The name for a single unit of stock that you can own.
What is a share
100
The name for a person who owns a bond
What is bondholder
100
A general word for ownership of stocks, bonds, etc; also the transferable certificate of ownership
What is securities
100
how good a company or individual’s credit record is (seen as how likely they are to pay back money loaned to them in the future) if called their credit ______________.
What is credit rating
100
The name for a stock that has a very high rating and is considered very safe
What is blue chip
200
The name for a person who owns stock in a company
What is shareholder or stockholder
200
The word for the return on your bond; how much money you get back from it
What is yield
200
The name for products such as agricultural products and natural resources (i.e. gold) that can be traded
What is commodities
200
The name for the money you pay on top of what you initially borrowed, when you take out a loan. It is usually a percentage.
What is interest
200
The money you get back on an investment is called your ROI, or ____________ ____ ____________
What is return on investment
300
Money you are given periodically if you own stock in a company that regularly shares a portion of its profits
What is a dividend
300
The name for a bond from a company with a poor credit rating; it's risky to buy these
What is junk bond
300
The name for a type of savings account that provides a slightly higher interest rate, but usually has a high minimum because the funds are invested in bonds and other paper notes
What is a money market account
300
The name of the company that rates countries and companies (either one)
What is Moody or Standard and Poor
300
the acquisition of one company (called the target company) by another (called the acquirer) that is accomplished by going directly to the company's shareholders or fighting to replace management to get the acquisition approved.
What is a hostile takeover
400
What Marth Stewart was convicted of
What is insider trading
400
The name for bonds from companies with at least OK credit
What is investment grade
400
The name for a fund that pools the assets of its investors and invests the money on behalf of those investors, so that an individual investor can make a larger profit than he would be able to on his own
What is a mutual fund
400
The Standard and Poor rating for a junk bond (any one of them)
What is B or C
400
Adjective that refers to how quickly and easily an investment can be turned into cash.
What is liquid
500
The name for the collection of stocks that you won
What is your portfolio
500
The verb for what a bond does when it's term is up and you get your money back plus whatever profit there is (or isn't)
What is "mature"
500
The name for a stock that costs very little, often less than one dollar
What is a penny stock
500
The name for when a person or company does not pay back a loan