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P Stock Market Vocab
Parikh`s Stock Market Vocab
Word | Definition |
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Dividend | A portion of a company`s profit that may be paid to shareholders. |
Private Company | A company owned by a person,family,or small group of of investors that do not sell stock to the company. |
Liquidity | The ease of converting an asset(stock)into money in a timely fashion with little or no loss in value. |
Public Company | A company owned by investors who buy shares of stock,usually through a stock exchange |
Profit/Earnings | The amount of money that remains after subtracting the company`s expenses from it`s revenue |
Risk | The chance of losing all or part of the value of an investment |
Stock | Ownership of shares in a business. Companies issue stock to raise money for a variety of reasons,including expanding or modernizing their operations. |
Stockholders (also Shareholders) | One who owns shares in a business |