FINAL VOCABULARY POWERPOINT BY; PARKER MADDEN

STOCK The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

DIVIDENDS – A sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves).

CAPITAL GAIN A profit from the sale of property or of an investment.

COMMON STOCK Shares entitling their holder to dividends that vary in amount and may even be missed, depending on the fortunes of the company.

BLUE CHIP STOCK A common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable.

DOW JONES An indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange; "the Dow Jones Industrial Average is the most widely cited indicator of how the stock market is doing“.

FUTURES A financial contract obligating the buyer to purchase an asset (or the seller to sell an asset), such as a physical commodity or a financial instrument, at a predetermined future date and price.

OPTIONS A thing that is or may be chosen.

BOND Physical restraints used to hold someone or something prisoner, esp. ropes or chains.

MUTUAL FUNDS An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.

COMMODITIES A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee.

PREFERRED STOCK Stock that entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of common-stock dividends.

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