Stocks
What are Stocks?
•Stock is ownership in a publicly traded company.
•Stock is a claim on the company’s assets and earnings.
Where are Stocks bought and sold?
The Exchanges (NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ)
What is a bid price?
Bidders offers to buy a stock
Microsoft
MSFT
Bear Market
•the economy is bad and a recession is looming
What type of stock guarantees voting?
Common
What are the Indices?
A collection of stocks: DOW Jones, S&P 500, NASDAQ
What is ask price?
price offered to sell
GOOG
Bull Market
• the economy is great and stock prices are rising
Stock that guarantees Dividends
Preferred
What is an IPO
Initial Public Offering
What is the symbol for Coca-Cola?
KO
Exxon Mobile
XOM
WHat are Bonds?
•a debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (corporate or governmental) that borrows the funds for a defined period of time at a fixed interest rate.
What is a ticker symbol?
4 letters that represent a company in the stock market
What does NYSE and AMEX stand for?
New York Stock Exchange & American Stock Exchange
What causes stock prices to change?
anything
Target
TGT
Dollar Cost Average
•buying a fixed dollar amount of a particular investment on a regular schedule
What is the ticker symbol for Apple
AAPL
What does NASDAQ stand for?
National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotations
What is buying on Margin?
borrowing money to purchase securities
Nike
NKE
Short Selling
•a trade in which the investor borrows a security and sells it to another investor in market.