Investment Basics
Stock Market Terms
Investment Strategies
Economic Indicators
100

This type of investment allows you to own a portion of a company.

Stock

100

This is the marketplace where stocks are bought and sold.

Stock Exchange

100

This long-term strategy involves buying and holding investments over time.

Buy and Hold

100

This indicator measures the change in the prices of a basket of goods and services purchased by consumers, often used to assess inflation.

Consumer Price Index (CPI)

200

This term refers to the amount of money you initially invest in a stock.

Principal

200

This term refers to a company’s total value on the stock market.

Market Capitalization

200

This strategy involves spreading investments across different asset classes to reduce risk.

Diversification

200

This term describes the overall economic output of a country, calculated as the total value of all goods and services produced over a specific time period.

Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

300

This is the term for a market condition where prices are falling.

Bear market

300

This index tracks the performance of 30 major U.S. companies.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

300

This analysis approach focuses on company financial statements and metrics.

Fundamental analysis

300

This economic measurement reflects the value of goods and services produced by a nation's residents, regardless of whether they are located domestically or abroad.

Gross National Product (GNP)

400

This is a diversified collection of investments managed by a professional.

Mutual Fund

400

This term refers to the practice of buying and selling stocks to profit from short-term fluctuations.

Day Trading

400

This term describes the process of selling a stock that you do not own, hoping to buy it back at a lower price.

Short Selling

400

This term refers to the rate at which inflation is adjusted by the central bank to stabilize the economy, often influencing interest rates.

Taylor Rule

500

This term describes a bond’s interest rate.

Coupon rate

500

This is the price at which a stock is traded during the most recent transaction.

Market Price

500

This investment approach focuses on identifying trends and patterns in stock price movements.

Technical Analysis

500

This index is a composite measure that includes various leading, lagging, and coincident indicators to predict future economic activity.

Leading Economic Index (LEI)

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