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Stock Market Vocab
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Social Studies
7th Grade
02/20/2015

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corporation
Definition
a company with 2 distinct parts
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stock
Definition
ownership in a corporation
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share
Definition
a unit of stock
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earnings
Definition
money that remains after subtracting the company's expenses from its money earned
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dividend
Definition
part of a company's profits that a company's profits that a company pay to stockholders
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P/E ratio
Definition
a company's stock price divided by it's earnings per share
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industry
Definition
a group of similar businesses (broadcasting, food, computers)
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volatility
Definition
how much a price changes over time
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volume
Definition
the number of shares traded in a company's stock
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risk
Definition
the chance of losing all or part of the value of an investment
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revenue
Definition
money earned by a company before expenses are deducted
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interest
Definition
the fee charged for borrowing money or credit
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principal
Definition
the original sum invested
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stock split
Definition
replacing each share of stock with a larger number of lower-priced shares
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publicly owned company
Definition
a company who offers stock for sale
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Initial Public Offering
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IPO the initial offering of stock for sale when a company switches from being privately owned to publicly owned
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open
Definition
the price of a share of stock when markets open each day
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close
Definition
a stocks closing price on previous trading day
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Dow Jones Industrial Average
Definition
a price weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq
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