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Bid/Bid Price – The highest quoted price buyers are currently willing to pay for a share of a company’s stock.

Black Friday -Most commonly referenced as a homage to the term “black” referring to profitability, which stems from the old…

Blue Chip Stock – It is the common stock of a large, well-regarded US company. The companies in that informal…

Bond – An IOU that a company or government sells when it borrows money. Bonds are called fixed-income investments because…

Bond Fund – An investment company that pools savers’ money to invest in a variety of bonds. Brand – The…

Broker – An agent acting on behalf of a buyer or seller to execute a trade at the best available…

Budget – A plan for managing your money – with a focus on tracking money coming in, going out, and…

Bull Market – A prolonged period of rising stock prices.

Business – A person or group that makes something for other people to buy. Most businesses try to earn a…

Buy – A term used to describe the purchase or acquisition of an item or service that’s typically paid for…

Buying on Margin – Buying stocks by paying only a percentage (a margin) of the purchase price and borrowing the…

Buyout – When the majority of a company’s shares of stock (controlling interest) are bought.

Certificate of Deposit (CD) – A special form of deposit offered by banks that generally pays compound interest for a…

Closed-End Fund – Like open-end mutual funds, these are collections of securities managed by a professional investment advisor. Unlike open-end…

Closing Price (Close) – The last price at which a stock is traded on a particular day.

Collateral – Property that a borrower must legally turn over to a lender if the borrower cannot repay a loan.

Commission – A fee that brokers earn by completing trades for investors. A commission is usually based on the number…

Common Stock – A type of security, or financial instrument, that represents a fractional ownership of the issuing company. If…

Company – A business formed to manufacture or supply products or services for profit.

Compound Growth – Growth from earnings received on reinvested earnings as well as on the initial amount invested.