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Stock Market Basics
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1. Stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
Dividend
Preferred Stock
NASDAQ
P / E
2. The market in which securities that are not listed on exchanges are traded
Penny stock
unseasoned equity offering
OTC [Over-the-counter]
Net change
3. A group of underwriters formed to share the risk and to help sell an issue
NASDAQ
syndicate
limit v. stop orders
three ways of the secondary market
4. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
NASDAQ
Blue chip stock
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
Ticker
5. An order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price
NYSE
Bear market
Market order
Dow Jones idustrial average
6. That part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders
prospectus
Dividend
stop-limit order
NASDAQ
7. Mutual fund in which shares are sold without a commission or sales charge
No-load
Mutual fund
stop-sell v. stop-buy
OTC [Over-the-counter]
8. Equity financing for nonpublic companies
Stock split
private equity
Common stock
Stop order
9. Stock from nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry often having annual revenue of one billion or more
Blue chip stock
No-load
Dividend
Stock split
10. The person(s) resposible for implementing a fund's investing strategy and managing its portfolio trading activities
stop-limit order
rights offer
Fund manager
dealer v. broker
11. All of the investments - including stocks - bonds - mutual funds - options - and commodities - that are traded
NYSE minimum requirements
Securities
venture capital VC
Blue chip stock
12. A market characterized by rising prices for securities
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
Fund manager
AMEX
Bull market
13. Securities market where dealers buy and sell securities for their own inventories; NASDAQ is one example
P / E
Limit order
private equity
over-the counter market
14. Order to sell shares if the stock price falls to a specified stop price above the current stock price; also called stop-loss b/c it is usually intended to limit losses on a long position
stop-sell v. stop-buy
Market order
Stop order
over-the counter market
15. A certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation. There is no guarantee of making money with a stock.
Bear market
bid v. ask
private equity
Stock
16. Price/earnings
Appreciation
Bond
No-load
P / E
17. That part of the earnings of a corporation that is distributed to its shareholders
Ticker
Dividend
rights offer
Bond
18. Securities initially offered only to existing owners
dealer v. broker
OTC [Over-the-counter]
prospectus
rights offer
19. Stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
Dividend
Preferred Stock
Ticker
Dow Jones idustrial average
20. The most basic form of ownership - including voting rights on major issues - in a company
Appreciation
Common stock
stop-limit order
Securities
21. An increase in price or value of a stock
stop-limit order
Bear market
unseasoned equity offering
Appreciation
22. Securities market where dealers buy and sell securities for their own inventories; NASDAQ is one example
Dividend
NYSE Hybrid Market
AMEX
over-the counter market
23. Stop order is where the customer specifies a stop price in which once it's reached - it is converted into a market order
Preferred Stock
Fund manager
limit v. stop orders
NYSE minimum requirements
24. Another name for IPO - b/c shares are not available to the public before the IPO
OTC [Over-the-counter]
Blue chip stock
Dow Jones idustrial average
unseasoned equity offering
25. A person who buys or sells stocks for another in exchange for a commission
NASDAQ
over-the counter market
Appreciation
Stock broker
26. NASDAQ was opened to his which is a website that allowed investors to trade directly with one another;
Bond
Penny stock
Stock
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
27. Dealer- has inventory like car dealer - broker- brings buyers and sellers together (like real estate broker)
Stock broker
unseasoned equity offering
dealer v. broker
rights offer
28. A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
red herring
NASDAQ
red herring
Bond
29. American Stock Exchange
AMEX
No-load
Discount broker
NYSE Hybrid Market
30. Difference between closing price of previous day and current day
prospectus
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
syndicate
Net change
31. Stop order is where the customer specifies a stop price in which once it's reached - it is converted into a market order
limit v. stop orders
Market order
Fund manager
stop-limit order
32. Trading that occurs off the exchange on which the security is listed and fourth market is the direct trading of exchange-listed securities maong investors
dutch auction underwriting
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
bid v. ask
third market v. fourth market
33. The market in which securities that are not listed on exchanges are traded
best efforts underwriting
OTC [Over-the-counter]
Preferred Stock
Securities
34. A market characterized by rising prices for securities
Market order
NASDAQ
Bull market
Stock split
35. Buying a stock at a price you set
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
Dow Jones idustrial average
Limit order
over-the counter market
36. Fund that pools the savings of many individuals and invests this money in a variety of stocks - bonds - and other financial assets
Penny stock
Common stock
Stop order
Mutual fund
37. 1directly with other investors - indirectly through a broker who arranges transactions with others - directly with a dealer who buys and sells securities from inventory
three ways of the secondary market
NYSE minimum requirements
over-the counter market
Securities
38. An order to a broker to sell or buy stocks or commodities at the prevailing market price
Net change
Market order
best efforts underwriting
limit v. stop orders
39. Bid- price dealer is willing to pay - ask- price dealer will sell at
prospectus
P / E
AMEX
bid v. ask
40. A measure of stock market prices based on thirty leading companies of the new york stock exchange and nasdaq
Dow Jones idustrial average
over-the counter market
NYSE v. NASDAQ
Stock
41. A person who buys or sells stocks for another in exchange for a commission
Stock broker
general cash offer
OTC [Over-the-counter]
unseasoned equity offering
42. An order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
Market order
Stop order
third market v. fourth market
Discount broker
43. Amount that you invest in securities
OTC [Over-the-counter]
syndicate
Potential loss
AMEX
44. Difference between closing price of previous day and current day
Potential loss
stop-limit order
Net change
Portfolio
45. An increase in price or value of a stock
No-load
Appreciation
firm commitment underwriting
NYSE v. NASDAQ
46. Dealer- has inventory like car dealer - broker- brings buyers and sellers together (like real estate broker)
Dividend
dealer v. broker
NYSE minimum requirements
Limit order
47. A list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution
Potential loss
Stock split
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
Portfolio
48. An order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
Stop order
stop-limit order
third market v. fourth market
P / E
49. NASDAQ was opened to his which is a website that allowed investors to trade directly with one another;
No-load
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
venture capital VC
best efforts underwriting
50. American Stock Exchange
Bear market
AMEX
over-the counter market
Discount broker
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