Company’s book showing accounts for stock market shares bought and sold by the company.

Money allocated by investors to buy and sell different securities as part of the strategy.

Firm connecting sellers and buyers but does not own or store merchandise.

Practice where firms sell and buy each others stock in order to collect maximum dividends. Also known as dividend capture.

Reducing number of features or product quality to bettered suit the selling price customers demand.

Area where transaction of commodities, options and futures takes place.

Small pause in trading a certain security for a reason such as anew announcement.

Use of funds borrowed to generate a return greater than the interest on the borrowed funds.

One of 2 or more participants in a business relationship that is continuing.

Agreement between parties taking the form of a contract.

Area located on the trading floor of an options and futures exchange. Contracts are sold and bought in a live cry out auction.

Area located on the trading floor of an stock exchange where a specialist will conduct a live cry out auction.

Alternate term for operating income or gross profit.

1. Commodities trading. Maximum and minimum limit set by an exchange where a commodity price is allowed to fluctuate on a trading day. 2. Securities trading. Spread from the low and high

Term referring to a normal day of trading excluding trading before and after opening and closing bells.

1. Increasing number of product features, quality improvements, increasing support services to justify a higher price. Trading down is the opposite. 2. Selling type where a customer can be persuaded to buy

Total number of shares traded in one day for a market security.

Balance sheet considering only tangible assets and not any intangible assets.

Common method of contracting where the client chooses service providers for design of work and asks for bids on construction work.

Economy using various means of social support.