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| Going Public: Initial Public Offering |
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| The process of selling shares that were formerly privately held to new investors for the first time |
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| A type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim on part of the corporation's assets and earnings |
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| The group of assets- such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds-- held by an investor |
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| Small Cap Companies "Growth Stocks" |
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| Companies having a market capitalization between $300 million to $2 billion |
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| Mid Cap "Secondary Stocks" |
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| Between 10 and 200 billion dollars in market capitalization |
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Stock of a well-established and financially-sound company that has demonstrated its ability to pay dividends in both good and bad times
-Offer smallest returns but little fluctuation of prices |
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Stocks sold for less than $1 a share
-Riskiest |
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| A mutual fund whose objective is to invest in a particular industry or sector of the economoy to capitalize on returns |
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