Investing in Stocks

Stocks are bought and sold by _________.

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

Borrowing money to buy stock is called _________.

_________ stocks do well in a good economy but poorly in a bad one.

A(n) _________ is an increase and division in the number of outstanding shares of a stock.

Stocks that pay high dividends over time are called _________ stocks.

A(n) _________ market is characterized by the selling of stocks and pessimism.

_________ means using dividends previously earned on stock to buy more shares

A(n) _________ stock is one that remains stable during an economic decline is a

A(n) _________ market is characterized by rising stock price sand optimism.

When a company is profitable, the stockholders often receive a distribution of money called:

Stocks in companies that reinvest profits, rather than pay dividends,are called _______stocks. 

Stock exchanges are ___markets where buyers and sellers cometogether to buy and sell securities

A marketplace where brokers buy and sell securities is called a(n) _________..

The _________ is a benchmark that stock investors use to judge investment performance.

Stocks of large, well-established companies are called _________ stocks.

A public _______issues stock that may be traded openly on the stockmarkets or over-the-counter.

When you buy stock, you pay _________value.

A corporation's after-tax earnings divided by the number of commonstock shares outstanding is

Common stockholders vote for members of the _________.