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Details Title: Financial Literacy Description: Financial Terms Total Flash Cards: 19 Created: 12/10/2007 10:15:48	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term 10K Report Definition A summary report of a companies performance that must be given anually to the SEC. Term 13 D Report Definition It alerts managment that somebody may be trying to gain control of outstanding shares. Term Annual Report Definition Widely used resource for investor information. Term Capitalism Definition The dynamic process of creating and sustaining bussiness through private investment. Term Common Stock Definition The security that represents ownership in a corporation which provides voting rights and entitiling the shareholder to a share of the companies success. Term Dividends Definition Share of the corporations profits which are paid to the stock hoder. Term Fundamental Analysis Definition An analysis of the company itself. Its operations and positions in the industry. Term Futures Definition Contracts that are used to buy and sell items that are mined and grown sometime in the future. Term GTC Order Definition A.K.A Good Till Cancelled Tells the broker to buy a stock at a specific price unless cancelled. Term Liquidity Definition The ease and cost at which you can sell and get your money out of an investment. Term Market Order Definition Tells the broker to buy or sell at the best price currently available on the NYSE. Term Mutual Fund Definition Made up of money that is pooled together by a large number of investors who invest their money in a large portfolio of stocks and bonds. Term NAV Definition AKA Net Asset Value the total value of a funds investment minus liabilities divided by the number of shares outstanding. Term Preferred Stock Definition Capitol stock that has priority when it comes to the distribution of dividends and assets. Term Primary Capitol Market Definition The process of raising new money and selling stock directly to the public. Term Proxy Definition Permission given by a stock broker to vote for him or her. Term Round Lot Order Definition Tells a broker to buy or sell in multiples of 100 shares. Term Seat Definition The traditional term for the right to trade on the NYSE trading floor. Term Technical Analysis Definition An analysis of the company stock, its price movement and trading volume.