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| a program for employees where the employee can invest in the stock market with pre-tax money. Typically employers will pay (match) up to 3-5% of the money the employee puts in. |
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| stock prices are generally falling |
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| a price at which a stock can be sold |
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| stock that has risen in price consistently over a long timeframe |
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| stock prices are generally rising |
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| an order to buy stock that expires at the end of the day |
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| trader who buys and sells stock based tiny trends during each day |
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| when a company shares the money they earned with people who own shares |
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| the average of 30 consistently performing, stable stocks which makes up 15% of the total market value |
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| a good way to compare earnings from company to company. Interest, taxes, depreciation, and appreciation can make huge changes in the earnings number. |
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| a pool of stocks sold to private individuals, and managed based on financial loopholes instead of actual company performance |
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| a company "goes public" and raises money/capital by selling shares to people who think the company will do well. |
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| a company with lots of money and assets, typically more stable |
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| a command given to buy or sell stock when the price reaches a certain point |
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| market capitalization - or a measure of a company's value. Apple issues 100 shares, and people are willing to pay $100 for those shares, the public thinks that Apple is worth 100*$100, or 10,000 |
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| the time that the stock market closes. 4pm EST |
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| a panic time triggered by something really bad happening globally, when investors sell stock and get money - even at major losses, just to try to get out of the diving market. |
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| a command given to buy or sell stock at whatever the price is ("sell this now, whatever the price is") |
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| a company with moderate levels of assets, typically moderately stable |
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| an often stable blend of stocks, plus bonds (low interest), commodoties (sugar, corn, iron) which is packaged by investment firms and sold in that bundle. The actual mix of each varies from time to time, as the firm attempts to maximize the profit of the fund |
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| a list of small cap companies that have met standards of accounting required by the NASDAQ |
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| profit to earnings ratio. Stock price divided by the amount of earnings per share the company had the previous year. A company who earns $1million, and has 1 million shares, will have a P/E ratio of 1 |
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| stock that sells for very little money, and may go bankrupt or double in value at any moment. |
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| the most protected level of stock. In the event of a bankruptcy, the people who were owed money by the company can take shares of the company to offset their loses. Preferred stock are the last people to lose their shares. |
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| The top 500 companies as measured by Standard and Poor (these are people) |
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| a percentage of a company (stock) |
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| companies without much money in assets |
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| a percentage of a company (share) |
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| Treasury Bill - loan money to the government for a certain amount of time, and they will pay you back after that time, plus an interest rate. If the interest rate is bad(low), people tend to invest. If it's good (high), people tend to loan money in the government. |
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