Quote Usually the bid/ask price you receive from your broker or online service. It's the highest bid to buy and the lowest offer to sell your stock at a specified time.
Rally A very sudden increase in market value and activity.
Rights Offering An offering by a company to it's shareholders to purchase additional shares of stock for a definite period of time.
Registered Representative Another name for a stockbroker.
Reverse Split A reduction in the total outstanding number of shares caused by reissuing shares at a higher par value.
Round Lot Usually a 100 share unit of stock.
Specialist A stock exchange member who stands ready to buy and sell a security in order to maintain an orderly market.
Sell Order An order given by a individual to his broker to sell his stock.
Secondary Market The market in which you can buy and sell securities following an initial offering.
Shares Outstanding The number of company shares owned by the public and not held by the company.
Short Sale Borrowing a security and selling it expecting the security to decline in price so you can buy it back at that lower price.
Stock-Limit Order An order to buy or sell a stock when the price reaches a certain level.
Sweetener Refers to a warrant when attached to a common stock.
Stock Split Dividing existing stock into more shares and reducing the price per share to help improve the stock's marketability.
Shot From The Sky Slang used to describe a sharp market downturn.
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