Stock Market Vocabulary

What is a public company?

• a company whose shares are traded freely on a stock exchange.
• a company who's shares are $1000 or more
• A privately held company or close corporation is a business company owned either by non-governmental organizations or by a relatively small number of shareholders or company members which does not offer or trade its company stock (shares) to the general public on the stock market exchanges, but rather the company's ...
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What is a stock?

• have or keep a supply of (a particular product or type or product) available for sale.
• the capital raised by a business or corporation through the issue and subscription of shares.
• the goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.
• (of a phrase or expression) so regularly used as to be automatic or hackneyed.

What's an investor?

• someone who commits capital in order to gain financial returns
• a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation
• An investor is someone who provides (or invests) money or resources for an enterprise, such as a corporation, with the expectation of financial or other gain.
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What are earnings?

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• Money Earned

What is a dividend?

• a number to be divided by another number.
• a sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).

What is a private company?

• A company with private onwership
• A company with govermental owners