Share Market Vocabulary

A company that is trending towards loss, despite minor trends upwards

The categories under which companies are listed such as Energy, Telecommunications, Consumer goods etc. 

The distribution of profits by a corporation to its shareholders

Companies that are trending towards profit, despite minor dips and plateaus

Fills as much of your order as it can at the current market price, then the rest will become a limited order.

Investing in several different companies from different sectors to limit risk

Money made in the buying and selling of shares

A unit of ownership in a company.

Australian Securities Exchange – the Australian stock market

A price index that tracks 30 large companies on the New York Stock Exchange

Where the buying and selling of company shares takes place

Measures the performance of a group of top companies over a period of time on the Australian stock market

Best upcoming company on the ASX

The buying and selling of shares

Money lost in the buying and selling of shares

A person or program employed in the buying and selling of shares

The fee a broker receives for the buying and selling of shares

The price a buyer is willing to pay for a share

The act of buying shares with the intention of making long term profits

A company that is generally equaling out in terms of profit and loss over a period of time – prices are trading within a

The collection of companies and investments for a particular syndicate or person

Allows you to set the amount for which you are willing to buy or sell your shares