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Flashcards by Brooke Young, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Brooke Young
over 1 year ago
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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