A Stock Market Adventure

2. Buying securities with money borrowed from a broker, using other securities as collateral.
3. A period of sustained increases in the prices of stocks, bonds, or indexes.
5. Abbreviation for Initial Public Offering, the first sale of stock by a company to the public.
6. Abbreviation for Exchange-Traded Fund, a type of investment fund and exchange-traded product, i.e., they are traded on stock exchanges.
9. A payment made by a corporation to its shareholders, usually as a distribution of profits.
11. The number of shares or contracts traded in a security or an entire market during a given period.
12. A unit of ownership in a corporation or financial asset.
14. An individual or firm that charges a fee or commission for executing buy and sell orders submitted by an investor.

1. A range of investments held by a person or organization.
4. The income return on an investment, such as the interest or dividends received from holding a particular security.
5. A statistical measure of the changes in a portfolio of stocks representing a portion of the overall market.
7. Selling a security that is not owned by the seller, with the expectation that the price will decline.
8. A market condition where prices are rising or expected to rise.
10. A marketplace where securities, commodities, derivatives and other financial instruments are traded.
13. A market condition where prices are falling or expected to fall.