Economics
Across
- 4. a steady rise in the stock market over a period of time
- 5. the practice of making high risk investments with borrowed money in hopes of getting a big return
- 7. index that shows the price changes of 500 different stocks
- 9. institution that helps channel funds from savers to borrowers
- 12. the collapse of the stocks market in 1929
- 13. claim on the property or income of a borrower
- 15. a steady drop in the stock market over a period of time
- 16. the option to buy shares of stock at a specific time in the future
- 17. bond issued by a state to finance improvements as highways schools ect
- 20. contracts to buy or sell at a specific date in the future at a price specified today
- 21. the option to sell shares of stock at a specific time in the future
- 23. the money an investor receives above and beyond the sum of money initially invested
Down
- 1. time at which payment to bondholder
- 2. an investments report to potential investors
- 3. a bond that a corporation issues to raise money to expand its business
- 6. the system that allows the transfer of money between savers and borrowers
- 8. business that specializes in trading stocks
- 10. American market for OTC securities
- 11. annual rate of return on a bond if the bond were held to maturity
- 14. interest rate that a bond issuer will pay to a bondholder
- 18. a collection of financial assets
- 19. an electronic marketplace for stocks and bonds
- 22. contracts that give investors the choice to buy or sell stock and other financial assets