Terms A-E
Buying and selling the same security on different markets and at different price points.
What is Arbitrage?
contract that requires a buyer to purchase a specific asset, and the seller to sell that asset at a certain future date at an agreed-upon price.
what is futures
Borrow shares in a stock from your broker with the goal of increasing your profit
What is leverage
collection of investments owned by an investor
what is portfolio
price movements of a stock or the stock market
what is votality
The stock market being in a downward trend
What is Bear Market?
common stock of a company whose revenues are expected to grow at a significantly higher rate than what’s average for that industry.
Growth stocks
represents a lower price point for a stock/index
what is low
Info on a stocks latest trading price
what is quote
the number of shares of a stock traded during a particular time
what is volume
The time at which a stock exchange closes trading
What is close?
extremely thin spread between the bid and ask prices of a given stock.
what is haircut
A loan from a broker to purchase an investment. The difference between the amount of the loan and price of the securities is called margin.
what is margin
Rapid increase in the general price level of the market or stock
what is rally
A security that tracks index,sector, commodity or or asset but which can be sold the same way as a regular stock.
what is ETF
Portion of a company earnings paid to share/stock holders
What is Dividend
bench mark that is used as a reference marker for traders and portfolio managers
what is index
Stocks average price per share during a specific period of time
What is moving average
1 to 4 character alphabetic root symbol that represents a publicly traded company
What is stock symbol
amount of money a trader is willing to pay per share for a stock
what is bid
Place where different investments are traded
what is exchange
First sale or offering of a stock by a company to the public.
what is IPO
the time at which people can begin trading
what is open
group of stocks that are in the same industry
what is sector
price is what a seller wants per share of the same stock.
what is ask