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VOCAB Section 9-3
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9
Economics
12th Grade
04/02/2012

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Term
capital gain
Definition
difference between the higher selling price and the lower original purchase price
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capital loss
Definition
investor who sells a stock at a price lower than the purchase price
Term
stock split
Definition
divide its stock into a large number of shares
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brokers
Definition
person who carries out investors' orders to buy and sell stocks
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investment bank
Definition
a firm that buys large blocks of stocks and bonds issued by companies and then resells those securities to investors at a profit
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bull market
Definition
financial market in which the prices of stocks is generally on the rise and in which investors believe that prices will continue to rise
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bear market
Definition
prices decline and in which investors believe that prices will continue to fall
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yields
Definition
total income earned on a loan
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futures
Definition
bought in order to
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