Appraisal expertise can be carried out to determine the market value of stocks (common and preferred stocks), debt securities (bonds and promissory notes), derivative instruments (options, futures), issued by state bodies, financial institutions (security exchanges and banks), enterprises and organizations.

Securities appraisal is the determination of company’s (business) value, namely that share of business, which belongs to the appraised share holding. Appraisal expertise can be implemented in order to determine the market value of the common and preferred stocks, which were issued by open or closed joint-stock companies.

The basis for appraising the stocks is the determination of their prices as financial instruments, which could earn profit for its holder.