Name that Stock Market (exchange)
Reading stock quotes
Cause and effect (S, D, P)
Common Vocabulary
Mixed Bag
100

World's biggest stock exchange 

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

100

The number that represents what the stock is currently trading at 

Current share price

100

A company announces much higher than expected profits

Increase in demand and price (either or both acceptable)

100

The lowest price at which a seller will sell the stock is called

Ask

100

A financial firm or institution that facilitates buying and selling securities on behalf of investors

Brokerage 

200

Canada's major stock exchange

Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX)

200

A distribution of earnings, often quarterly, by a company to its shareholders is called a

Dividend

200

A company announces much lower than expected profits

Increase in supply, decrease in price(either or both acceptable)

200

This type of share has voting rights, but does not typically receive dividends

Common Share

200

The number of shares of a security traded during a given period of time

Volume

300

Stock exchange containing most of the high-tech companies

NASDAQ

300

Abbreviation of the share price to earnings ratio


P/E ratio

300

A company unrelated to the company in question announces much higher than expected profits

No effect

300

Companies that operate according to certain environmental, moral, or social standards is called...

Ethical Companies

300

Time IN the market always beats

Timing THE market

400

Canadian stock exchange containing smaller companies

TSX-V

400

A measure of the company’s profitability

EPS (Earnings per share)

400

A company's direct competitor announces higher profits

Decrease in D and P (one or both acceptable)

400

A financial market characterized by rising prices and investor optimism

Bull Market

400

A Canadian investment account that shelters the investor from paying tax on their profits

Tax Free Savings Account (TFSA)

500

European union stock exchange 

Euronext

500

The total book value of the company (number of shares outstanding x current stock price)

Market Capitalization (Market Cap)

500

A company orders a buyback, and cancels the bought back shares. 

Decrease in supply, typically increase in price (per share)

500

The practice of an investor buying more shares in a stock they already own when it has dropped in price

Averaging down

500

A public offering in which shares of a company are sold to institutional investors and usually also to retail investor

Initial Public Offering (IPO)

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