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19 Cards in this Set
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Stockholders (Shareholders)
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The owners of the corporation
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Dividends
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The way stockholders profit when the corporation does well through capital gain
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Capital Gain
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An increase in the value of the stock above the price intially paid for it.
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Common Stock
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A type of stock that pays a variable dividend and gives the holder voting rights
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Proxy
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A stockholder's written authorization to transfer his or her voting rights to someone else, usually a company manager
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Preferred Stock
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A type of stock that pays a fixed dividend and carries no voting rights
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Income Stocks
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Stocks that have a consistent history of paying high dividends
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Growth Stocks
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Stocks in corporations that reinvest their profits into the business so that it can grow
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Blue Chip Stocks
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Stocks of large, well established corporations with a solid record of profitability
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Par Value
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An assigned (and often arbitrary) dollar value
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Market Value
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The price of which the stock is bought and sold in the marketplace
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Earnings Per Share
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A corporation's after-tax earnings divided by the number of common stock shares outstanding
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Bull Market
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A prolonged period of rising stock prices and a general feeling of investor optimism
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Bear Market
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A prolonged period of falling stock prices and a general feeling of investor pessimism
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Leverage
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The use of borrowed money to buy securities
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Short Selling
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Selling a stock borrowed from a brokeer that must be replace at a later time
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Stock Split
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An increasing in the number of outstanding shares of a company's stock
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Direct Investment
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Buying stock directly from a corportation
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Dividend Reinvestment
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Using dividends previously earned on the stock to buy more shares.
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