Iyini isitoko kwezezimali?
Kwezezimali, isitokwe (futhi isitokwe semali) siqukethe zonke izinzuzo okuhlukaniswa ngazo ubunikazi benhlangano noma inkampani. (Igama elithi "stocks" lisetshenziselwa ukubhekisela emasheya, ikakhulukazi ngesiNgisi saseMelika.) Isabelo esisodwa sesitoko sisho ubunikazi obunezingxenye zenhlangano ngokulingana nenani eliphelele lamasheya. Lokhu kuvame ukunikeza umnikazi wamasheya (umnikazi wamasheya) leyo ngxenye yenzuzo yenkampani, imali etholakala ngokuqedwa kwezimpahla (ngemuva kokukhishwa kwazo zonke izimangalo eziphambili ezifana nezikweletu ezivikelekile nezingavikelekile), noma amandla okuvota, ngokuvamile ahlukanisa lokhu ngokulingana nenani lemali umnikazi wamasheya ngamunye atshalile. Akuwona wonke amasheya alinganayo, njengoba izinhlobo ezithile zamasheya zingakhishwa ngokwesibonelo ngaphandle kwamalungelo okuvota, ngamalungelo okuvota athuthukisiwe, noma ngokubeka phambili okuthile ukuthola inzuzo noma imali yokuqedwa ngaphambi noma ngemuva kwezinye izigaba zabaninimasheya.  Amasheya angathengwa futhi athengiswe ngasese noma ezimakethe zamasheya, futhi ukuthengiselana okunjalo kuvame ukulawulwa kakhulu ohulumeni ukuze kuvinjelwe ukukhwabanisa, kuvikelwe abatshalizimali, futhi kuzuze umnotho omkhulu. Izinqolobane zifakwa kuma-depository ngefomethi ye-elekthronikhi eyaziwa nangokuthi i-Demat account. Njengoba kukhishwa amasheya amasha yinkampani, ubunikazi namalungelo abanikazi bamasheya abakhona ayancipha ukuze bathole imali yokulondoloza noma yokukhulisa ibhizinisi. Izinkampani zingase futhi zithenge kabusha amasheya, okuvame ukuvumela abatshalizimali ukuba babuyise imali abayitshalile ekuqaleni kanye nezinzuzo zezimali ezivela ekukhuphukeni okulandelayo kwentengo yamasheya. Izinketho zamasheya ezikhishwa izinkampani eziningi njengengxenye yenkokhelo yabasebenzi azibonisi ubunikazi, kodwa zimelela ilungelo lokuthenga ubunikazi esikhathini esizayo ngentengo ethile. Lokhu kungasho ukuthi izisebenzi zizothola inzuzo engajwayelekile uma inketho isetshenziswa lapho intengo yemakethe iphakeme kunentengo ethenjisiwe, ngoba uma bezothengisa amasheya ngokushesha babezogcina umehluko (ngaphandle kwentela).