- stock market
- I(Roget's IV) n.II(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.stock exchange, stock brokerage, American Stock Exchange, Wall Street, New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ.WORD FIND• agent who buys, sells on behalf of another: broker• Amex: American Stock Exchange• average daily price of thirty blue-chip companies: Dow-Jones Industrial Average• Big Blue: IBM, International Business Machines• Big Board: New York Stock Exchange• blue chip: common stock of a large, highquality company• broker’s frequent trading of client’s stocks to generate more commissions: churning• buyer and seller: trader• buying from one market, selling to another at higher price: arbitrage• buying just before price drops, selling just before rise: whipsaw• buying strategy that is opposite from what most others do: contrarian• collapse of market: crash• collecting stock certificates as a hobby: scripophily• company’s history, earnings, finances, circular of: prospectus• credit, buying securities on: buying on margin• corporate credit information, company that publishes: Dun and Bradstreet• declining market: bear market• diversified stock investment: mutual fund• dividends paid preferentially over common stock, stock with: preferred stock• dollar, stocks selling under a: penny stocks• earnings distribution: dividend• electronic display of trading activity: ticker• expert: analyst• Fed, the: Federal Reserve System, Federal Reserve Bank• 51 percent of company’s voting shares, owning: controlling interest• growing or rising market: bull market• high-quality, high-profile company’s stock: blue chip• high-risk investing: speculating, taking a flyer• high-risk trader: speculator• holdings, investor’s: portfolio• inexperienced investor: lamb• inflated market, downward trend that corrects: correction• investment services, ratings, index, company that offers: Standard and Poor’s• load: service or sales charge• membership on an exchange: seat• moving assets to another investment: rollover• optimistic about economy: bullish• order to buy or sell at predetermined price: option, stop order• OTC: over the counter• overlooked stock with great potential: sleeper• pessimistic about economy: bearish• plunge dramatically, day on which stock prices: Black Friday, Black Monday• poorly performing stock: dog, turkey• private company offering shares for the first time: going public• privileged information, one who has access to: insider• privileged information, trading on: insider trading• purchase large volume of stock to control its price: corner, corner the market• reflects market as a whole, individual stock that: barometer, bellwether• skirt lengths, theory that market rises and falls with women’s: hemline theory• speculating on a company takeover: arbitrage• stock owner: shareholder• stock’s price divided by earnings per share: price-earnings ratio• takeover blackmail: greenmail• takeover of company with borrowed money: leveraged buyout• takeover, one who attempts a company: raider, shark• unstable: volatile
English dictionary for students. 2013.
