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math voca b
20 math vocab. words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blue Chip | A common stock of a nationaly known company whose value and dividends are reliable |
| Bid | a formal proposal to buy a stock at a specified price |
| Limit Order | buying a stock at a price you set |
| Bear Market | a stock market with declining stock prices |
| Bond | a certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money |
| Stop Order | an order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a stock rises (falls) to a designated level |
| Commission | payment to a stock broker for bringing together (brokering) the buyer and the seller |
| Broker | person who buys and sells goods or shares for others |
| P/E Ratio | a valuation of a company's current share price compared to its share price earnings |
| Common Stock | the basic type of stock issued to the stockholders of a corporation |
| Corporation | an organization that is authorized by law to carry on an activity but treated as though it were a single person |
| Dividend | that part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders |
| Bull Market | a stock market with rising stock prices |
| NASDAQ | Monitors fast moving technology and financial services stocks. Usually the companies are smaller and transactions occur over an electronic market. |
| New York Stock Exchange | The largest and most prestigious stock exchange in the world. |
| Volume | The number of shares bought and sold for the day |
| Securities and Exchange Commission | Federal agency that reports to Congress and given responsibility for overseeing external financial reporting by publicy traded corporations. |
| 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 |
| Wall Street | A street in the city of Manhattan, New York where several major brokerage firms and stock exchanges are located |
| 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. |
| Offer | The price an investor can buy from the market, also called the ASK PRICE. |
| PEG Ratio | A stock's Price/Earnings ratio dividend by its projected earnings growth rate. |
| Dow Jones | index of stock prices of select companies |
| 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 |
| Market Order | an order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price |
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