Two reasons for buying stocks are _______
1. to earn dividend
2. for capital gains (profit on sale of stock)
This term refers to buying and selling stocks within the same trading day.
Day Trading
A _______ is used to measure and report the change in prices of a set of stocks.
Stock index
This term refers to an ownership share in a company.
Stock
This is the practice of spreading investments across various assets to reduce risk.
Diversification
The price at which a stock is traded is called this.
Market Price
This term describes the act of selling borrowed stocks with the expectation of buying them back at a lower price.
Short Selling
Name any stock indexes.
DJIA,
NASDAQ composites
S&P 500
DAX
TSE 300
Selling stock at a price greater than the purchase price (profit made from the selling of securities).
Capital Gains
What is a bear trap?
A false signal that indicates a downturn in a stock's price.
The street in which the NYSE is located
Wall Street
What are the 3 most traded stock in the world.
1. Apple INC 2. Tesla INC. 3. Amazon. INC
This market condition is characterized by falling prices.
Bear Market
This investment strategy involves purchasing stocks with the expectation they will increase in value over time.
Long-term Investment
What does IPO stand for?
Initial Public Offering
This term describes a significant drop in stock prices across the market.
Market Crash
The portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders
Dividend
What does "blue-chip stock" mean?
Shares in large, well-established, and financially sound companies.
A person who buys and sells securities for customers.
Stockbroker
The type of stock that gives the share holders voting rights.
Common stock
The first totally electronic stock market.
NASDAQ
Largest stock exchange in the world (bases on total value of all listed companies)
New York Stock exchange (NYSE)
This market condition is characterized by rising prices.
Bull Market
This type of investment involves pooling money to purchase a variety of stocks and bonds.
Mutual Investment
This term describes a company’s total assets minus total liabilities, representing the net worth of a company.
What is shareholder equity?