Business Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.
  2. 3. Initial Public Offering; the initial sale of stock to the public by investment bankers.
  3. 5. Shares of a company that do not guarantee a dividend and have more risk and volatility than preferred shares.
  4. 8. Someone who risks funds by purchasing financial products with the hope the investments will increase in value over time.
  5. 10. A type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim to a part of the company’s profits or losses. Companies usually issue stock to raise money for a variety of reasons, including expanding or modernizing their operations.
  6. 13. Stock Shares of ownership of a company in which the shareholder is guaranteed a dividend if one is declared and whose shares are usually not as volatile as common stock.
  7. 16. A company that is owned by investors who buy shares of stock, partial ownership of the assets of a business, in the corporation usually through one of the stock exchanges.
  8. 20. include growth stocks—particularly young companies with great potential.
  9. 22. position The condition of owning stock. The value of a long position is a stock’s current share price multiplied by the number of shares owned.
  10. 24. The potential unpredictability or instability of a stock.
  11. 26. Process by which assets of a business are converted to money.
  12. 28. A company legally separate from stockholders who own it and the managers who run it.
  13. 29. Stands for price-to-earnings ratio. The P/E is the relationship between a company's earnings and its share price. It is calculated by dividing the current price per share by the earnings per share.
  14. 31. An individual or company (including a corporation) that legally owns one shares of stock in a stock company. The shareholders are the owners of a corporation.
  15. 33. A company owned and managed by two or more people who share its profits or losses. A partnership is not separate from its owners, who are liable for the company’s debts.
  16. 34. A company owned and run by one individual who receives its profits or its losses. A proprietorship is not separate from its owner, who is liable for the company debts.
  17. 35. The amount of money that remains after subtracting the company’s expenses from its revenue.
Down
  1. 2. An investor’s ability to accept loss of some or all of the money he or she has invested, based on a number of factors including age, financial stability, amount of time before the invested funds are needed for other purposes, etc.
  2. 4. fixed income and preferred stocks are considered...
  3. 6. Part of a company’s profits (earnings) paid periodically to stockholders.
  4. 7. A business or association usually formed to manufacture or supply products or services for profit.
  5. 9. The chance of losing all or part of the value of an investment. Risk can be divided into three categories;
  6. 11. The ratio of the stock’s price per share to its earnings per share.
  7. 12. The stock of a public company is owned and traded by individuals and institutional investors. In contrast, the stock is held by company founders, employees, and sometimes venture capitalists.
  8. 14. are highly unpredictable. For example, many dot/com stocks are highly speculative, with incredible highs and devastating lows.
  9. 15. Report By law, each publicly held corporation must provide its shareholders with an annual report showing its income and balance sheet. In most cases, it contains not only financial details but also a message from the chairman, a description of the company's operations, and an overview of its achievements.
  10. 17. A corporation that doesn’t sell shares to the public. You cannot buy shares of a private company in the stock market.
  11. 18. The number of shares traded in a company's stock.
  12. 19. If you own common stock in a U.S. corporation, you have the right to vote on company policies and to elect the company's board of directors. You may vote in person at the annual meeting or authorize the board to vote on your behalf using an absentee ballot, or proxy,Which you can submit by mail or, increasingly often, by telephone or over the Internet.
  13. 21. An announcement appearing in financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal announcing a company’s Initial Public Offering (IPO.)
  14. 23. A company that is owned by a person, family, or small group of investors that does not sell shares of stock in the company to the public.
  15. 25. a unit of ownership in a corporation or mutual fund.
  16. 27. Typically an investment banker, buys an entire new securities issue from the company or government offering it, and resells the issue as individual stocks or bonds to the public.
  17. 30. Indicates how much and how quickly the value of an investment, market, or market sector changes.
  18. 32. the company’s profits or losses.