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Stock Market Terminology
quiz 9/15
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Business
10th Grade
09/13/2011

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Term
Common shares
Definition
-securities that represent equity ownership in a company
-let an investor vote on matters like the election of directors
-give holder a share in a company's profits via dividends or capital gains
Term
day high/low
Definition
highest/lowest price a stock is traded for during the day
Term
Dividend
Definition
portion of a company's profit paid to common and preferred shareholders
Term
DJIA
Definition
Dow Jones Industrial Average
-30 stocks that trade on the NYSE
Term
Name some indexes
Definition
DJIA, S&P, S&P 500, NASDAQ
Term
EPS
Definition
Earnings per share
(company's profit/# of shares)
Term
Name some exchanges
Definition
(exchange = Place in which stocks are traded)
NASDAQ, AMEX, NYSE,
Term
52 week high/low
Definition
highest/lowest price in a year
Term
high price
Definition
highest price a security that has changed hands between a buyer and a seller
Term
IPO
Definition
initial public offering - first price a stock will trade at
Term
last
Definition
most recent trade of a security
Term
Limit order
Definition
An order to buy/sell a security at a specific price
Term
long
Definition
owns stock/another security
Term
low price
Definition
lowest price of a security that has changed hands between a buyer and a seller
Term
mutual fund
Definition
-pools of money managed by an investment company
-offers investors a variety of goals depending on fund and investment charter
-many funds these days are no load and impose no sales charge
Term
capital gain/loss
Definition
difference between total price you paid for a security, with the brokerage commission you paid, and the current value
Term
open
Definition
price at which a security opens the trading day
usually reflect's previous day's closing
Term
security
Definition
piece of paper that proves ownership of stocks, bonds, and other investments
Term
sell price
Definition
price received for sold security
Term
shares
Definition
ownership in the company (AKA stocks)
Term
short sale
Definition
investors who borrow stock and sell it to someone else are betting the shares go down in price. Then, they can buy the stock back at a lower price and pocket the difference as profit
Term
Split
Definition
-companies split outstanding shares into a larger number of shares
-investor's percentage of equity in the company remains the same
Term
Symbol
Definition
ticker symbol of the company
Term
volume
Definition
daily number of shares of a security that changes hands between a buyer and a seller
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