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

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

The uncertainty about the outcome of an investment

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

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

Distribution of earnings paid to stockholders

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

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

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

A stock's abbreviated trading symbol name

Total cash paid to common stockholders per share.

The price of the last share sold for the day

Difference between closing price of previous day and current day.

Oldest Indicator of the ups and downs of stock market. Lists 30 leading stocks.

Stock exchange that monitors fast moving technology and financial services stocks. Usually the companies are smaller and transactions occur over an electronic market.

The market is doing poorly and investors are not confident in the economy. Investors are not purchasing stock and are selling what is already owned. Decline in market prices over a period of time.

The market is doing well and investors are optimistic about the economy and purchasing stocks. General rise in prices and stock trading volume for shares over a period of time.

The oldest and largest exchange with the strictest company standards.

Type of debt that a company issues to investors for a specified amount of time

investment which investors pool their money to buy stocks bonds or other securities and lowers risk by diversifying