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annual report
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audit report to shareholder produced yearly. this report is produced by all public quoted companies
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audit report
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bear market
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trading talk for the stock market being in a down trend, or a period of falling stock prices. this is the opposite of a bull market.
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downwards prices
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beta
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A measurement of the relationship between the price of a stock and the movement of the whole market. if stock XYZ has a beta of 1.5 that that means that for every one point Move in the markes, stock XYZ moves 1.5 points and vice versa
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Movement of points
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blue chips stocks
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These are the large industry leading companies. they offer a stable record of significant dividend payments and have a reputation of sound fiscal management. the expression is thought to have been derived from Blue gambling chips which is the highest denomination of chips used in casinos.
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large companies, stable
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bull market
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This is when the stock market as a whole is in a prolonged period Of increasing stock prices. opposite of a bear market
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long stable period
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broker
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A person who buys or sells an investment for you in exchange for a fee or commission
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seller
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day trading
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The practice of buying and selling within the same trading day, before the close of the market on that day
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buy and sell in one day
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dividend
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This is a portion of a company's earnings that is paid to shareholders, or people that own that companies stock, on a quarterly or annual basis. Not all companies do this
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quarterly payment to shareholders
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earnings
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term referring to corporate profits. Profits can be calculated in different ways depending on the industry in accounting practices. Earnings is one of the frequently used measures is a company's financial condition. It is Conan the used to determine the risk and reward Profile of a given security - the ratio of stock prices to earnings
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profits
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earnings per share
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The amount of profit to which each state is entitled
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amount of share
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Exchange
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In exchange is a place in which different investments are traded. The most well known in the US are the New York Stock Exchange in the Nasdaq
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place to exchange
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execution
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When an order to buy or sell has been completed. If you put in an order to sell a hundred shares, this means that all of hundred shares have been sold
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order
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gross domestic product
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GDP is the total value of goods and services produced by a nation
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nation services
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hedge
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This is used to limit your losses. You can do this by taking an offsetting position.
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Position
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Index
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A benchmark which is used as a reference marker for traders in portfolio managers. A 10% may sound good, this so market index returned 12%, then you didn't do very well since you could have just invested in index funds and save time by not trading frequently.
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Limit marker
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Initial public offering
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Total value of goods and services produced by a nation rather than just being owned by private or inside investors
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margin
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an account lets a person borrow money from a broker to purchase an investment. The difference between the amount of the loan, and the price of the securities, is called the margin
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market cap
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The amount of money you would have to pay if you bought every share of stock in a company
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Market capitalization
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Moving average
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A stock's average price per share during a specific period Of time
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Certain price during time
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Order
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An investors bid to buy or sell a certain amount of stock or option contracts. You have to put an order in to buy or sell 100 shares of stock
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Amount of stocks
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portfolio
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A collection of investments owned by an investor. You can have as little as one stock in a portfolio to an infinite amount of stocks
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Collection
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Price/ earnings ratio
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A widely used evaluation measure of the relationship between a stock's price and its earnings per share, it is also referred to as multiple to earnings or simply, the multiple. Its formula is current stock price per share dividend by the most current earnings per share.
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Prime rate
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The interest rate at which banks lend to their best customers
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Quote
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Information on a stock's latest trading price
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rally
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A rapid increase in the general price level of the market or the price of a stock
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Increase
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Sector
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A group of stocks that are in the same business
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Technology: apple and Microsoft
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Spread
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This is the difference between the bid and the ask prices of a stock, or the amount someone is willing to buy it and someone is willing to sell it
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Stock symbol
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a one character to 3 character, alphabetical root symbol, which represents a publicly traded company on a stock exchange
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AAPL apple
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stock split
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Authorized by a company's board of directors, splits have the effect of increasing the number of shares outstanding without changing the total market value of a company or diluting a shareholder's percentage stake in the company
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ticker symbol
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a short group of letters that represents a particular stock
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KO cocacola
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volatility
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This refers to the price movements of a stock or the stock market as a whole
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movement of entire stock
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volume
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The number of shares of stock traded during a particular time period, normally measured in average daily trading volume
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yield
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The measure of the return on an investment that is received from the payment of a dividend. This is determined by dividing the annual dividend amount by the price paid for the stock.
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annual dividend/ payment
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