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Stock Market Basics
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1. Buys & sells for clients at a reduced commission. They offer little or no investment advice.
red herring
IPO [Initial Public Offering]
bid v. ask
Discount broker
2. Stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
Ticker
firm commitment underwriting
Preferred Stock
Stock broker
3. Bid- price dealer is willing to pay - ask- price dealer will sell at
Discount broker
bid v. ask
AMEX
firm commitment underwriting
4. A preliminary prospectus among investor to generate interest in the stock offering
Bull market
Dividend
red herring
Bond
5. Equity financing for nonpublic companies
Stock
dealer v. broker
private equity
AMEX
6. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
firm commitment underwriting
bid v. ask
NASDAQ
7. An order to a broker to sell (buy) when the price of a security falls (rises) to a designated level
Bull market
Stop order
NYSE minimum requirements
Bond
8. When issuer sells the entire issue to the underwriters
firm commitment underwriting
IPO [Initial Public Offering]
NYSE
limit v. stop orders
9. A corporation's first offer to sell stock to the public
Common stock
private equity
Dow Jones idustrial average
IPO [Initial Public Offering]
10. 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
Bull market
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
third market v. fourth market
Mutual fund
11. Another name for IPO - b/c shares are not available to the public before the IPO
Appreciation
unseasoned equity offering
Dow Jones idustrial average
Stock broker
12. Amount that you invest in securities
Potential loss
Preferred Stock
private equity
Discount broker
13. A market characterized by rising prices for securities
Penny stock
dealer v. broker
Net change
Bull market
14. A division of shares of a company into a larger number of shares. (A 2 for 1 allows a shareholder to double the number of shares but worth one half of their previous value - like trading a $10 for 2 $5's)
unseasoned equity offering
over-the counter market
Stock split
Ticker
15. NASDAQ was opened to his which is a website that allowed investors to trade directly with one another;
three ways of the secondary market
firm commitment underwriting
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
Fund manager
16. A stock selling for less that $1/share; usually high risk
Net change
Penny stock
Dow Jones idustrial average
third market v. fourth market
17. Price/earnings
P / E
Stock broker
best efforts underwriting
Appreciation
18. A group of underwriters formed to share the risk and to help sell an issue
NYSE minimum requirements
Limit order
firm commitment underwriting
syndicate
19. A market characterized by falling prices for securities
Penny stock
Bear market
over-the counter market
unseasoned equity offering
20. Mutual fund in which shares are sold without a commission or sales charge
Stock
Market order
Stock
No-load
21. Detailed acct of company's financial position - its operations - and its investment plans for the future which is submitted to SEC for approval
Bull market
NYSE Hybrid Market
prospectus
NYSE minimum requirements
22. A stock selling for less that $1/share; usually high risk
Market order
Penny stock
P / E
Appreciation
23. NASDAQ is a computer network with no physical location and has a multiple market maker system rather than a specialist system
Stock
Bond
NASDAQ
NYSE v. NASDAQ
24. 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
Ticker
bid v. ask
Blue chip stock
25. A person who buys or sells stocks for another in exchange for a commission
Fund manager
Preferred Stock
Bond
Stock broker
26. Difference between closing price of previous day and current day
bid v. ask
Net change
Limit order
firm commitment underwriting
27. A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
Bear market
red herring
IPO [Initial Public Offering]
Bond
28. 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
firm commitment underwriting
Bull market
Potential loss
stop-sell v. stop-buy
29. A person who buys or sells stocks for another in exchange for a commission
third market v. fourth market
Stock broker
Mutual fund
best efforts underwriting
30. Securities initially offered only to existing owners
rights offer
syndicate
NYSE minimum requirements
Mutual fund
31. Buys & sells for clients at a reduced commission. They offer little or no investment advice.
Stock
Limit order
Bull market
Discount broker
32. Underwriter doesn't guarantee any particular amount of money to the issuer
red herring
best efforts underwriting
private equity
NYSE v. NASDAQ
33. A certificate of debt (usually interest-bearing or discounted) that is issued by a government or corporation in order to raise money
Limit order
Bond
Mutual fund
IPO [Initial Public Offering]
34. The most basic form of ownership - including voting rights on major issues - in a company
NYSE
limit v. stop orders
Common stock
Bond
35. A computerized data system to provide brokers with price quotations for securities traded over the counter
Stock
prospectus
NYSE Hybrid Market
NASDAQ
36. NASDAQ was opened to his which is a website that allowed investors to trade directly with one another;
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
Market order
Discount broker
NYSE
37. Mutual fund in which shares are sold without a commission or sales charge
No-load
over-the counter market
third market v. fourth market
stop-limit order
38. Financing for new - often high-risk ventures
bid v. ask
venture capital VC
Portfolio
Preferred Stock
39. Underwriter doesn't guarantee any particular amount of money to the issuer
Market order
electronic communications networks (ECNs)
Bear market
best efforts underwriting
40. Also known as secondary and follow-on offering
rights offer
Ticker
syndicate
seasoned equity offering (SEO)
41. Securities initially offered only to existing owners
venture capital VC
NYSE
Dow Jones idustrial average
rights offer
42. Price/earnings
P / E
stop-sell v. stop-buy
NYSE Hybrid Market
limit v. stop orders
43. Buying a stock at a price you set
venture capital VC
unseasoned equity offering
Fund manager
Limit order
44. A market characterized by rising prices for securities
stop-limit order
Limit order
Stock
Bull market
45. Dealer- has inventory like car dealer - broker- brings buyers and sellers together (like real estate broker)
limit v. stop orders
Discount broker
dealer v. broker
Common stock
46. Also known as uniform price auction b/c all successful bidders pay the same price
limit v. stop orders
firm commitment underwriting
Discount broker
dutch auction underwriting
47. Stock from nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry often having annual revenue of one billion or more
Market order
stop-limit order
Blue chip stock
Common stock
48. A list of the financial assets held by an individual or a bank or other financial institution
AMEX
red herring
firm commitment underwriting
Portfolio
49. For efficient trading - not used in 1. less liquid stocks 2. during the opening and close of trading sessions 3. during times of market duress
Stock
P / E
dutch auction underwriting
NYSE Hybrid Market
50. A measure of stock market prices based on thirty leading companies of the new york stock exchange and nasdaq
Preferred Stock
Dow Jones idustrial average
Potential loss
Stock split
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