Stock Market
ROTH Accounts
Allowed with 401k, 403B and 457 plans.
Shareholders
Also known as stockholders, are the people who own shares in a private or public limited company.
NASDAQ
American market for OTC securities, A nationwide electronic system that links dealers across the nation so that they can buy and sell securities electronically
Individual Retirement Accounts
a self-funded retirement plan that allows you to contribute a limited yearly sum toward your retirement
Stock Index
a statistic that tracks how the prices of a specific set of stocks have changed
Trade-off
an exchange that occurs as a compromise
Shares
Share of Stock
Ticker Symbol
Stock's abbreviated trade name.
Opportunity cost
The amount of other products that must be forgone or sacrificed to produce a unit of a product.
Commodities
economic goods or products before they are processed and/or given a brand name, such as a product of agriculture, export
Parent Companies
holding companies
Security Exchanges Commission
in order to regulate the stock market, given the power to tell companies what info should be included on the financial statement
Investment Diversification
investing in different things
stock
A share of ownership in a corporation.
Micro economics
the branch of economics that studies the economy of consumers or households or individual firms
Initial Public Offerings
The first time a company issues stock that may be bought by the general public
Blue Chip Stock
..., stock from nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry often having annual revenue of one billion or more, Stock from large companies, less risk
Bonds
A certificate issued by a government or private company which promises to pay back with interest the money borrowed from the buyer of the certificate: The city issued bonds to raise money for putting in new sewers.
Portfolio
A collection of investments
Privately Traded Companies
A company that is not publicly traded on a securities exchange.
Publicly Traded Companies
A company that issues shares of ownership, or stocks, that are traded on the open market, any company that sells stocks
401K
A defined contribution plan that automatically takes out money from an employee's paycheck before income taxes and invests it in mutual funds for purposes of retirement savings
Stock Market
A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company.
Stock Exchange
A market for buying and selling stock
Dividend
A payment from profits by a company's Board of Director's to shareholders. (Dividends are issued on a regular basis and can be either increased or decreased).
Mutual Funds
A pool of money used by a company to purchase a variety of stocks, bonds or money market instruments. Provides diversification and professional management for investors.
Investing
Committing money in the hope that it will make more money over time.
Macroeconomics
Concentrates on the operation of a nation's economy as a whole.
Scarcity
Condition that exists when wants or needs exceed resources available
NYSE
New York Stock Exchange
Short Selling
Selling stock borrowed from a broker that must be replaced at a later time.
Investment Portfolio
The collection of investments you personally hold, including stocks, bonds, money market accounts, and savings accounts.
Economic Choices
every society must decide WHAT to produce, HOW to produce, and FOR WHOM to produce
Traded
exchanged