stock market
Where shares trade
The stock market is the system through which shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold.
It refers both to the abstract marketplace and to specific exchanges like the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ.
The stock market dropped three hundred points today.
Stock market often serves as shorthand for the broader economy's health: How's the stock market doing?
Collected works or assets
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
- blue-chipFinancially stable and reputable
diversification · allocation · yield · fundamentals · valuation · stake · long-term · retirement
Largest equities market
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- trading floorExchange transaction area
- Dow JonesStock market benchmark
- S&P 500Major stock market index
FTSE · Nikkei · Shanghai · Hang Seng · listing · ticker · indices · opening bell
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- exposureState of being unprotected
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
- leverageBorrowed capital for amplified returns
bubble · crash · default · bankruptcy · hedging · downside · uncertainty · margin call
Economic decline period
- declineDecrease or refuse
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- correctionFixing of mistakes
- crashSudden violent impact
slump · recession · pullback · downtrend · losses · contraction · dip · short-selling
Gathering for a cause
climb · uptrend · bull run · momentum · growth · appreciation · breakout · all-time high
Transaction intermediary for hire
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- buyObtain through payment
- sellTransfer for payment
- ordersInstructions to obey
execution · volume · trades · clearing · settlement · scalping · position · bid
Core elements of something
- technicalsArmed improvised fighting vehicles
- chartData shown visually
- indicatorsSigns that reveal status
- moving averageSmoothed price over time
resistance · support · earnings · P/E ratio · volume · trend · sentiment · analyst
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- dividendsProfits paid to shareholders
- sharesUnits of company ownership
- equitiesOwnership stakes in corporations
blue-chip · diversification · allocation · yield · fundamentals · valuation · stake · long-term · retirement · index fund
NYSE
Largest equities market
- NASDAQElectronic securities exchange
- trading floorExchange transaction area
- Dow JonesStock market benchmark
S&P 500 · FTSE · Nikkei · Shanghai · Hang Seng · listing · ticker · indices · opening bell · closing bell
volatility
Rapid, unpredictable changeability
- speculationUnproven theorizing or risky investment
- exposureState of being unprotected
- lossesThings subtracted from standing
leverage · bubble · crash · default · bankruptcy · hedging · downside · uncertainty · margin call · black swan
downturn
Economic decline period
- declineDecrease or refuse
- sell-offRapid mass divestiture
- correctionFixing of mistakes
crash · slump · recession · pullback · downtrend · losses · contraction · dip · short-selling · liquidation
rally
Gathering for a cause
boom · climb · uptrend · bull run · momentum · growth · appreciation · breakout · all-time high · optimism
broker
Transaction intermediary for hire
- day-tradingTrading within one session
- buyObtain through payment
- sellTransfer for payment
orders · execution · volume · trades · clearing · settlement · scalping · position · bid · ask
fundamentals
Core elements of something
- technicalsArmed improvised fighting vehicles
- chartData shown visually
- indicatorsSigns that reveal status
moving average · resistance · support · earnings · P/E ratio · volume · trend · sentiment · analyst · forecast
- capitalismcapitalism, free enterprise, private property, profit motive, supply and demand
- Wall Streetshares, Wall Street, NYSE, Dow, NASDAQ
- 1920s AmericaCharles Lindbergh, Jazz Age, Spirit of St. Louis, flappers, transatlantic flight
- Early 1900sroaring twenties, flapper, jazz, speakeasy, prohibition
- economic historyIndustrial Revolution, trade routes, Great Depression, gold standard, Silk Road
- economic policymonetary policy, tax policy, fiscal discipline, fiscal stimulus, fiscal restraint
stock marketsavings account
Interest-bearing bank holding
treasury bonds · government bonds · money market account · mattress money · certificate of deposit
stock marketbond market
Venue for debt securities
real estate market · private equity · commodity market · labor market · commodities market
stock marketcommand economy
State-controlled economic system
central planning · planned economy · socialism · communism · state ownership