Stock Market Vocab

A share of value of a company which can be bought, sold, or traded as an investment

• Stocks

• 401K Plans

• S & P 500

• The NASDAQ Composite

the largest exchange in the U.S., located in the New York City

• NASDAQ

• AMEX

• S & P 500

• NYSE

NASDAQ

• A market capitalization weighted index of the more than 3,000 common equities listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The types of securities in the index include American depositary receipts, common stocks, real estates investment trusts (REITs) and tracking stocks. The index includes all NASDAQ listed stocks that are not derivatives, preferred shares, funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or Debentures.

• The Dow jones Industrial Average is a price weighted index of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The DIJA was invented by Charles Dow back in 1896.

• the first electronic stock market listing over 5,000 companies. The NASDAQ stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq national market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq small cap market that trades emerging growth companies

• An index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The S & P 500 is designed to be a leading indicator of the U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristics of the large cap universe

The second-largest floor-based stock exchange in the United States after the new York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

• AMEX

• DJIA

• S & P 500

• NYSE

DJIA

• A market capitalization weighted index of the more than 3,000 common

  equities listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The types of securities in the

  index include American depositary receipts, common stocks, real estates

  investment trusts (REITs) and tracking stocks. The index includes all NASDAQ

  listed stocks that are not derivatives, preferred shares, funds,

  exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or Debentures.

• An index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry

  grouping, among other factors. The S & P 500 is designed to be a leading

  indicator of the U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return

  characteristics of the large cap universe

• Shares in a company whose earnings are expected to grow at an above-average rate relative to the market

• The Dow jones Industrial Average is a price weighted index of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The DIJA was invented by Charles Dow back in 1896.

A market capitalization weighted index of the more than 3,000 common equities listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. The types of securities in the index include American depositary receipts, common stocks, real estates investment trusts (REITs) and tracking stocks. The index includes all NASDAQ listed stocks that are not derivatives, preferred shares, funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) or Debentures.

• DJIA

• NYSE

• The NASDAQ Composite

• AMEX

An index of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity and industry grouping, among other factors. The S & P 500 is designed to be a leading indicator of the U.S. equities and is meant to reflect the risk/return characteristics of the large cap universe

• NYSE

• The James and Tuttle 500

• AMEX

• S & P 500

An investment program funded by shareholders that trade in diversified holdings and is professionally managed

• Stocks

• Mutual Funds

• ETF's

• Bond Program

A strategy of selecting stocks that trade for less than their intrinsic values. Value investors actively seek stocks of companies that they believe the market has undervalued. They believe the market overreacts to good and bad news, resulting in stock price movements that do not correspond with the company's long-term fundamentals. The result is an opportunity for value investors to profit by buying when the price by buying when the price is deflated.

• Value

• Income

• Growth

• Prodigy

The strategy of building an investment portfolio specifically structured to generate regular income. This regular stream of income is usually through dividends.

• Growth

• Income

• Value

• Compounding