Stock Review

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Across
  1. 4. - An investment banker who 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.
  2. 5. - 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
  3. 7. - Bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the US government.
  4. 8. - Index of 30 large well known companies
  5. 15. - a legal entity that is separate and distinct from its owners.
  6. 16. - Someone who risks funds by purchasing financial products with the hope the investments will increase in value over time.
  7. 20. - legal status where a person's financial liability is limited to a fixed sum, most commonly the value of a person's investment in a corporation, company or partnership.
  8. 26. - a fixed income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental).
  9. 27. - A company’s current stock price times the number of shares stockholders own.
  10. 28. - A Dealer Market, all trades executed electronically.
  11. 30. - Part of a company’s profits (earnings) that it pays as money to shareholders.
Down
  1. 1. - A company owned and run by one individual who receives its profits or bears its losses.
  2. 2. - Shares of a company that do not guarantee a dividend and have more risk and volatility
  3. 3. - Investments (bonds) That pay interest on a set schedule.
  4. 6. - Funds that usually sell as many shares as investors want to buy.
  5. 8. - Reducing risk by combining different investments whose prices aren’t likely to move in step with one another.
  6. 9. - A type of security that signifies ownership in a corporation and represents a claim to a part of the company’s profits or losses.
  7. 10. - An Auction Market, All trading is done in person, on the trading floor.
  8. 11. - A business or association usually formed to manufacture or supply products or services for profit.
  9. 12. - Major source of corporate borrowing. Backed by the general credit of the corporation or corporate assets.
  10. 13. - A collection of stocks, bonds, and other securities owned by a group of investors and managed by a professional investment advisory firm.
  11. 14. - Bonds issued by state and local governments.
  12. 17. - An announcement appearing in financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal announcing a company’s Initial Public Offering
  13. 18. - Where brokers gather to buy and sell stocks and other securities. This includes trades made via phone and electrictronic trading.
  14. 19. - A person who organizes, operates, and assumes the risk for a business venture.
  15. 21. - Initial Public Offering
  16. 22. - A statistical measure of the changes in a portfolio of stocks representing a portion of the overall market.
  17. 23. - Indicates how much and how quickly the value of an investment, market, or market sector changes.
  18. 24. - A company owned and managed by two or more people who share its profits or losses.
  19. 25. - An index of 500 large-cap companies
  20. 29. - Some of these bonds are government sponsored but privately owned. Often used to raise funds for specific types of of loans to the public (think first time home buyer loans) or to pay off new projects.