Stock Market Vocabulary

The possibility of losing some or all of a particiular investment.

• risk
• index
• industry
• profit

A company owned by families or a small number of investors and do not issue stock to the public.

• public company
• industry
• private company
• portfolio

A company's closing price divided by its latest annual earnings per share.

• volume
• P/E ratio
• market capitalization
• beta

The highest price and lowest price of a stock over a 52 week period.

• beta
• profit
• volume
• 52 week range

The financial benefit when the revenue of a company exceeds expenses, costs, and taxes.

• loss
• profit
• volume
• portfolio

Represents shares of ownership in a company.

• stock
• portfolio
• volume
• industry

A company that sells stock on the stock market.

• private company
• market capitalization
• public company
• stock market

A sum of money paid to shareholders of a corporation out of its earnings.

• index
• dividend
• profit
• invest

Groups of companies that are related based on their primary products or services.

• industry
• stock
• index
• public company

The total holdings of stock by a financial institution or a private investor.

• index
• portfolio
• stock market
• industry