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Stock Vocabulary
Stock Vocabulary
Bear Market
a market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling.
Bull Market
A market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying
Cyclical Stock
Insider Information
An equity security whose price is affected by ups and downs in the overall economy.
Brokerage Firm
a non-public fact regarding the plans or condition of a publicly traded company that could provide a financial advantage when used to buy or sell shares of the company's stock.
a financial institution that facilitates the buying and selling of financial securities between a buyer and a seller
Broker
Demand
A customer's willingness to pay a set price for a good or service
A person who buys and sells goods or assets for others
Diversification
To get into a new market which the business is not currently in, while also creating a new product for that new market.
Dividend
Market Order
Capital Stock
A sum of money paid regularly by a company to its shareholders out of its profits.
buy or sell order to be executed immediately at current market prices.
combination of of a corporations common stock and preferred stock
Dividend Yield
a dividend expressed as a percentage of a current share price.
Mutual Fund
an investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.
Cash Dividend/ Distribution
Money paid to stockholders, normally out of the corporation's current earnings or accumulated profits.
Corporations
Yield
The income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received from holding a particular security.
Close Price
Penny Stock
Growth Stock
The last price at which a stock trades during a regular trading session. For many U.S. markets, regular trading sessions run from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
A company stock that tends to increase in capital value rather than yield high income.
a common stock valued at less than one dollar, and therefore highly speculative.
Commission
A fee, basically, that is paid to a broker in exchange for the broker helping you by submitting your trading orders to the market.
Preferred Share
Inflation
A class of ownership in a corporation that has a higher claim on its assets and earnings than common stock.
a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.
Common Shares
Price- Earnings (P/E) Ratio
A form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security.
The ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its per-share earnings.
Initial Public Offering
a company's flotation on the stock exchange.