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Investors use colorful terms to describe which way the market is moving.

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A person who buys or sells equities for clients.

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Shares of common stocks that represent ownership of corporations

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The argument that stocks are usually priced correctly and that bargains are hard to find because stocks are followed closely by so many investors.

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The practice of holding a large number of different stocks so that increases in some stocks can offset declines in others.

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The value of a single share of stock depend of many things, including: the number of shares being traded, and a company's profitability. The stock demand increases when the prospects for its growth improve.

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Stock prices can vary from one company to the next, and the price of any stock can change drastically from one day to the next.

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A tax-deferred investment and savings plan that acts as a personal pension fund for employees.

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Is a company that sells stock in itself to individual investors.

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To contribute to the plan, employees authorize a regular payroll deduction, and that money is pooled and invested in mutual funds or other company improved investments

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Mutual funds allow people to invest in the market without risking all they have in one or a few companies.

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The net value of the mutual fund divided by the number of shares issued by the mutual funds.

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Place where buyers and sellers meet to trade stocks.

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An electronic marketplace for securities that are not traded on an organized exchange such as the NYSE

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Members pay a fee to join and trades can only take place on the floor of the exchange.

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The most important OTC market is the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ

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Some national exchanges are the (NYSE) and the (AMEX).

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The most popular and widely publicized measure of stock market performance.

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Popular benchmark of stock performance.

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Unlike the DJIA, the S&P 500 reports on stocks listed on the NYSE, AMEX, and OTC markets.

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The organized exchanges and the OTC markets differ, but that means very little to individual investors. An investor who opens an Internet account with a brokerage firm may buy and sell stocks in both markets.

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A "strong" market, with prices going up for several months or years in a row.

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A transaction is made immediately at the prevailing price.

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An agreement to buy or sell at a specific future date at a predetermined price.

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A "mean" or "nasty" market, with the prices falling sharply for several months or years in a row.

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Special type of futures contract that gives the buyer the right to cancel the contract.

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The right to buy something at a specific future price.

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The right to sell something at a specific future price.

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These two terms take their names from the characteristics people associate with the animal for which they are named