Stock Market Terms Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. is a period of sustained increases in the prices of stocks, bonds or indices (1wd)
  2. 3. is a huge company with an excellent reputation. (3wd)
  3. 4. an order an investor may place to buy or sell a security that remains active until either the order is filled or the investor cancels it (4wd)
  4. 6. the amount by which the ask price exceeds the bid price for an asset in the market (3wd)
  5. 10. to give/hand over in exchange for money (1wd)
  6. 13. type of order to purchase or sell a security at a specified price or better.(2wd)
  7. 18. the buying of a stock, commodity, or currency with the expectation that it will rise in value (2wd)
  8. 19. an accounting method in which a cost is included in the value of an asset and expensed over the useful life of that asset, rather than being expensed in the period the cost was originally incurred (1wd)
  9. 21. the process of offering shares of a private corporation to the public in a new stock issuance. (1wd/3wd)
  10. 22. a marketplace where securities, commodities, derivatives and other financial instruments are traded (1wd)
  11. 26. alternative investments using pooled funds that employ different strategies to earn active return, or alpha, for their investors (4wds)
  12. 29. a unique series of letters assigned to a security for trading purposes(2wd)
  13. 30. the condition of the financial market in which prices are rising or expected to rise.(2wd)
  14. 32. a direction to a broker to execute a trade at a specific price that expires at the end of the trading day if it is not completed. (2wd)
  15. 34. a trader who executes a large volume of short and long trades to capitalize on intraday market price action (2wd)
  16. 35. the lowest price a shareholder is willing to part with shares (1wd)
  17. 37. the marketplace where various national currencies are traded.(1wd)
  18. 39. a grouping of financial assets such as stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies and cash equivalents, as well as their fund counterparts, including mutual, exchange-traded and closed funds (1wd)
Down
  1. 2. an investing strategy in which a stock owner purchases additional shares of a previously initiated investment after the price has dropped further. (2wd)
  2. 5. the completion of a buy or sell order for a security.(1wd)
  3. 7. the maximum number of shares that a corporation is legally permitted to issue (2wd)
  4. 8. the money borrowed from a brokerage firm to purchase an investment. It is the difference between the total value of securities held in an investor's account and the loan amount from the broker (1wd)
  5. 9. a negotiable certificate issued by a U.S. depository bank representing a specified number of shares—or as little as one share—investment in a foreign company's stock(1wd/4wds)
  6. 11. the ease with which an asset, or security, can be converted into ready cash without affecting its market price (1wd)
  7. 12. the total quantity of shares or contracts traded for a specified security. (2wd)
  8. 14. a widely used indicator in technical analysis that helps smooth out price action by filtering out the “noise” from random short-term price fluctuations.(2wd)
  9. 15. a request by an investor – usually made through a broker or brokerage service – to buy or sell a security at the best available price in the current market.(2wd)
  10. 16. an individual or firm that acts as an intermediary between an investor and a securities exchange.(1wd)
  11. 17. the highest price an investor is willing to pay for a share (1wd)
  12. 20. a statistical measure of the dispersion of returns for a given security or market index. (1wd)
  13. 23. the portion of shares of a corporation that are in the hands of public investors (2wd)
  14. 24. the last price at which a security or commodity traded, meaning the most recent price to which a buyer and seller agreed and at which some amount of the asset was transacted(1wd)
  15. 25. to purchase/obtain in exchange for payment (1wd)
  16. 27. an asset that tracks a particular set of equities, similar to an index.(1wd/4wds)
  17. 28. the sale of new or closely held shares by a company that has already made an initial public offering (2wd)
  18. 30. when a market experiences prolonged price declines (2wd)
  19. 31. the distribution of a portion of the company's earnings, decided and managed by the company’s board of directors, and paid to a class of its shareholders.(1wd)
  20. 33. the earnings generated and realized on an investment over a particular period of time(1wd)
  21. 36. an area of the economy in which businesses share the same or a related product or service(1wd)
  22. 38. a measure of the volatility, or systematic risk, of a security or portfolio, in comparison to the market as a whole (1wd)