Dictionary
- Stock
- An instrument that signifies an ownership position in a corporation, and represents a claim on its proportional share in the corporation's assets and profits.
- Stock Exchanges
- An exchange on which shares of stock and common stock equivalents are bought and sold.
- Stock Split
- An increase in the number of outstanding shares of a company's stock, such that proportionate equity of each shareholder remains the same.
- Stop Loss Order
- Order to buy or sell at the best available price when a given price threshold has been reached.
- Stop-Limit Order
- A combination of a stop order and limit order - that is, the order becomes a limit order after the specified stop price has been reached.