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stock

An investment that represents partial ownership of a company. After buying a stock, investors will receive a stock certificate and take part in the gains and losses of the corporation.

Last edited on March 26, 2009

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S-1 registration statement	safety	sales fee
secondary market	sector fund	securities
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shareholder	shareholders' equity	short selling
short-term trading	socially responsible investing (SRI)	Spiders
spread	Standard & Poor's 500 Index (S&P 500)	stock
stock dividend	stock fund	stock option
stock split	stockbroker	stockholder
stop order	stop-limit order	street name
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