Final PowerPointMrs. Kilgore

By: Abby

Stock

• a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.

Dividends

• Mathematics . a number that is to be divided by a divisor.

capital gain

• profit from the sale of assets, as bonds or real estate.

common stock

• stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.

blue chip stock

• A term used to describe stocks of high-quality, financially sound corporations.

Dow Jones

• short for Dow Jones Industrial Average, first published 1884 by Charles Henry Dow (d.1902) and Edward D. Jones (d.1920), later publishers of "The Wall Street Journal."

futures

• something that will exist or happen in time to come: The future is rooted in the past.

options

• the power or right of choosing.

bond

• Something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.

mutal fund

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

commodities

• an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.

preferred stock

• stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.

New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

• the largest stock exchange in the U.S., located in New York City. Abbreviation: NYSE, N.Y.S.E.