Types of Stocks and Stock Classifications
Across
- 2. This is the type of company whose shares are traded freely on a stock exchange.
- 4. Increase in value when the economy is strong and lose value during economic decline.
- 5. Stocks of companies with profits that are increasing quickly.
- 6. Is an order to buy or sell a stock at the market price once the stock has traded at or through a specified price.
- 8. Doesn’t come with voting rights and lower overall risk and returns.
- 9. Typically pays a regular quarterly dividend to shareholders. These are usually high-quality, well-established companies with a history of strong profits and steady dividend increases.
- 10. The stock of a large, well-established, and financially sound company that has operated for many years and pays dividends in good and bad times.
- 11. Is an order to buy or sell a stock at the market's current best available price.
- 15. The size of a company. You can calculate this by multiplying the number of outstanding shares by the current stock price.
Down
- 1. Is an order to buy or sell a stock with a restriction on the maximum price to be paid or the minimum price to be received.
- 3. This stock is a sound investment during economic downturns because the industries and companies that issue the stock are unaffected by, or even profit from, financial slumps.
- 4. Voting right to elect the board of directors and more ways to make money.
- 7. Issued by start-ups. These stocks carry a high amount of risk because the companies are often untested and many do not succeed.
- 12. Shares that trade at no more than $5 each.
- 13. These stocks are underpriced when compare to other similar companies in the stock market.
- 14. This is the type of company whose shares are not offered on the stock market.