FINAL VOCABULARY POWERPOINT

BY; PARKER MADDEN

STOCK

• The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

DIVIDENDS

– A sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).

CAPITAL GAIN

• A profit from the sale of property or of an investment.

COMMON STOCK

• Shares entitling their holder to dividends that vary in amount and may even be missed, depending on the fortunes of the company.

BLUE CHIP STOCK

• A common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable.

DOW JONES

• An indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing“.

FUTURES

• A financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset (or the seller to sell an asset), such as a physical commodity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price.

OPTIONS

• A thing that is or may be chosen.

BOND

• Physical restraints used to hold someone or something prisoner, esp. ropes or chains.

MUTUAL FUNDS

• An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.

COMMODITIES

• A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.

PREFERRED STOCK

• Stock that entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of common-stock dividends.

NYSE

• Is the state education department in New York.