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Security (finance)

Securities are tradeable interests representing financial value. They are
often represented by a certificate. They include shares of corporate stock
or mutual funds, bonds issued by corporations or governmental agencies,
stock options and other derivative securities, limited partnership units,
and various other formal "investment instruments."

Securities are generally considered able to be traded on an exchange, and
therefore registered with the SEC, though some may never trade on an
exchange and some are exempt from registration.

Due to the difficulty of creating a general definition that covers all
securities, the United States SEC attempts to define "securities"
exhaustively (and not very prcisely) as: "any note, stock, treasury stock,
security future, bond, debenture, certificate of interest or participation
in any profit-sharing agreement or in any oil, gas, or other mineral royalty
or lease, any collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or
subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust
certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, any put, call, straddle,
option, or privilege on any security, certificate of deposit, or group or
index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value
thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a
national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or in general,
any instrument commonly known as a "security"; or any certificate of
interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt
for, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing;
but shall not include currency or any note, draft, bill of exchange, or
banker's acceptance which has a maturity at the time of issuance of not
exceeding nine months, exclusive of days of grace, or any renewal thereof
the maturity of which is likewise limited." --Section 3a item 10 of the 1934 Act.

Banknotes, checks, and some bills of exchange do not fall into this
category. Securities that have already been issued may also be traded; this
trading is called the aftermarket.

In the U.S., dealing in securities is heavily regulated by both the federal
authorities (chiefly the S.E.C.) and state authorities.

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