Key Stock Trading Terms

Question 1

These investment accounts invest your money in dozens, 100's, even 1000's of stocks.

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Hedge Funds, Mutual Funds

Question 2

When an order to buy or sell has been completed it is called an execution.

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True

Question 3

Ask

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People selling stocks are looking to get this their shares.

Question 4

A collection of investments owned by an investor

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Portfolio

Question 5

A place in which different investments are traded.

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NASDAQ, NYSE, An Exchange

Question 6

Market condition in which investors expect stock prices to fall.

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Bear Market

Question 7

Sell

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Getting rid of shares that you purchased to cut you losses.

Question 8

Refers to the measure of the return on an investment that is received from payment of dividends

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Yield

Question 9

These are the large industry-leading companies offering stable dividend payments.

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Blue Chip Stock

Question 10

Rapid increase in the general price level of the market or of the price of an individual stock.

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Rally

Question 11

Liquidity is how easily you can get into and out of a stock.

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True

Question 12

Market condition that means stock prices are expected to rise.

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Bull Market

Question 13

The practice of buying and selling within the same trading day.

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Day Trading

Question 14

Happens when a private company becomes a publicly-traded company, in order to raise money.

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Initial Price Offering, IPO

Question 15

Volatility is simply how fast a stock moves up and down.

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True

Question 16

If a company's stock is doing well, they may do another offering, in order to sell more stock.

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Secondary Offering

Question 17

Sector is a group of stocks that are in the same business.

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True

Question 18

In this market condition is where short sellers shine.

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Bear Market

Question 19

Buy

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Means to take a position or to buy shares in a company.

Question 20

A person who buys or sells an investment for you, in exchange for a fee.

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Broker

Question 21

Betting a company's stock will increase in price so that you can buy low and sell high is...

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Going Long

Question 22

A portion of a company's earnings that is paid to shareholders on a quarterly or annual basis.

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Dividend

Question 23

Alphabetic root symbol that represents a publicly traded company on a stock exchange.

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Stock Symbol

Question 24

Bid

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What you are willing to pay for a stock.

Key Stock Trading Terms

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Key Stock Trading Terms

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