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Vocabulary from our unit on Language of the Stock Market

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Stock Market   A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company.  
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Stock   A share of ownership in the assets and earnings of a business.  
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Stock Certificate   The piece of paper a shareholder receives representing their ownership of a stock.  
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Portfolio Diversification   An individual who has a variety of investments tools to decrease risk.  
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Investment Risk   The uncertainty about the outcome of an investment.  
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Rate of Return   The increase or decrease in the original purchase price of an investment.  
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Common Stock   Shares or units of ownership in a public corporation. The shareholder has voting rights in the corporation.  
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Stock Split   Shares owned by existing stockholders are divided into a larger number of shares.  
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Dividends   Distributions of earnings paid to stockholders.  
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Preferred Stock   Shares which pay fixed dividends and have precedence over common stock.  
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Par Value   The fixed value stated on a preferred stock certificate which indicates the dividends which will be paid to the shareholder.  
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Market Price   The amount a willing buyer will pay a willing seller for a stock.  
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Growth Stock   A stock from a company which has a consistent record of relatively rapid growth and earnings in all economic conditions.  
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Income Stock   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   Stock from a company which has a low market price considering historical earning records and value of current assets.  
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Countercyclical Stock   Stock from a company which gives consistent records of returns even when the economy is suffering because their product is always in demand.  
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Cyclical Stock   A stock which is greatly influenced by changes in the economic business cycle.  
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Speculative Stock   A very high risk stock from a company with potential for substantial earnings in the future.  
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Blue Chip Stock   Stock from nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry often having annual revenue of $1 billion or more.  
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Book Value   Net worth of a company.  
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Earnings Per Share   How much income a company has available to pay in dividends and reinvest as retained earnings on a per share basis.  
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Price/earning Ratio   Relationship between the price of one share of stock and the annual earnings of the company.  
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Beta   A measure of a stock’s volatility compared to changes in the overall stock market.  
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Year to Date   Stock price percent change from January 1st.  
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52 Week High   The highest price a stock was sold for in the past 52 weeks.  
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52 Week Low   The lowest price a stock was sold for in the past 52 weeks.  
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Stock Ticker Symbol   A stock's abbreviated trading symbol name.  
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Dividends per Share   Total cash paid to common stockholders per share.  
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Dividend Yield Percentage   The dividend expressed as a percentage of the price of the share.  
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Volume 100’s   Number of transactions to the share on the reported day, represented in hundreds.  
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High Selling Price   Highest selling price of one share of stock from the previous day.  
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Low Selling Price   Lowest selling price of one share of stock from the previous day.  
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Close   The price of the last share sold for the day.  
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Net Change   Difference between the closing price of the share from the prior day and the current day.  
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Dow Jones Industrial   Oldest indicator of the ups and downs of the stock market. Lists the 30 leading industrial blue chip stocks.  
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Standard and Poor’s 500 Index   Tracks the stock market activity for 500 stocks.  
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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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Bear Market   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   The market is doing well and investors are optimistic about the economy and purchasing stocks.  
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Broker   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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New York Stock Exchange   The oldest and largest exchange with the strictest company standards.  
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American Stock Exchange   The second largest exchange with less stringent requirements allowing for younger, smaller companies to be listed.  
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Regional Stock Exchange   Stocks traded to investors who are living in a specific geographical area.  
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