Basic Finance Termonology - Statistics

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Hint Answer % Correct
An equity security representing ownership Stock/Share
95%
One individual unit of stock Stock/Share
95%
Index of 500 major U.S. companies S&P 500
72%
A debt security representing borrowing Bond
70%
Cash paid to equity owners/shareholders Dividend
70%
Money borrowed that must be repaid Debt
69%
The largest traditional U.S. stock exchange NYSE (New York Stock Exchange)
65%
The cost of borrowing money Interest
63%
A company's first time selling stock to the public IPO
63%
How easily an asset can be traded for cash Liquidity
62%
Money earned after expenses Profit
61%
Ownership in a company Equity
60%
A major U.S. electronic stock exchange NASDAQ
57%
A fund traded on an exchange like a stock ETF
45%
Total value of all shares of a company Market Cap
45%
A collection of securities that can be tracked and serve as a benchmark Index
44%
A marketplace where securities are traded Exchange
42%
Index of 30 major U.S. companies Dow Jones
39%
The difference between bid and ask prices Spread
38%
The price at which you can buy a security Ask
36%
The price at which someone will buy from you Bid
36%
A pooled investment holding many securities Fund
31%
A fund bought and sold only at end-of-day price Mutual Fund
31%
A tradable financial asset that represents ownership or debt Security
28%
A type of interest that builds on itself (the secret to wealth) Compound Interest
27%
A long period of rising stock prices Bull Market
25%
The amount borrowed or invested initially Principal
25%
A bank account that earns interest Savings Account
22%
A very large market decline (20%+) Bear Market
21%
The percent return on an investment Yield
17%
A broad decline in the market (10%+) Correction
10%
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