ESP UNIT 1 Vocabulary

A collection of investments that an investor has.

• mutual funds

• stocks

• portfolio

• day traders

A short-term debt obligation backed by the US government.

• stocks

• treasury bills

• bonds

• securities

Investors who buy shares because they expect their price to rise.

• day traders

• bulls

• bears

• bonds

To offer securities for sale, to financial institutions and the public.

• collateral

• mutual funds

• profitable

• issue

A resource with economic value that a company or a person owns.

• liability

• asset

• index funds

• issue

An example of market indices, founded in the U.S.

• bear market

• DOW Jones

• mutual funds

• index funds

A period of rapidly rising share prices followed by a quick collapse.

• bear market

• bubble

• yield

• issue

The measure of return of investments in terms of percentage.

• yield

• IPO

• stock

• share