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financial instrument |
A document having monetary value or recording a monetary transaction
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investment |
An item of value purchased for income or capital appreciation.
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blue chip stock | Stock with a solid and stable earnings record from a company that either leads or dominates or is a major player in a specific industry. |
| borrowed stock | Stock in a short sale. |
| common stock | Securities representing equity, 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. In the event of liquidation, common stock holders have rights to a company's assets only after bondholders, other debt holders, and PreferredStock holders have been satisfied. |
| defensive stock | DefensiveStocks are stocks of food companies, drug manufacturers and utility companies. |
| growth stock | Investment term that is applied to a Stock that is expected to appreciate in value at a high rate, pay big dividends or split. |
| penny stock | Extremely speculative, high-risk Stock, usually with a price of less than 5 dollars per share. In the U.S., nearly all are traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board. |
| preferred stock | CapitalStock which provides a specific Dividend that is paid before any dividends are paid to common stock holders, and which takes precedence over common stock in the event of a liquidation. Usually does not carry voting rights. |
| restricted stock | Securities, usually issued in private placements, that have limited transferability. |
| value stock | When the shares in a company are considered attractive because the company is undervalue, usually because it has a low P/E ratio. |