ordinary stocks
81dividend — a distribution of the profits of a company among its members or shareholders. Glossary of Business Terms A portion of a company s profit paid to common shareholders and preferred shareholders. A stock selling for $20 a share with an annual… …
82Dividend — A dividend is a portion of a company s profit paid to common and preferred shareholders. A stock selling for $20 a share with an annual dividend of $1 a share yields the investor 5%. The New York Times Financial Glossary * * * dividend div‧i‧dend …
83Stock exchange — A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a corporation or mutual organization which provides trading facilities for stock brokers and traders, to trade stocks and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for the issue and… …
84Fulling — or tucking or walking ( waulking in Scotland) is a step in woollen clothmaking which involves the cleansing of cloth (particularly wool) to get rid of oils, dirt, and other impurities, and thickening it. The worker who does the job is a fuller,… …
85Technicolor — This article is about the film processing trademark. For the parent company of the same name, see Technicolor SA. For other uses, see Technicolor (disambiguation). A title card for a Walt Disney Donald Duck cartoon with an in Technicolor credit.… …
86Income trust — An income trust is an investment trust that holds income producing assets. The term also designates a legal entity, capital structure and ownership vehicle for certain assets or businesses. Its shares or trust units are traded on securities… …
87Common good (economics) — For the philosophical term, see common good. For other uses, see Common Good (disambiguation). Common goods are defined in economics as goods which are rivalrous and non excludable. Thus, they constitute one of the four main types of the most… …
88Regret (decision theory) — Regret (often also called opportunity loss) is defined as the difference between the actual payoff and the payoff that would have been obtained if a different course of action had been chosen. This is also called difference regret. Furthermore,… …
89igneous rock — Any of various crystalline or glassy, noncrystalline rocks formed by the cooling and solidification of molten earth material (magma). Igneous rocks comprise one of the three principal classes of rocks, the others being metamorphic and sedimentary …
90Dow Jones Industrial Average — The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price weighted average of 30 actively traded blue chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. The Dow, as it is called, is a barometer of how shares of the… …
