When you're looking at investing your money in the stocks of different companies, what do you look for? Perhaps you're looking for businesses that provide you with a steady stream of income from dividends. Or maybe you want to put your money into companies that can withstand economic pressures. Along with these considerations, you may want to look at other types of stocks—of companies that have diversified businesses and those that produce a single product line or business. The latter are called pure plays. Here, we take a look at these companies, along some of the benefits that come with investing in them, as well as the biggest risks they face.
What Is a Pure Play?
A pure play is an investors' term for a publicly-traded company that focuses its efforts and resources on only one line of business. As such, the performance of

With a 20-year investment perspective, you are considered to be a long-term investor. Put your money in the stock market, directly or through mutual funds containing stocks; the value of your investment may fluctuate, but over a longer time span, your average return is higher than what safer options can offer.
Your stock or investment fund may be up 11% one year, down 6% the next, then rebound up 9% and so forth, so it's definitely a bumpier ride than safe and predictable options, such as a savings account or a certificate of deposit (CD). However, when the 20 years have passed, you are virtually guaranteed to come out ahead in terms of actual dollars in your account.
Dollar-Cost Averaging
With dollar-cost averaging, an investor sets aside a fixed amoun

What Is a Buy-In?
A buy-in is when an investor is forced to repurchase shares because the seller did not deliver securities in a timely fashion or did not deliver them at all.
Understanding Buy-Ins
Those who fail to deliver the securities are generally notified with a buy-in notice. A buyer will send notice to exchange officials. As a result, officials will usually notify the seller of their delivery failure. The stock exchange (e.g., NASDAQ or NYSE) supports the investor in buying the stocks a second time from another seller. Typically, the original seller must make up any price difference between the original price and the second purchase price of the stock by the buyer.
Failure to answer the buy-in notice results in a broker buying the securities and delivering them on the client’s behalf. The client is required to pay back the broker at a pre-determined price.

What Is an Extraordinary General Meeting?
An extraordinary general meeting (EGM) is a meeting other than a company’s annual general meeting (AGM). An EGM is also called a special general meeting or emergency general meeting.
Understanding an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM)
In most cases, the only time shareholders and executives meet is during a company’s annual general meeting, which usually occurs at a fixed date and time.
However, certain events may require shareholders to come together on short notice to deal with an urgent matter, often concerning company management. The extraordinary general meeting is used as a way to meet and deal with urgent matters that arise in between the annual shareholders' meetings.
An EGM might be called to deal with any of the following:
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