If you’re a bond investor, the term “par value” is one you’re intimately familiar with. It’s the original issue value of the bond, also called its face value or nominal value. It’s an important ...

The face value of a share of stock is known as its par value, which is the legal capital of each share of stock. A business must retain this legal capital in its business and may not pay it out as ...

When you filed your private company's articles of incorporation with the secretary of state, you listed the types of stock and the number of authorized shares. If your incorporating state required it, ...

If you’re an equity investor, you buy stocks at the current market price and hope they appreciate. For debt investors, it’s the opposite concept. Investors buy bonds based on their face value: the ...

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Stocks' face value is their original listed value; bonds' face value is what's paid at maturity. Face value affects bond interest (coupon rate); buying undervalued bonds can boost yields. In the ...

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