Equities - Equities are stocks and shares. They are a share in the ownership of the company. In return for owning stocks, you get a share of any profits (called a dividend) and the possibility that the value of your shares will increase over time. But they carry risk: there is no guarantee share value will go up (it could also go down), or that a company will pay out a dividend.
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