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Stocks Vocab
Stock Vocabulary
Question | Answer |
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Dividend | Portion of a company's profits (earnings) that may be paid to stockholders |
Liquidity | The ease of converting an asset-in this case stock into money in a timely fashion with little or no loss in value |
Private Company | A company owned by a person, family, or small group of investors that does not sell stock to the company |
Profit/Earnings | The amount of money that remains after subtracting the company's expenses from its revenue |
Public Company | A company owned by investors who buy shares of stock exchange |
Risk | The chance of losing all or part of the value of an investment |
Stock | Ownership of shares in a business. Companies issue stock to raise money for a variety of reasons, including, expanding, or modernizing their operations |
Stockholders (shareholders) | One who owns shares in a business |