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| stocks | term used to describe the ownership of shares in more than one company |
| sharedholder | name given to person who buys shares |
| owner | a shareholder also becomes an ? of the business |
| float | term used to describe when a companypany sells its shares for the first time |
| public | IPO stands for Initial P... Offering |
| primary | organisations who float shares for first time sell them in this market |
| uber | this company floated its shares on 2019 |
| apple | one of the most successful companies on ASX |
| shares | buying these respresent ownership of one particular business |
| ASX | public companies are ones listed on this site |
| exchange | ASX stands for Australian Stock |
| banks, mining and supermarkets | examples of industry sectors who have companies listed on ASX |
| bear market | market when the price of shares decline by 20% |
| bull market | market when the price of shares rise by 20% |
| biannually | a term that means twice a year |
| bond | investment loan you give to government in return |
| commodities | collective name for products such as farm products (grains) or minerals / gold / oil |
| capital gain | a term used when your share price increases |
| capital losses | a term used when your share price declines |
| can fall in price and subject to tax levy | disadvantages of buying shares |
| increase in share price (income), can buy and sell shares quickly | advantage of buying shares |
| diversification | term that describes spreading risks by buying shares in different companies |
| volatile | term that describes how vulnerable share-price is to global and economic factors |
