Ch. 21 Key Terms

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Stocks	Ownership shares in the company sold to buyers, who receive stock certificates,
Stockholder	One who owns stock in a company
Stock certificate	Evidence of ownership in a corporation
Common stock	Units of ownership called shares
Preferred stock	Type of stock that has a preference regarding a corporation’s profits and assets
Dividends	Distribution of company’s profit in cash or stock to owners of stock
Cumulative preferred stock	Holders of preferred stock must receive current year’s dividends and any dividends in arrears before any dividends are paid out to the holders of common stock
Dividends in arrears	Dividends that accumulate when a company fails to pay cumulative dividends to preferred stockholders,
Stockbrokers	People who with their representatives do the trading on the floor of the stock exchange
Stock Yield	Dividend per share divided by the closing price per share
Earnings per share (EPS)	Annual earnings divided by total number of shares outstanding
Round lots	Multiple of 100 shares
Odd lots	Less than 100 shares
Price-earnings (PE) ratio	Closing price per share of stock divided by earnings per share
Bonds	Bond selling for more than the face value
Discount	Amount bond sells below $1,000
Premium	Periodic payments that one makes for various kinds of insurance protection
Bond yield	Periodic payments that one makes for various kinds of insurance protection
Mutual Funds	Investors buy shares in the fund’s portfolio (group of stocks and/or bonds)
Net asset value (NAV)	The dollar value of one mutual fund share; calculated by subtracting current liabilities from current market value of fund’s investments and dividing this by number of shares outstanding

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