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Teacher Resource 9.5
Key Vocabulary: Stocks
These are terms to be introduced or reinforced in this lesson.
Term
Definition
An agreement in which an underwriter will use all efforts to sell as much
of an issue as possible to the public.
Securities representing part ownership in a corporation, providing voting
rights, and entitling the holder to a share of the company’s success
through dividends and/or capital appreciation.
A portion of a company’s profits that is paid out to its shareholders.
Dividends can be paid regularly or intermittently, and are usually paid
out as cash, though they can be paid out as stocks.
A company’s first (or initial) offering of stock for sale. The underwriter
managing the sale sells shares into the primary market.
A securities firm that helps corporations sell securities to the public.
Capital stock that provides a specific dividend that is paid before any
dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes
precedence over common stock. Like common stock, preferred stocks
represent partial ownership in a company, although preferred stock
shareholders cannot vote.
The marketplace where an issue of stock is first sold. In a transaction
here, the company is the seller.
A document that must be filed with the federal Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) and made available to potential investors before
stock can be sold. The prospectus offers a detailed analysis of the
company’s finances, its management team, and its products and/or
services, and spells out potential difficulties the company may face in
the future and the risks of investing in the company.
The market in which an investor purchases a security from another
investor rather than from the issuing company.
A federal agency that regulates the US financial markets and securities
industry.
Someone who owns one or more shares of common or preferred stock.
A market for the buying and selling of stocks.
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Term
Definition
A model in economics that determines the price and quantity of a
product or service sold: If there is less of the product offered (“supply”)
than consumers want (“demand”), the price will rise. If there is more of
the product than consumers want, the price will fall.
An investment bank or syndicate of investment banks that attempts to
sell securities for an issuing company in the primary market.
The process of selling securities for an issuing company in the primary
market.
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AOF Applied Finance
Lesson 9 Stocks
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