Gen Math

• Investment: the use of assets for earning income or profit
• Stock: the shared ownership of the business
• Dividend: a part of business profit
• Dividend Share: the proportion of dividends to share
• Stock Market: where inventory can be purchased or sold
• Market Value: the current selling price of a stock
• Stock Yield Ratio: the annual dividend per share
• Par Value: the per share amount listed on the company certificate is dividend by the company and remains consistent over time
• Bonds: loans provided to an organization with a promise to payback with interest
• Coupon Rate: the rate per coupon payment period
• Common Stocks: a class of stocks that represents equity ownerships in a corporation
• Preferred Stocks: give their owners a priority claim whenever a company pays dividends or distributes assets to shareholders
• Maturity Date: specify maturity date on which par value must be paid
• Call Option: it gives the issuer the opportunity to repurchase the bonds prior to maturity
• Coupon: the interest payment paid to the bond holder
• Face Value: payment at the maturity of the bond also called par value or maturity value
• Yield to Maturity: the rate required in the market on a bond
• Money Market: short term issues that mature within a year
• Notes: intermediate term issues that mature between one and ten years
• Serial Bonds: bonds that mature in installments
• Term Bonds: bonds that mature at a single specified future date
• Zero Coupon Bonds: a type of bond that makes no coupon payments but instead is issued at a considerable discount to par value