Stock Market Game Vocab.

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Large Cap

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refers to a company with a market capitalization value of more than $10 billion

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S&P (Standard & Poor's)

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a popular measure of stock prices consisting of 500 large companies that represent the major sectors of the US economy

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NASDAQ

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An electronic exchange where stocks are traded through an automated network of computers instead of a trading floor. The largest electronic stock market in the U.S. and second largest in the world, which measures the change in more than 3,000 stocks.

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Beta

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A measure of a stock's volatility compared to changes in the overall stock market.

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Dividend

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cash payments from the corporation's profits announced by a company's Board of Director's

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Private Company

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A company that doesn't sell shares to the public. You can't buy shares of a private company in the stock market.

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Stock

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A share of ownership in a business

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What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DOW)?

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The best-known measure of stock prices consisting of 30 large, well-known companies in major sectors of the U.S. economy.

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Mutual Fund

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a company owned by investors who pool their savings to invest in a variety of stocks or bonds managed by a professional

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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

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The oldest and largest securities market in the United States, founded in 1972. It is located on Wall Street in New York.