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STOCK EXCHANGE VOCABULARY REVIEW

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  • TRADE
    Buying and selling on financial markets
  • PORTFOLIO
    A set of investments held by an investor
  • DIVIDEND
    The earnings a company equally shared among the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares they hold
  • EXPENSE RATIO
    It's the percentage of the fund's assets that’s lost each year to pay the major bills
  • MARKET ORDER
    It’s a request to buy or sell assets on the stock market. It can be sent directly to the financial market, or to an intermediary
  • FLOATATION
    Selling part of the company in the shape of shares, which are then traded
  • BEAR MARKET
    A period of time when the price is falling
  • REPRESENTATIVE
    Licensed professionals who trade in stocks and shares on behalf of investors
  • EARNINGS PER SHARE
    It indicates the theoretical growth of a shareholder
  • PLUNGE
    to collapse, to tumble
  • FLUCTUATE
    Upward or downward changes in a market over a long-term study
  • ISSUE
    Increasing the number of shares in a company's share capital
  • INVESTMENT
    It’s buying or selling securities on the financial markets
  • SECTOR
    A cluster of shares of the same corporation
  • DEBENTURE
    It’s a fragment of debt raised by a company, a local authority or a state
  • SLUMP
    collapse
  • STOCKHOLDER
    A natural or legal person who holds shares in a company
  • PRICE-TO-EARNINGS RATIO
    It compares the current price to earnings to determine whether the stock is overvalued or undervalued
  • SPREAD
    A very sharp rise of a market
  • INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING
    When a company decides to start selling its shares to the public
  • GOING LONG
    Means having foreseen an upward trend for a financial asset
  • NEGOTIATOR
    Carries out stock market transactions on behalf of its clients, who place investment orders with it.
  • SPECULATION
    Carrying out a lot of short-term financial transactions in the expectation of making quick capital gains
  • QUOTE
    The latest share price information
  • STOCKS
    Securities and titles
  • LIQUIDITY
    The ability to buy or sell assets quickly in large quantities
  • RETREAT
    Refers to the fall of a stock after a rise
  • HOLD OUT
    As opposed to Support, it’s the level at which the highest price is stopped by sellers to delay the price increase
  • AVERAGING DOWN
    When an investor takes advantage of a fall to buy more stocks
  • VOLATILITY
    A stock that goes up and down quickly
  • BIG BOARD
    An informal term for New York Stock Exchange
  • SHORT SELLING
    Selling a security you don't own to buy it back later
  • RALLY
    It's an increase following positive information, or a public feeling of trust
  • TARGET-DATE-FUND
    Investments with target maturity dates that align with key goals in investors’ lives
  • SOAR
    Another word for rocket
  • SECURITIES
    Shares and stocks traded on the stock exchange
  • YIELD
    The yearly income that a share provides, at a given moment, to its holder
  • NEGOTIABLE
    It's a security generally traded on the secondary market after being sold on the primary market
  • MARGIN
    It’s the difference between the total value of one’s investment, and the value lent by one’s broker
  • COMMODITIES
    It’s the trade, in large quantities of raw materials, and more generally basic materials, be they metals, agricultural, energy, etc.
  • MUTUAL FUND
    It’s a financial instrument based on money raised from numerous investors for various securities and shares
  • ROCKET
    A market whose shares are escalating rapidly in an unexpected way
  • ASSET
    What is traded on the markets, such as shares, bonds, currencies or raw materials
  • LEVERAGE
    Borrowing shares from a brokerage firm and to sell them at a higher price, then keeping the extra money
  • TRUSTEE
    Some organisations such as banks, investment companies, management companies, insurance companies
  • PLUMMET
    To drop down, synonymous to plunge
  • ARBITRAGE
    A transaction in which a security (or a line of securities) is sold to buy another security, considered to have a higher potential gain
  • BULL MARKET
    A period of time when the price is rising
  • STAKE
    A financial contribution from one company to another
  • BUY-OUT
    It’s a financial scheme enabling the purchase of a company through a holding company
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