In a “take-private” transaction, a private equity group purchases or acquires the stock of a publicly traded corporation. Private companies also do not have ... In some cases, private ...

Anyone with a retirement account like a 401(k) or IRA probably owns some amount of stock in multiple public companies whether they know it or not ... can no longer be traded publicly.

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