Final PowerPoint Mrs.Kilgore By: Aliyah Vinson

Stock a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.

Dividends Mathematics. a number that is to be divided by a divisor.

Capital Gain profit from the sale of assets, as bonds or real estate.

Common Stock stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets and represents the residual ownership of a corporate business.

Blue Chip Stock A term used to describe stocks of high-quality, financially sound corporations.

Dow Jones short for Dow Jones Industrial Average, first published 1884 by Charles Henry Dow (d.1902) and Edward D. Jones (d.1920), later publishers of "The Wall Street Journal."

Futures something that will exist or happen in time to come: The future is rooted in the past.

Options the power or right of choosing.

Bond Something that binds, fastens, confines, or holds together.

Mutal Fund An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed

Commondities an article of trade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.

Preferred Stock stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation

New York Stock Exchange the largest stock exchange in the U.S., located in New York City. Abbreviation: NYSE, N.Y.S.E