and then sells th ...
Publicly traded assets
Assets that can be traded in a public market, such as the stock market.
Public Securities Administration (PSA)
The trade association for primary dealers in US government securities, including MBSs.
Public offering
The sale of registered securities by the issuer (or the underwriters acting in the interests of the issuer) in the public market. Also called public issue.
Public goods (collective goods)
These are a distinctive class of goods which cannot practically be withheld from one consumer without withholding them from all (the "nonexcludability criterion") and for which the marginal cost of an additional person consuming them, once they have been produced, is zero (the "nonrivalrous consumption" criterion).
The classic example of a nearly pure public good is national defense: you cannot defend the vulnerable border regions of a country from the ravages of foreign invaders witho ...
Licensed Warehouse
A warehouse approved by exchange from which a commodity may be delivered on a futures contract.
