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16 Cards in this Set
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stockholders
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the stockholders will profit in two ways.
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Dividends
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the part of the corporation's profits paid to stockholders.
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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 stock that pays a variable divided 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.
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Preferred stock
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A type of stock that pays a fixed dividend and carries no voting rights.
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income stock
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Stocks that have a consistent history of paying high dividends.
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Growth stocks
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Stocks in corporations that reinvest their profits into a buisness so that it can grow.
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par value
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An assigned dollar value.
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market value
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The price for which the stock is brought and poured into a market place.
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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.
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Bull Market
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A prolonged period of rising stock prices and general feeling of an investor pessimism.
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bear market
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A prolonged period of falling stock prices and a general feeling of income 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 a stock borrwed by 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 sharesof a company's stock.
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