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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 |