The Douala Stock Exchange offers two main types of financial product:

Stocks and Shares

The trading of stocks and shares is the most well-known activity of the Stock Exchange. A share represents a right of ownership or an equity investment in a company.

There are various types of shares. The most well-known are ordinary shares. These grant to persons who hold them the right to vote at shareholders meetings. Each share held give right to one vote.

Shareholders also have a right to a profit, if the financial situation allows the company distributes a part of its profits to shareholders. This is known as a dividend.

Shareholders also have a right to information. Shareholders are entitled to know what the company is doing, and they may look at certain documents such as annual reports, decisions taken at annual meetings, etc.

Les Bonds

A bond is a loan note or debt instrument. The saver or the investor who buys a bond obtains a debt instrument which represents a fraction of a loan granted to the issuer. This could be the State, a local organisation or a private or public company.

As well as the repayment of the loan at the due date, the saver or investor will receive a fixed interest payment at regular intervals.