Is MARKETABLE SECURITIES the same as COMMON STOCK?

Question

Please help me with my accounting homework....Thanks!

Answer 1

No -- marketable corporate securities include the following:

Common Stock
Preferred Stock
Corporate Bonds
"Letter" Stock
Warrants
Units -- which are any combination of the above.

Technically, to be marketable they have to be public. Private equity ould be common stock, but if the company is not yet public, I wouldn't include it in the list of marketable securities.

Answer 2

Common stock is a marketable security but so is preferred stock, ADRs (American Depository Receipts, a type of foreign security traded in the US). This is all the freebie your going to get from me. Now you have to do Google searches and earn that A you're going for.

Answer 3

Common and preferred shares are a couple of instances of Marketable securities. Others would be Bonds, commodity contracts..and even mortgage backed securities.

Answer 4

Is cash and cash equivalents the same thing as cash? Yes Is accounts and notes receivable the same thing as current receivables? No If the net accounts and notes receivables is 4389 is this the same number that I should use for current receivables? No, for Notes only the portion expected to be collected in the current fiscal year would be deemed as current. Is stockholder’s equity the same thing as shareholder’s equity? Yes

Answer 5

No, it's usually short-term tradeable securities that are more akin to cash. Think CDs, Treasury bills, short-term corporate paper.

The key is these assets are ready and available for resale. They aren't being held as an investment.