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Definition: A person who is optimistic that all or part of the market is headed higher. It also refers to the market itself that is trending higher (ie: a bull market).

Definition: A person, employed by a broker-dealer, who handles customer accounts and investments.  This includes recommending the specific investments customers should buy and sell. It can also refer to the broker-dealer firm as a whole.

Definition: A casual term for the profit a business achieves.

See: Bond.

Definition: The certificate an investor receives when loaning a business or government money. Among the information printed on it is: – the business or government that is borrowing the money – the amount of the loan, which is usually $1,000 – the annual interest the borrower must pay each year (usually broken in half and

Definition: The group of people who are elected by a corporation’s shareholders to oversee it. The Board hires, supervises, and fires the upper executives. It makes other important decisions such as how much in dividends the company should pay to its shareholders each quarter. Boards can have different numbers of members and different terms that

Discussed under: Limit buy order.

See: Basis point.

Definition: A person who is pessimistic, believing all or part of the market is headed lower. It also refers to the market itself that is trending down (ie, a bear market).

Definition: 1/100th of a percent. Decimally, it is .0001.