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Econ 11

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Why would a corporation sell stock?   To raise funds.  
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What is a share?   A portion of a stock.  
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Two ways owners can make money on stocks   1.Dividends 2. Capital gains  
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Dividends   Profits paid out to stock holders, usually 4 times a year  
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Capital gains   Amount receive over the purchase price of a stock when it is sold.  
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Difference between income stock and growth stock   Income stock pays dividends-Growth stock reinvests dividends in purchasing more stock.  
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Difference between common stock and preferred stock   A common stock owner can vote, a preferred stock owner can not vote. A preferred stock owner gets paid first if the company goes out of business.  
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Stock split   A single share of stock splits into more than one share  
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Why would a company split their stock?   Companies split stocks when the price to buy a stock is so high few cam afford to buy it.  
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The biggest risks of buying stock are:   1.Investment is not insured- 2.May earn less than expected 3.If company fails-stock holder gets paid after all bills are paid.  
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Stockbroker   A person who links the buyers with the sellers of stock.  
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Brokerage firm   A business that specializes in trading stocks.  
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Stock exchange   A market for buying and selling stocks and bonds  
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Biggest difference between NYSE and NASDAQ   NYSE-brick and motar building NASDAQ-electronic market (internet-telephones)  
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Day Trading   Buy stocks low, hold just for a brief time-usually less that a day, in hopes can sell high and make a profit  
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Dow Jones Industrial Average   Average value of a stocks preformance  
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How many stocks make up the Dow?   30  
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Standards and Poors 500   Company that tracks the preformance of 500 different stocks  
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Bear market   slugish or declinging in value  
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Bull market   strong or gaining in value  
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investment   The act of redirecting resources to create benefits for the future.  
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financial system   Network of structures and mechanisms that allow the transfer of money between savers and borrowers.  
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What are financial assets or securities?   Documents that represent claims on the property or income of the borrower.  
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Financial intermediaries   Banks, credit unions, financial companies, mutual funds, hedge funds, life insurance companies, pension funds  
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Purpose of financial intermediaries   Link borrowers and savers  
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Mutual funds   Pooled money of investors used to buy stocks and bonds etc. for the purpose of making money  
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Life Insurnace Companies   Provide financial protection for the family of the insured  
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Pension funds   Income some retires receive when they reach a certain age  
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Portfolio   Collection of financial assets  
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Liquidity   Ability to convert assets into cash  
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The riskier the investment, the ______ the return.   higher  
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What is purchased for future financial benefit?   An investment  
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Prospectus   An investment report provided by intermediaries to investors  
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Diversification   Spreading out investments to reduce risk  
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Hedge funds   Private investment organizations that employ risky strategies that often result in huge profits for investors.  
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Return   Money an investor receives above and beyond the sum invested  
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Money Market Mutual Funds   Intermediaries buy short term financial assets that yield higher interest rates than savings accounts--not FDIC insured  
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Primary Market   Market for selling financial assets that can be redeemed only by the original holder  
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Secondary Market   Market that resells financial assets  
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Capital Market   Market in which money is lent for a period longer than one year  
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Corporate Bonds   Bonds sold by corporations to help raise money for their business--moderate level of risk  
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Junk Bonds   Risky high yield bonds  
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CD's   Certificates of Deposit--Safe--FDIC Insured  
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Municipal bonds   Bonds issued by state and local governments to finance roads, bridges, etc.--considered safe investments  
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Inflation-indexed Bonds   Principal and interest are linked to the inflation rate  
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Savings Bonds   Low denomination bonds issued by the US Government-low risk  
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Two disadvantages to issuer for selling bonds   1. Must make fixed interest payments. 2. Firm must maintain financial helath to avoid bonds being downgraded to a lower bond rating-thus making the bonds harder to sell even at a discount price  
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Reasons issuers sell bonds   1. Rate stays the same 2. Company does not have to share profits with bond holders  
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Reasons why investors invest in bonds   Relatively safe investment  
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Three basic components of a bond   1. coupon rate, 2. maturity date, 3. par value  
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Money Market   Market in which money is lent for periods of one year or less  
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Coupon rate   Interest rate your money will earn  
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The return on investments is closely linked to _____and______.   Risk and Reward  
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Maturity   Time at which payment to a bond holder is due  
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Par Value   amount paid at maturity  
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Issuer   Seller of a bond  
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Holder   Person who buys a bond  
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Yield   Annual rate of return on a bond if bond is held to maturity  
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Standards and Poors & Moody's   Independent firm that publishes bond issuer's credit ratings  
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Capital gains   Difference between the higher selling price and the lower purchase price  
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Put option   Contract for selling stock at a particular price until a specified future date  
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Bull market   Steady rise over time  
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Four ways to classify stocks   1.Income stock, 2. growth stock, 3. common stock, 4. prefered stock  
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Income stock   Pays dividends  
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Growth stock   Does not pay dividends, profits reinvested in more stock  
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Common stock   Stockholder has the right to vote on company policy  
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Prefered stock   No voting rights-gets payed first in event of financial issues  
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Two ways for stockholders to make a profit   1. Dividends 2. Capital Gains  
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Shares   A portion of a stock  
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When do stocks split?   When the purchase price becomes so high people won't buy them.  
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Nasdaq   Sells stocks and bonds over phone or internet----- National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation  
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Hooverviles   Shelters made of scrap wood, old tin, and other salvaged materials--residents blamed the market crash and living conditions on Pres. Hoover  
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Speculation   Making risky investments with borrowed money in hopes of getting a big return  
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Before WWII who bought and sold stocks in the stock market?   The wealthy  
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Sabanes-Oxley Act   Reform aimed at reforming lax company accounting practices  
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Bear market   stagnate or falling for a period of time  
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Futures   Contracts to buy or sell commodities at a particular date in the future at a price specified today  
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OTC--Over the Counter Market   Stocks and bonds bought or sold from a dealer or broker over the phone or internet  
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Options   Contracts that give investors the choice to buy or sell stocks and other financial assets  
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Call Options   Contact for buying sotck at a particular price until a specified future date  
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Second largest securities market   Nasdaq-created 1971-deals with 500 world wide companies  
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Largest securities market   NYSE-deals with 30 top world wide companies  
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Brokerage Firms   Business that specialize in trading stocks  
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Stock Exchange   A market for buying and selling stocks  
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Stockbroker   Person who links buyers and sellers of stocks  
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Buying on Margin   Purchase stock for only a fraction of its price and borrowing the rest from a brokerage firm  
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Great Crash of 1929   Collapse of stock market-one of many issues that began the Great Depression  
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Blue Chip Companies   Largest most financially sound stock companies---best known companies---found only on NYSE  
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Capital Market   Market in which money is lent for periods longer that a year  
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Capital Loss   The difference between the selling price and purchase price that results in a financial loss for the seller  
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Speculation   The practice of making high-risk investments with borrowed money in hopes of getting a big return  
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Treasury bond   United states government bond with maturity of 10 to 30 years  
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Money   Anything that serves as a medium of exchange, unit of an account or store of value  
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Medium of exchange   Anything that is used to determine value during the exchange of goods and services  
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Barter   The direct exchange of one set of goods or services for another  
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Unit of account   A means for comparing the values of goods and services  
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Store of Value   Something that keeps its value if it is stored stored rather than spent, like gold  
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Currency   coin and paper bulls used as money  
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Limited Supply   Federal Reserve controls the money supply to keep our currency valuable  
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Commodity money   Objects that have value in and of themselves that are also used as money, example coin from recycling  
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Representative money   Object that have value because the holder can exchange for something else  
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Fiat money   Objects that have value because a government has decreed that they are acceptable ways to pay debt  
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Specie   Coined money, usually gold or silver, used to back paper money  
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Bank   An institution for receiving, keeping and lending money  
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National Bank   A bank chartered by the federal government  
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Bank run   Widespread panic in which many people try to redeem their paper money at the same time  
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greenbacks   Paper currency issued during the Civil War  
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