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An accumulation of assets owned by the investor and designed to transfer purchasing power to the future

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Portfolio

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The purchase of plant, equipment, or inventory.

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Investment (in economics)

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Acquisition of an asset such as a stock or a bond

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Investment ( in lay terms)

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A market for buying and selling previously issued securities

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Secondary market

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The initial sale of securities

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Primary market

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What something is worth; the present value of future benefits

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Value

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The process of determining the current worth of an asset

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Valuation

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The sum of income plus capital gains earned on an investment in as asset

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Return

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The flow of money or its equivalent produced by an asset; dividends and interest

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Income

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An increase in the value of a capital asset, such as a stock.

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Capital gain

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The annual percentage return realized on an investment

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Rate of return

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The possibility of loss; the uncertainty of future returns

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Risk

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An investment that offers a potentially large return but is also very risky; a reasonable probability that the investment will produce a loss

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Speculation

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The ease with which an asset may be bought and sold

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Marketability

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Moneyness; the ease with which assets can be converted into cash

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Liquidity

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16
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The informal secondary market for unlisted securities

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Over the counter market

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Market makers who buy and sell securities for their own accounts

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Dealers

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The general unit of trading in a security, such as 100 shares

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Round lot

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A unit of trading, such as 22 shares, that is smaller than the general unit of sale

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Odd lot

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Prices at which a securities dealer offers to buy and sell stock

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Bid and ask

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21
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The difference between the bid and the ask prices

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Spread

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22
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A price that equates supply and demand

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Equilibrium price

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23
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Over-the-counter market for securities listed on an exchange

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Third market

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An agent who handles buy and sell order for an investigator

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Broker

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A person who buys and sells securities for customers; a broker
Registered representative
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Earning assets for their income and possible price appreciation
Long position
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Expecting that prices will rise
Bullish
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Selling borrowed assess for possible price deterioration; being short and a security or a commodity
Short position
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Expecting that prices will decline
Bearish
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In order to buy or sell at the current market price or quote
Market order
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An order placed with a broker to buy or sell at a specified price
Limit order
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An order placed with the broker that is canceled at the end of the day if it is not executed
Day order
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Order placed with a broker that remains in effect until it is executed by the broker or canceled by the investors
Good-till-cancelled-order
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A purchase or sell order designed to limit an investors loss or to assure a profit on a position in a security
Stop order
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A statement received from a brokerage firm detailing the sale or purchase of a security and specifying a settlement date
Confirmation statement
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The amount an investor must put down to buy securities on credit
Margin
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The minimum percentage, established by the Federal Reserve, that the investor must put up in cash to buy securities
Margin requirement
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The minimum equity required for a margin account. (The minimum level of funds required before a margin call)
Maintenance margin
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The registration of securities in a brokerage firm’s name instead of in the buyers name
Street name
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Fees charged by brokers for executing orders
Commissions
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A broker who charges lower commissions on security purchases and sales
Discount broker
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The sale of borrowed securities in anticipation of a price decline; a contract for future delivery
Short sale
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The purchase of securities to close a short position
Covering the short sale
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Receipts issued for foreign securities held by a trustee
American depositary receipts
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The federal and state laws requiring publicly held firms to disclose financial and other information that may affect the value of their securities.
Full disclosure laws
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Required annual report filed with the SEC by publicly held firms.
10-K report
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A required quarterly report filed with the SEC by publicly held firms
10-Q report
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A document filed with the SEC that describes a change in a firm that may affect the value of its securities
8-K report
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Document filed with the SEC by an individual who acquires 5 percent of a publicly heals firms stock
13-D report
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The agency that insures investors against failures by brokerage firms
Securities investor protection corporation
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A financial institution, such as a commercial bank, that borrows from one group and lends to another
Financial intermediary
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The non public sale of securities
Private placement
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Firm specializing in the securities of small, emerging companies.
Venture capitalist
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An underwriter, a firm that sells new issues of securities to the general public
Investment banker
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The first sale of common stock to the general public
Initial public offering (IPO)
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The process by which securities are sold to the general public and in which the investment banker buys the securities from the issuing firm
Underwriting
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An investment banker that makes in agreement with a firm to sell a new issue of securities and forms the syndicate to market them
Originating house
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A selling group assembled to market an issue of securities
Syndicate
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Agreement with an investment banker who does not guarantee the sale of a security but who agrees to make the best efforts to sell it
Best-efforts agreeement
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Agreement with an investment banker who guarantees a sale of securities by agreeing to purchase the entire issue at a specified price
Firm commitment
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Initial document detailing the financial condition of a firm that must be filed with the SEC to register a new issue of securities
Preliminary prospectus
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Government agency that enforces the federal securities laws
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
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Process of filing information with the SEC concerning a proposed sale of securities to the general public
Registration

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