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20 math vocab. words

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Blue Chip   A common stock of a nationaly known company whose value and dividends are reliable  
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Bid   a formal proposal to buy a stock at a specified price  
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Limit Order   buying a stock at a price you set  
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Bear Market   a stock market with declining stock prices  
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Bond   a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money  
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Stop Order   an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a stock rises (falls) to a designated level  
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Commission   payment to a stock broker for bringing together (brokering) the buyer and the seller  
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Broker   person who buys and sells goods or shares for others  
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P/E Ratio   a valuation of a company's current share price compared to its share price earnings  
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Common Stock   the basic type of stock issued to the stockholders of a corporation  
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Corporation   an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person  
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Dividend   that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders  
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Bull Market   a stock market with rising stock prices  
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NASDAQ   Monitors fast moving technology and financial services stocks. Usually the companies are smaller and transactions occur over an electronic market.  
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New York Stock Exchange   The largest and most prestigious stock exchange in the world.  
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Volume   The number of shares bought and sold for the day  
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Securities and Exchange Commission   Federal agency that reports to Congress and given responsibility for overseeing external financial reporting by publicy traded corporations.  
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Selling Short   Investors who sell shares they do not own - "borrows" them from a broker - and holding them in hope of buying them back at a lower price and gaining a profit  
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Wall Street   A street in the city of Manhattan, New York where several major brokerage firms and stock exchanges are located  
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Head and Shoulders   A chart pattern in which there are three successive rallies which form the outline of a person's upper torso. This patternis used to alert investors that a stock price could be headed for a fall.  
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Offer   The price an investor can buy from the market, also called the ASK PRICE.  
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PEG Ratio   A stock's Price/Earnings ratio dividend by its projected earnings growth rate.  
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Dow Jones   index of stock prices of select companies  
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Share   any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate  
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Market Order   an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price  
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