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18 Cards in this Set
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Stockholders
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also known as shareholers, are the owners of the corporation
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Dividends
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the part of the corporations profit's
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Capital gain
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the other way stockholders profit when the corporation does well
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Common stock
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a type of stck that pays a variable dividend and gives the holder voting rights
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Proxy
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a stockholder's written authorization to transfer his or her voting rights to someone else, usually a company manager
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Preferred stock
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a type of stock that pays a foxed dividend and carries no voting rights
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Income stocks
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stocks that have a consistant history of aying high dividends
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Growth stocks
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stocks in corporations that reinvest their profits into business so that it can grow
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Blue chip stocks
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stocks of large, wel-established corporations with a solid record of profitability
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Par value
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an assigned (and often arbitrary) dollar value
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Market value
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the price for which the stock is bought and sold in the marketplace
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Earnings per share
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a corporation's after tax earnings divided by the number of common stock shares outstanding, that is, shares the hands of investors.
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Bull market
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a prolonged period of rising stock prices and a general feeling of investor optimism
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Bear market
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a prolonged period of falling stock prices and a general feeling of investor pessimism
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Leverage
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the use of borrowed money to buy securities
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Short selling
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selling stock borrwed from a broker that must be replaced at a later time
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Stock split
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an increase in the number of outstanding shares of a comany's stock
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Driect investment
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buying stock directly from a corporation
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