Stock market vocabulary

The most popular, widely cited indicator of day-to-day stock.

• stock

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

• (IPO) Initial public offering

• investment account

• dividend

is the claim on the assets of a corporation that gives the purchaser a share of the corporation

• stock

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

• (IPO) Initial public offering

• investment account

• dividend

A company's first offering of stock to the public.

• stock

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

• (IPO) Initial public offering

• investment account

• dividend

an intermediary between the company that issues the stock and the public that wishes to buy the stock.

• stock

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

• (IPO) Initial public offering

• investment bank

• dividend

The share of the profits of a corporation that gives the purchaser a share of the corporation.

• stock

• Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)

• (IPO) Initial public offering

• investment bank

• dividend

________ is equal to the annual coupon payment divided by the price paid for the bond.

• option

• bond

• face value

• yield

The dollar amount specified on a bond is the ___________ or par value.

• option

• bond

• face value

• yield

An IOU, or a promise to pay, issued by governments, companies, or government agencies for the purpose of borrowing money.

• option

• bond

• face value

• yield

_______ is the contract that gives the owner the right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell shares at a specific price on or before a specific date.

• option

• bond

• face value

• yield

The percentage of the face value that the bondholder receives each year until the bond matures.

• Coupon Rate

• futures contract

• index

• Standards and Poors