INTRODUCTION TO STOCK TERMINOLOGY
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Perhaps because it is one of the most volatile and potentially lucrative kinds of investment, the world of stock trading has a vocabulary all its own, with both abstruse technical terms and colorful slang. To understand what you read in the financial press or hear on television, you have to know the lingo. This tutorial will introduce the most common terms you will encounter in the Encyclopedia, as well as in your stock research.

• Basic Stock Terms
• STOCK-TYPE TERMS
• STOCK TRADING TERMS
• STOCK VALUE TERMINOLOGY
• SUMMARY OF STOCK TERMINOLOGY

We've arranged the terms in each section alphabetically for easy reference. Let's start with the basics!