A share of ownership in assets in earnings of a company.
What is a stock?
100
The price of the last share of the day.
What is close?
100
From companies who have a consistent record of relatively rapid growth and earnings in all economic conditions.
What is growth stock?
100
The oldest indicator of the ups and downs of the stock market.
What is The Dow Jones?
100
Describes the state of the economy when the market is doing well and investors are optimistic about the economy.
What is Bull Market?
200
Type of debt that a company issues to investors for a specified amount of time.
What is a bond?
200
Year to date percent change is the stock price percent change from January 1 of the current year.
What is YTD%?
200
Stocks that pay higher than average dividends because the company chooses to retain only a small portion of its profits.
What is income stock?
200
Monitors fast moving technology and financial services stock -- usually smaller companies with more speculative stock that can have dramatic ups and downs.
What is NASDAQ?
200
Describes the state of the economy when the market is doing poorly and investors are not confident in the economy.
What is a Bear Market?
300
Money invested in a variety of investment tools to decrease risk.
What is portfolio diversity?
300
The number of transactions to the share on the reported day, represented in 100's
What is VOL 100's?
300
Stock from companies which have a low market price considering their historical earnings, records and value of current assets. Often viewed as investment bargains.
What is Value stock?
300
A person who is licensed to buy and sell stocks, provide investment advice and collect commission on each purchase or sale.
What is a person who is lilcensed to buy and sell stocks, provide investment advice and collect commission on each purchase or sale?
300
Characterized by a 20% decline from previous highs.
What is Bear Market?
400
A way to earn money from the increase in a stocks value, other than selling a stock.
What is a dividend?
400
These entries represent the high and low selling prices of one share of stock for the previous day.
What is High and Low?
400
Stock from companies with potential earnings in the future. High risk but profitable if the company grows.
What is Speculative stock?
400
The Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Standard and Poor' 500 and NASDAQ.
What are the three indexes that track stock?
400
Describes the state of the economy when the market is doing well- 20% over a period of time which usually last 29 months.
What is a Bull Market
500
A stock that refers to shares or unites of ownership in a public corporation and gives a person one vote per share owned to determine the companies board of directors.
What is Common Stock?
500
Net change is the difference between the closing price of the share from the prior day and the current day. A loss indicated by a minus sign.
What is NET CHG?
500
Stock from nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry. Often the companies have long records of profit and annual revenues of 1 billion dollars or more. Less risky.
What is Blue Chip stock?
500
Evaluation of annual earnings before taxes, net assets, market value, number of common shares offered to the public and number of stockholders owning 100 or more shares.
What is Minimum Exchange Requirements?
500
Largest exchange with the strictest company standards and offers stocks from 2800 companies.