1. Back to school voc. By: Dominique Boyd

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

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

4. capital gain A profit from the sale of property or of an investment

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

6. blue chip stock blue chip: a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield;... blue chip: a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield;...

7. 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;

8. futures the condition of a person or thing at a later date the condition of a person or thing at a later date

9. options Buy or sell an option on (something): "his second script will have been optioned by the time you read this". Buy or sell an option on (something): "his second script will have been optioned by the time you read this".

10. bond Join or be joined securely to something else, typically by means of an adhesive, heat, or pressure. Join or be joined securely to something else, typically by means of an adhesive, heat, or pressure.

11. mutual funds An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.

12. commodities A useful or valuable thing, such as water or time. A useful or valuable thing, such as water or time.

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

14. New York Stock Exchange a stock exchange in New York a stock exchange in New York