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1&2 Stock-The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution. Dividends-payments made by a corporation to its shareholder members.

3&4 capital gain-the profit realized on the sale of a non- inventory asset that was purchased at a lower price common stock-form of corporate equity ownership, a type of security.

5&6 blue chip stock-a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; Dow Jones-A leader in news and business information worldwide, Dow Jones is newswires

7&8 Futures-A standardized, transferable, exchange-traded contract that requires delivery of a commodity, bond, currency, or stock index Options-a derivative financial instrument that specifies a contract between two parties for a future transaction on an asset at a reference price

9&10 Bond-a bond is a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt Mutual fund-professionally managed type of collective investment scheme that pools money from many investors to buy stocks

11&12 Commodities-generic term for any marketable item produced to satisfy wants or needs preferred stock-preference shares, or simply preferreds, is a special equity security that has properties of both an equity and a debt

13 New York Stock Exchange – The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is a stock exchange located at 11 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. It is by far the world's largest of its kind