equities

Shares in companies

Equities are ownership shares in companies—stocks.

The term appears most often in financial contexts: She moved her portfolio from bonds into equities, emerging market equities.

Equity in the singular can mean the value of ownership in an asset after subtracting debts: home equity, We have $200,000 in equity in the house.

It also means fairness or justice, especially in legal contexts: a court of equity.

ownership

shares

Units of company ownership

minority · majority · dividends · capital · portfolio · allocation · corporate · private · public · issuance

markets

exchange

Mutual giving and receiving

  • NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
  • NYSELargest equities market
  • FTSEBritish stock market index

Nikkei · index · listing · IPO · capitalization · securities · blue-chip · volatility · correction · rally

investing

portfolio

Collected works or assets

retirement · pension · 401k · IRA · ETF · fiduciary · institutional · dividends · long-term · rebalancing

trading

daytrading

Buying and selling within one session

volume · bid · ask · spread · candlestick · momentum · breakout · short-selling · leverage · options

analysis

valuation

Assessment of monetary worth

analyst · rating · buy · sell · hold · upgrade · downgrade · guidance · forecast · sector

Categories
Opposites
asset class

equitiesbonds

Ties that unite

fixed income · treasuries · government bonds · corporate bonds · debentures

capital structure position

equitiesdebts

Sums owed to others

debt · liabilities · borrowings · secured debt · obligations

FAIRNESS (homophone sense)

equitiesinequities

Unfair distributions or treatments

injustices · unfairness · discriminations · dishonesties · biases

Family

inequities

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
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