Match It! – Definitions from Wall Street Words
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1
Golden Handcuffs
2
Painting the Tape
3
Annuity
4
Yield
5
Capital Spending
6
Float
7
Net Worth
8
Sector
9
Ex-Dividend
10
Soft Market
11 Widow & Orphan Stock
12
Durable Goods
13
Probate
14
Shrinkage
15
Normalized Earnings
16
Holding Company
17
Synergy
18
Dual Listing
19
Momentum
20
Hedge
A lucrative incentive offered to a firm’s executive in
order to keep him or her from moving to another
company.
Illegal trading of a security by manipulators among
themselves in order to create the illusion of heavy
trading.
A stream of equal payments that occur in predetermined increments.
The percentage return on an investment.
Spending for long-term assets such as factories,
machinery and buildings that permits the production of
more goods and services in future years.
The number of shares in public hands and available for
trading.
Total assets minus total liabilities.
A group of securities that share certain common
characteristics.
Refers to a stock no longer carrying the right to the
next dividend because the settlement date determining
the holders who will receive the dividend.
A securities market with declining prices and little
trading.
A conservative investment with limited possibility for
large gains or losses.
Goods, such as appliances and autos, that have a
useful life over a number of years.
Proof that a will is valid and that its terms are being
carried out.
The loss of inventory encountered in the normal course
of doing business.
Past or forecasted earnings that have been adjusted
for cyclical variations.
A company that exists primarily to exercise control over
other firms.
An increase in the value of assets by combining those
assets.
The listing of a security on more than one stock
exchange.
The tendency of a security to continue movement in a
single direction.
A security transaction that reduces the risk of an
already existing investment position.
Match It! – Definitions from Wall Street Words
Match the words on the left with the definitions on the right
1
Golden Handcuffs
2
Painting the Tape
3
Annuity
4
Yield
5
Capital Spending
6
Float
7
Net Worth
8
Sector
9
Ex-Dividend
10
Soft Market
11 Widow & Orphan Stock
12
Durable Goods
13
Probate
14
Shrinkage
15
Normalized Earnings
16
Holding Company
17
Synergy
18
Dual Listing
19
Momentum
20
Hedge
The number of shares in public hands and available for
trading.
A group of securities that share certain common
characteristics.
Spending for long-term assets such as factories,
machinery and buildings that permits the production of
more goods and services in future years.
Goods, such as appliances and autos, that have a
useful life over a number of years.
A company that exists primarily to exercise control over
other firms.
A lucrative incentive offered to a firm’s executive in
order to keep him or her from moving to another
company.
Refers to a stock no longer carrying the right to the
next dividend because the settlement date determining
the holders who will receive the dividend.
A stream of equal payments that occur in predetermined increments.
A conservative investment with limited possibility for
large gains or losses.
Proof that a will is valid and that its terms are being
carried out.
Past or forecasted earnings that have been adjusted
for cyclical variations.
An increase in the value of assets by combining those
assets.
The tendency of a security to continue movement in a
single direction.
The listing of a security on more than one stock
exchange.
Illegal trading of a security by manipulators among
themselves in order to create the illusion of heavy
trading.
A security transaction that reduces the risk of an
already existing investment position.
A securities market with declining prices and little
trading.
Total assets minus total liabilities.
The loss of inventory encountered in the normal course
of doing business.
The percentage return on an investment.