personal finance vocab

is purchasing assets with the goat of providing additional income from the asset itself but with the risk of loss

• investing

• securities

• stocks

• dividends

• none

stocks and bonds

• securities

• stocks

• dividends

• shareholder

shares

• stocks

• dividends

• shareholder

• equities

a share of profits distributed in cash to shareholders

(not all stocks pay dividends)

• dividends

• shareholder

• equities

• proxy

owner of the stock

• shareholder

• equities

• proxy

• capital gains

general term for shares of a company

• equities

• proxy

• capital gains

• stock split

a shareholders vote

• proxy

• capital gains

• stock split

• buying on margin

unearned income received from the sale of and asset above its purchase price

• capital gains

• stock split

• buying on margin

• stock exchange

when a company divides its shares into multiple shares, either 2-for-1 or 3-for-1

• stock split

• buying on margin

• stock exchange

• bull market

when a brokerage firm lends you money to buy stock

• buying on margin

• stock exchange

• bull market

• bear market