Topic 5

2. persistent and heavy demands by a bank's depositors, creditors, or customer to withdraw money
5. an agent who negotiates an exchange between a buyer and seller
8. buying a stock by paying on a fraction of the stock price and borrowing the rest
11. a system for buying and selling stocks in corporations
12. act of buying stocks at great risk with the anticipation that the prices will rise
14. abbreviated term for poliomyelitis, an acute infectious disease affecting the skeletal muscle, often resulting in permanent disability and deformity
16. to cover financial losses
17. closing of banks during the great depression to avoid bank runs
18. projects such as highways, parks, and libraries built with public funds for public use
19. to take possession of a property because of defaults on payments

1. an index, or tool, that measures the performance of the stocks of 30 large companies
3. aid in the form of money or supplies for those in need
4. demand by a broker that investors pay back loans made for stocks purchased on margin
6. a group of veterans that walked to the white house to collect their bonus
7. monthly plan made to pay off the cost of an item when buying it on credit
9. a person who risks money in hopes of a financial profit
10. a homeless and usually penniless wanderer
13. a long period of rising stock prices
15. minor officers of the courts