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1 WOW 6 – The Stock Market

2 Stock Exchange: One of the organized stock markets with a centralized trading floor. Auction-type trading allows traders to sell stocks to the highest bidder or buy stocks from the lowest supplier

3 Stock Market: A market in which the people trade stocks they already own NASDAQ: The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system is an important part of the over-the-counter market. NASDAQ is an electronic marketplace listing prices of more than 5,000 stocks NYSE: The New York Stock Exchange, which is one of the organized stock markets in the US

4 Mutual fund : A company that pools the money of many investors to buy a large selection of securities that meet the fund's state investment goals

5 Stockbroker: A broker who accepts orders to buy and sell stock and then transfers those orders to other people who complete them

6 Stockholder An owner of a share of stock

7 Stock Split The division of a stock into a larger number of lower-priced shares

8 Short-term investing : The continual buying and selling of stock in an effort to have one's money grow faster than the general level of stock prices

9 Securities A broad range of investment instruments, including stocks, bonds and mutual funds

10 Penny stock: Stocks that sell for less than $5 per share

11 Bear market: A market characterized by falling prices of 15 percent or more; characterized by pessimism

12 Bull market: A rising stock market (in both volume and prices), which is characterized by optimism

13 Blue chip stocks: Stocks in the biggest, most established, and consistently profitable companies in the United States


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