Stock
A stock that guarantees you a fixed dividend.
Preferred stock
Securities where investors lend money to a company or government for a period of time.
Bond
A security(bond/preferred stock) that can be converted into a different security.
Convertible security
Securities you can buy or sell through a firm on a stock exchange.
Exchange traded fund
An offering of securities to markets.
Public offering
A stock that doesn't guarantee dividends. If your company does well, you earn money. If your company doesn't do well, you can lose money.
Common stock
Date of which a payment is due.
Maturity date
Spreading your investments around so that you have more access to assets.
Financial diversification
Place in the market where stocks or bonds are sold for the first time.
Primary securities market
When private companies first sell stocks to the public.
Initial public offering
Shows the performance of a stock market.
Stock Index
The number on a bond. This amount is the how much money you will get paid at a later date.
Par value
You give your money to investors and in return you get stocks, bonds, and/or other investments.
Mutual fund
Place in the market where stocks and bonds can be bought or sold, and have already been issued by a company.
secondary securities market
Evaluating risks to protect financial institutions.
Underwriting
Profits you make by selling assets such as land or cars.
Capital gain
Annual interest rate paid on a bond.
Coupon rate
Calculates the value of a mutual fund.
Net asset value per share
A sale of stocks or bonds to specific investors rather than the open market.
Private placement
A document sent to investors with qualitative and quantitative data.
Registration statement
A market in which securities are bought and sold.
Stock exchange
Calculates bonds or anything that has a fixed interest.
Current yield
Somebody who sells securities to buyers and buys securities from sellers.
Market makers
A market that trades on a broker-scale due to unmet requirements of major exchanges.
Over-the-counter-market
Investors who meet the criteria of $200,000.
Accredited investor