Tag: glossary

Cash-like investment (Cash) – A short-term investment that can be easily and quickly exchanged for cash.

Ticker Symbol – A unique group of letters that identifies a company’s stock on an exchange.

Demand – It is an economic principle referring to a consumer’s desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to…

Last – The most recent (last) trading price of a stock on a particular day. If the trading day is…

Annual Report – By law, each publicly held corporation must provide its shareholders with an annual report showing its income…

Maintenance Margin Requirement – The minimum amount of equity an investor must-have in a brokerage account after borrowing money for…

Technical Analysis – Tracking price movements and trading volumes in various securities to identify patterns in the price behavior of…

52-Week Range – The highest price and lowest price of the stock over a 52-week period (year).

Revenue – Revenue is the money collected for providing a product or service.

Stock Fund – An investment company that pools savers’ money to invest in a variety of stocks.

Large Cap Stock – The stock of companies with market capitalizations typically of $10 billion or more is known as…

Mae and Freddie Mac), and certain federal government agencies (like Ginnie Mae and Tennessee Valley Authority) issue bonds to raise…

Debt – Money borrowed, a means of purchasing an item you can’t afford to be paid back at a later…

Realized Gains and Losses – Gains or losses are said to be “realized” when a stock (or other investment) that…

High-Yield Bonds – To attract investors, the issuers of these bonds pay a higher rate of interest than investment grade…

Year-To-Date (YTD) Return – It is the percentage increase or decrease in value for one share since the beginning of…

Russell 2000 Index – A popular gauge of stock performance of smaller companies. Of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies, the…

Short Sell – Borrowing shares of a stock from your broker to sell on the open market. At some point,…

Issuer – An entity that issues stock or debt instruments, which obligate the issuer to pay principal and interest.

Economy – The work involved in making the products or providing the services that people use.