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Vocabulary from our unit on Language of the Stock Market

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Stock Market   show
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show A share of ownership in the assets and earnings of a business.  
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show The piece of paper a shareholder receives representing their ownership of a stock.  
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show An individual who has a variety of investments tools to decrease risk.  
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Investment Risk   show
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show The increase or decrease in the original purchase price of an investment.  
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Common Stock   show
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show Shares owned by existing stockholders are divided into a larger number of shares.  
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Dividends   show
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show Shares which pay fixed dividends and have precedence over common stock.  
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show The fixed value stated on a preferred stock certificate which indicates the dividends which will be paid to the shareholder.  
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show The amount a willing buyer will pay a willing seller for a stock.  
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Growth Stock   show
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show A stock which pays higher than average dividends because the company chooses to retain only a small portion of the profits.  
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Value Stock   show
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Countercyclical Stock   show
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Cyclical Stock   show
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Speculative Stock   show
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show Stock from nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry often having annual revenue of $1 billion or more.  
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show Net worth of a company.  
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Earnings Per Share   show
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Price/earning Ratio   show
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Beta   show
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show Stock price percent change from January 1st.  
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52 Week High   show
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52 Week Low   show
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show A stock's abbreviated trading symbol name.  
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Dividends per Share   show
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Dividend Yield Percentage   show
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show Number of transactions to the share on the reported day, represented in hundreds.  
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High Selling Price   show
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Low Selling Price   show
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Close   show
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Net Change   show
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Dow Jones Industrial   show
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Standard and Poor’s 500 Index   show
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show Monitors fast moving technology and financial services stocks. Usually the companies are smaller and transactions occur over an electronic market.  
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show The market is doing poorly and investors are not confident in the economy. Investors are not purchasing stocks and are selling what is already owned.  
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Bull Market   show
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show A person who is licensed to buy and sell stocks, provides investment advice, and collects a commission on each purchase or sale.  
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show The oldest and largest exchange with the strictest company standards.  
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American Stock Exchange   show
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show Stocks traded to investors who are living in a specific geographical area.  
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