stock market
121stock exchange — stock market A market in which security are bought and sold, prices being controlled by supply and demand. Stock markets have developed hand in hand with capitalism since the 17th century, constantly growing in importance and complexity. The… …
122stock valuation — ➔ valuation * * * stock valuation UK US noun [C or U] ► ACCOUNTING, COMMERCE, PRODUCTION the process of calculating the value of goods or materials owned by a company or available for sale in a store at a particular time, or the value that is… …
123stock fund — ➔ fund1 * * * stock fund UK US noun [C] STOCK MARKET, FINANCE ► an amount of money invested in company shares: »He said he won t reinvest his clients money in stock funds until the market falls. »The average domestic stock fund is up 12% for the… …
124stock exchange — stock market A market for the sale and purchase of securities, in which the prices are controlled by the laws of supply and demand. The first stock exchange was in Amsterdam, where in 1602 shares in the United East India Company could be traded.… …
125Stock manipulation — is a practice whereby owners of a company or others such as brokerage firms or investment companies take actions to increase or decrease the value of that stock, solely so they can buy or sell shares at a profit. It is typically illegal and… …
126market average — UK US noun [C, usually plural] STOCK MARKET ► a measure of the general price level of a financial market, calculated by considering a particular group of shares, etc.: »Its stock price outperformed the market averages last year …
127market breadth — UK US noun [U] STOCK MARKET ► a method of finding out the direction in which prices on a financial market will move, based on the relationship between the number of companies whose share prices are rising and the companies whose share prices are… …
128market indicator — UK US noun [C] FINANCE, STOCK MARKET ► something that gives information about possible future changes in the prices of shares, etc. in the stock market: »Key market indicators have all declined recently …
