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//Investing Vocab. Wiki // The following terms are important to understand finance and investing; you are to define 30 of the following items on a web page (wiki) at www.wikispaces.com.

You will first create a profile, in the box that says GETTING STARTED, provide a username, password and email address. That’s pretty much it, from then you will be taken to your dashboard/homepage and then just follow the links to create a new wiki. Click “Edit” in order to write/edit your web page and then click “save” in order to upload the info back into a web page format. media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY" height="344" width="425"

You will need to use Internet sources to define the terms; a good site to use is [].

You will have time in class to work but you may be required to work during your study hall or at home. DO NOT CUT AND PASTE DEFINITIONS!!!! 1. mutual fund- 2. pension fund 3. hedge fund 4. mortgage 5. bond 6. treasury bill 7. savings bond 8. PEG ratio 9. P/E ratio or P/E multiple 10. Individual retirement account (IRA) 11. New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) 12. Efficient market hypothesis 13. portfolio diversification 14. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) 15. S & P 500 16. stop loss order (why use?) 17. stock 18. dividend 19. yield (related to dividend) 20. bond yield 21. TTM 22. EPS 23. FY 24. forward P/E 25. Limit order 26. short selling (explain how it works) 27. buy to cover 28. long term (or being //long in a stock//) 29. buy and hold 30. 52 week high/low 31. market capitalization (market cap) 32. volume market capitalization (market cap) volume outstanding shares (float)


 * Define in your words; be sure to summarize**

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