By: Devin Hawthorne, Danny Goode,
Morgan Booker, Keaton Marlow, Erica
Shambo, and Tommy Roach!!!!!!!!
• The shares of a particular company or
corporation.
• Facilities that allow investors to purchase or sell
existing stocks
• Ex: New York stock Exchange, American stock
exchange, Over-The-Counter, Electronic
Communication Networks
• Electric communication Networks (ECN)- computer APP that help
you purchase stock by matching stocks
• NYSE- New York Stock Exchange- most popular, Floor traders
(traders at a stock exchange who execute trades to fulfill
orders placed by investors)
• NASDAQ Stock Market- free stock quotes, stock exchange
prices, stock market news, and online stock trading tools
• AMEX American stock exchange- has about 800 stocks that are
generally smaller and less actively traded
• Specialists- traders who help to make a market in one or more
stocks by taking the position opposite of orders placed by
clients
• Over-the-counter(OTC) market- an electronic communications
network that allows investors to buy or sell securities
• Market makers- traders who work through (OCT) and get
commision
• What? They provide info. About the price of a
stock the day before or over a time period
• Where? They are available online, through
stock brokers, or in financial newspapers.
• Selecting a broker
• Brokers and analysts tend to be optimistic
• May encourage frequent trading (they work for commission)
• There is a tax effect of trading
• Brokers have online reviews and histories you can look
at
• Types
• Discount brokerage firm- does transactions you want, no
advice
• Full-service brokerage firm- give advice and does the
desired transactions
• Name of stock
• Ticker symbol: the abbreviated term used to identify stocks
• Number of shares
• Round lot: shares Purchased or sold in multiples of 100.
• Odd lot: shares Purchase./Sold in multiples less than 100
• Market Order or Limit Order
• Market order: An order to buy or sale a stock at its
prevailing market price
• Limit order: an order to buy or sale a stock at its set limit
• Stop orders
• Stop order: an order to execute a transaction when the stock price
reaches a set level (special form of limit order)
• Buy stop order: an order to buy a stock when it reaches a set level
• Sell stop order: an order to sell a stock when it reaches a set level
• Buying stock on margin
• On margin: purchasing a stock with a portion of the funds borrowed from
a brokerage firm
• Federal Reserve limits margin to 50%
• Margin call: a request from a brokerage firm for the investors to increase
the cash in the account in order to bring the margin back up to the
minimum level
• Annual report
• Balance sheets- show where funds come from
• Income statement- measures their money and where it goes
• Technical analysis- the valuation of stocks based on historical
price patterns
• Fundamental analysis- valuation of stocks
• a complete analysis of the firm such as its worth, profit, the
economy, and planning for the future.
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You start with $1,000
You must invest most of your money in stocks
You can not go into debt when you purchase the stocks
After re-selling the stocks the person with the most money wins
390
52
800
77
38
23
30
29
Apple
900
800
700
600
500
apple
google
400
300
200
100
0
1rst 5th 10th 15th 22nd
90
80
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
verison
walmart
microsoft
at&t
yahoo
350
30
822
100
34
40
29
30