Investing101

4. An investment as an owner, creditor or rights to ownership on which the person hopes to gain profit.
8. A valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings.
12. The amount of money that a company actually receives during a specific period; gross income.
14. An agreement between a buyer and a seller to exchange goods, services or financial instruments.
16. A sum of money lent or invested, on which interest is paid.
17. To neither buy nor sell a security (stocks, bonds, other investments).
18. The sale of a stock that is not owned by the seller, or that the seller has borrowed.

1. Giant companies with solid reputations.
2. An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular company listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly.
3. The highest and lowest prices that a stock has traded at during the previous year.
5. A loan made to a company or government to be paid back to the person at a certain time.
6. One of the equal parts into which the stock of a company or a corporation is divided.
7. To put (money) to use in something offering potential profitable returns, as interest, income, or appreciation in value.
8. A company that controls other companies by owning an influential amount of voting stock or control.
9. A sum paid or charged for the use of money or for borrowing money.
10. A market in which securities are bought and sold.
11. An investment that is made up of a pool of money collected from many investors for the purpose of investing in securities such as stocks, bonds, money market instruments and similar assets.
13. the shares of a particular company or corporation.
15. An owner of shares in a company.
16. Money that is made in a business, through investing, etc., after all the costs and expenses are paid : a financial gain.