Language of the Stock Market #1

310431499	Stock Market	A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company.
310431500	Stock	A share of ownership in the assets and earnings of a business.
310431501	Stock Certificate	The piece of paper a shareholder receives representing their ownership of a stock.
310431502	Investment Risk	The uncertainty about the outcome of an investment.
310431503	Rate of Return	The increase or decrease in the original purchase price of an investment.
310431504	Common Stock	Shares or units of ownership in a public corporation. The shareholder has voting rights in the corporation.
310431505	Dividends	Distributions of earnings paid to stockholders.
310431506	Preferred Stock	Shares which pay fixed dividends and have precedence over common stock.
310431507	Dow Jones Industrial Average	Oldest indicator of the ups and downs of the stock market. Lists the 30 leading industrial blue chip stocks.
310431508	S & P 500	Tracks the stock market activity for 500 stocks.
310431509	NASDAQ	Monitors fast moving technology and financial services stocks. Usually the companies are smaller and transactions occur over an electronic market.
310431510	Bear Market	The market is doing poorly and investors are not confident in the economy. Investors are not purchasing stocks and are selling what is already owned.
310431511	Bull Market	The market is doing well and investors are optimistic about the economy and purchasing stocks.
310431512	Broker	A person who is licensed to buy and sell stocks, provides investment advice, and collects a commission on each purchase or sale.
310431513	New York Stock Exchange	The oldest and largest exchange with the strictest company standards.
310431514	American Stock Exchange	The second largest exchange with less stringent requirements allowing for younger, smaller companies to be listed.
310431515	Regional Stock Exchange	Stocks traded to investors who are living in a specific geographical area.
310440966	Stock Ticker Symbol	A stock's abbreviated trading symbol name.