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| A company's distribution of its profits in the form of cash or shares to its shareholders. |
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| The date on which the board of directors announcers the size of the dividend, the ex-dividend date, and the payment date. |
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| The date on which the stock "goes ex" meaning it begins trading in the secondary market "without dividend". |
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| A legal agreement a shareholder signs to allow someone else to vote for them at the corporations annual meeting. |
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| Increasing the number of stock shares outstanding by replacing the existing shares of stock with a given number of shares. |
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| A company repurchasing its own common shares. |
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| A company repurchasing its own common shares. |
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| The ratio of the annual dividends to the market price of the stock. |
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| A stock market characterized by falling prices. |
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| A stock market characterized by rising prices. |
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| The ratio of the annual dividends to the market price of the stock. |
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| A stock market characterized by falling prices. |
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| A stock market characterized by rising prices. |
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| CS issued by large, nationally known companies. |
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| CS issued by companies that have exhibited sales abs growth earnings well above their industry average. |
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| CS issued by mature firms that pay relatively high dividends with little increase in earnings. |
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| CS issued by large, nationally known companies. |
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| CS issued by companies that have exhibited sales abs growth earnings well above their industry average. |
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| CS issued by mature firms that pay relatively high dividends with little increase in earnings. |
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| CS that vary considerably more risk and variability than a typical stock. |
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| CS issued by companies whose earnings tend to move with the economy. |
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| CS issued by companies whose earnings tend not to be affected by swing sin the economy an din some cases, actually perform better during downturns. |
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| Large Caps, Mid Caps, and Small Caps |
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| Classifications of CS that refer to the size of the issuing firm - more specifically to the level of the firm's capitalization/market value. |
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| A method of stock analysis that focuses on supply and demand, using charts and computer programs to identify and project price trends for a stock or for the market as a whole. |
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| Price/earnings Ratio (P/E Ratio) |
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| Price per share / Earnings per share. |
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| Determining the value of a share by focusing on such determinants as future earnings and dividends, expected level of interest rates, and firm's risk. |
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| Discounted Dividends Valuation Model |
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| Value of CS = Dividends next year / (Required rate of return - Growth rate) |
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| A strategy for purchasing CS in which the investor purchases a fixed dollar amount of stock at specified intervals. |
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| An investment strategy that involves buying stock and holding it for a period of years. It has 4 main advantages: 1) it aims at avoiding 'timing the market', 2) it minimizes brokerage fees, 3) holding postpones any capital gains taxes, and 4) your gains will be taxed as long-term capital gains. |
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| Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRIP) |
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| An investment plan that allows the investor to automatically reinvest stock dividends in the same company's stock without paying a brokerage fee. |
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| The measurement of systematic risk. It is a measure of how responsive a stock portfolio is to changes in the market portfolio. The market beta is 1.0. An above-average systematic risk stock will have a beta greater than 1.0. A below-average systematic risk stock will have a beta with less than 1.0. |
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| Using borrowed funds to increase your purchasing power. |
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