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Stock Market Notes 11/08
Yukon Language Arts prep
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Economics
6th Grade
11/05/2008

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Term
Shareholders
Definition

people who own stock in a company

Term
Shareholder's Privileges
Definition

1. get dividends

2. gets to vote on board of directors

Term

Buying Stock

Definition
part owner of the company
Term

Risk

Definition

1. only money you invested

2. chance of losing all or part of an investment

Term
Stock Prige Goes Up
Definition

you make money

Term

Stock Prive Goes Down

Definition
you lose money
Term

Exchanges

Definition
stocks bought and sold in market places
Term
Examples of Exchanges
Definition

1. new york stock exchange

2. american stock exchange

3. NASDAQ - nation association of securities dealers automated quotation system

Term
Stocks
Definition
ownership of share in a business
Term
Dividend
Definition
part of the company's profits paid to stockholder
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Private Company
Definition
company owned by one person, family, or small group of investors that does not sell stock
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Public Company
Definition
company owned by inverstors who buy shares of stock
Term
Profit/Earnings
Definition
money left over after subtracting the company's expenses from its revenue
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