2. Have you ever asked to receive your allowance early or asked to be paid early?

3. This is referred to as futures market- a contract is issued and payment is rendered for some future activity.

4. Equities Stocks that represent ownership shares in corporations

5. Efficient Market Hypothesis Used to explain the pricing of equities Stocks are always priced about right, and bargains are hard to find

6. Portfolio Diversification Holding a number of stock, so that increases in some could offset unexpected declines in others

7. Stock Broker A person who buys or sells stock From other brokers At a stock exchange Supplies inventory

8. Organized Stock Exchanges The New York Stock Exchange Oldest Largest Most prestigious Located on Wall Street Lists about 3,000 companies Has about 1,400 seats, or memberships Members pay over 1,00,000 for each seat

9. The American Stock Exchange AMEX Has about 1,000 stocks 2 nd largest, behind NYSE 4 th largest stock exchange in the country Companies tend to be smaller than NYSE companies

10. Regional Stock Exchanges Chicago, Philadelphia, Pacific, etc. Also in cities Smaller stocks, but today many stocks are dual and can be found on both NYSE and the RSE

11. Global Stock Exchanges Developments in computer and electronic trading have linked this markets

12. Over-the-Counter Market Electronic marketplace for securities not listed or traded on an organized stock exchange Majority of stocks sold this way National Market System (NMS)

13. Measures of Stock Performance Dow-Jones Industrial Average Most popular and widely used DIJA focuses on percentage change Standard and Poor’s 500 Uses the price change of 500 representative stocks as an indicator Uses index number (sum of 500 companies too high!)

14. Trading in the Future Spot Market: transaction made immediately at prevailing price Future Markets: Buyer pays money today, and sellers delivers the commodity in the future Grain and livestock in the Midwest Ex. Chicago Board of Trade

15. Trading in the Future, con. Options- contracts that give investors the option to sell commodities in the future at a price decided on today Call option- the right to BUY a share of stock at a specified price in the future Put option- right to sell stock at a specified price in the future