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Final PowerPoint Mrs. Kilgore By: Abby. Stock. a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory. D ividends. Mathematics . a number that is to be divided by a divisor. capital gain.
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Stock • a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant,distributor,manufacturer,etc.;inventory.
Dividends • Mathematics . a numberthatistobedividedby a divisor.
capital gain • profitfrom the saleof assets, asbonds or realestate.
common stock • stock that ordinarily has no preference in the matter of dividends or assets andrepresents the residual ownership of a corporatebusiness.
blue chip stock • Aterm used to describe stocks ofhigh-quality,financiallysound corporations.
Dow Jones • short for Dow Jones Industrial Average, first published 1884 by CharlesHenry Dow (d.1902) and Edward D. Jones (d.1920), later publishers of "TheWallStreetJournal."
futures • something that will exist or happenintime to come: The futureisrootedinthepast.
options • thepowerorrightofchoosing.
bond • Something thatbinds,fastens,confines,orholdstogether.
mutal fund • An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.
commodities • anarticleoftrade or commerce, especially a product as distinguished from a service.
preferred stock • stock that has a superior claim to that of common stock with respect to dividends and often to assets in the event of liquidation.
New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) • thelargeststockexchange in theU.S.,located in New York City. Abbreviation: NYSE, N.Y.S.E.