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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMISSION (SEC): Is the branch of the US government created in 1934 that has responsibility for regulating monitoring and enforcing the security laws.

CURRENT YIELD: The annual dividend per-share of stock divided by the current price per share.

FACE VALUE: The amount shown on the face of a note The original amount of money borrowed by a company.

ZERO-COUPON BOND: A bond that does not pay annual interest, rather it only pays the face value of the bond at maturity. 

PAR VALUE: The amount printed on a stock certificate, usually the price at which a share of stock is first offered to the public.

ROUND LOT: multiple of 100 shares of stock.

ADD COSTS: less that 100 shares of stock.

MATURITY DATE: The date a loan is due.

STOCK RATIOS: Numbers used to compare stocks- Typically the current yield and the PE ratio.

DIVIDEND: money paid by a company to the holders of a stock.

STOCK EXCHANGES: A place or mechanism at or through which stocks can be bought and sold.

EARNING PER SHARE: The difference of the net income of a corporation and any dividends on preferred shares divided by the number of common shares outstanding.

DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE: A commonly quoted average of the stock prices of 30 large industrial publicly held corporations.

NASDAQ:

STANDARD POOR: an index that reflects the combined prices of the stock of 500 of the largest and best companies in the US. 

COMMON STOCK: ordinary stock not sharing the privilege of preferred stock and showing ownership in corporation.

PREFERRED STOCK: stock that pays dividends before, stockholders receive any dividends.

OWNERS EQUITY: The difference between assets and liabilities also called beer do you shave or net were also called propriertorship or net worth.