A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company.

• penny stock

• Bear Market

• Stock Market

• Capital market

A share of ownership in the assets and earnings of a business

• dividends

• bond

• stock

• mutual fund

An individual who has a variety of investment tools to decrease risk

• investment risk

• growth stock

• preferred stock

• portfolio diversification

The uncertainty about the outcome of an investment

• stock risk

• inflation risk

• industry risk

• investment risk

The increase or decrease in the original purchase price of an investment.

• Rate of return

• stock market

• mutual fund

• capital gain

Shares or units of ownership in a public corporation. The shareholder has voting rights in the corporation.

• growth stock

• stock split

• preferred stock

• common stock

Distribution of earnings paid to stockholders

• mutual fund

• stock

• dividends

• common stock

The amount a willing buyer will pay a willing seller for a stock.

• Common stock

• Market order

• Market price

• Market value

How much income a company has available to pay in dividends and reinvest as retained earnings on a per share basis.

• dividends

• earnings per share

• price/earning ratio

• dividends per share

Relationship between the price of one share of stock and the annual earnings of the company.

• Earnings per share

• book value

• price/earning ratio

• dividend yield