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2. Stock • The goods or merchandise kept on the premises of a business or warehouse and available for sale or distribution.

3. Dividends • A sum of money paid regularly (typically quarterly) by a company to its shareholders out of its profits (or reserves). • A payment divided among a number of people, e.g., members of a cooperative or creditors of an insolvent estate.

4. capital gain • A profit from the sale of property or of an investment.

5. common stock • Shares entitling their holder to dividends that vary in amount and may even be missed, depending on the fortunes of the company.

6. Blue chip stock • blue chip: a common stock of a nationally known company whose value and dividends are reliable; typically have high price and low yield.

7. Dow Jones • an indicator of stock market prices; based on the share values of 30 blue-chip stocks listed on the New York Stock Exchange.

8. future - the time yet to come

9. option • A thing that is or may be chosen.

10. bond • Physical restraints used to hold someone or something prisoner, esp. ropes or chains.

11. Mutal fund • An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed

12. commodities • A raw material or primary agricultural product that can be bought and sold, such as copper or coffee. • A useful or valuable thing, such as water or time.

13. Preferred stock • Stock that entitles the holder to a fixed dividend, whose payment takes priority over that of common-stock dividends.

14. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). • Founded in 1792, the NYSE is the world’s largest stock trading exchange, based on the total market capitalization of its listed securities

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