Personal Finance Ch. 11 Vocabulary Review

__________ is considered a safe investment that generally attracts conservative investors.

__________ is the annual dividend or interest of an investment divided by the current market value.

A ________ is a company that issues stock to a small group of people.

_ is stock from a corporation that has issued a large number of shares of stock and has a large amount of capitalization

__________ are a corporation’s net, or after-tax, earnings divided by the number of outstanding shares of common stock.

A ________ is a marketplace where brokers who represent investors meet to buy and sell securities.

______ is a network of dealers who buy and sell the stocks of corporations that are not listed on a securities exchange.

__ is issued by a corporation whose potential earnings may be higher than the avg. earnings predicted for all the corps.

A ________ is a stock issued by a company with a capitalization of $500 million or less.

__________ is the total amount of stocks and bonds issued by a corporation.

__________ is an assigned dollar value that is printed on a stock certificate.

__________ are all investments that are bought and sold on the stock market.

__________ is a market condition that occurs when investors are optimistic about the economy and buy stock.

__________ has a market value that tends to reflect the state of the economy.

__ is the price of one share of stock divided by the corporation’s earnings per share of stock over the last 12 months.

__________ is one that sells its shares openly in stock markets, where anyone can buy them.

calculation that includes the annual dividend & an increase or decrease in the original purchase price of the investment

A _________ is a market condition that occurs when investors are pessimistic about the economy and sell stocks.

An __________ pays higher-than-average dividends compared to other stock issues.

__________ is a collection of all the securities held by an investor.

__________ is a stock that remains stable during declines in the economy.

A ________ typically sells for less than $1 a share, although it can sell for as much as $10 a share.