Lingo topic · 26 terms
Stocks and equities
Owning a slice of a company.
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- Earnings RecessionTwo or more quarters in a row where company profits, usually for a major stock index, fall compared with a year earlier.
- EURO STOXX 50A stock index of 50 large companies from across the eurozone.
- Exchange-Traded FundA fund that holds a basket of assets, like an index of stocks or gold, and trades on an exchange like a single share.
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- NASDAQ 100A stock index of the 100 biggest non-financial companies listed on the Nasdaq exchange, dominated by tech giants.
- NASDAQ CompositeAn index that includes nearly every stock listed on the Nasdaq exchange, thousands of companies in all.
- Nikkei 225Japan's best-known stock index, tracking 225 big companies listed in Tokyo.
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- S&P 500The best-known gauge of the US stock market, tracking 500 large American companies.
- SPACA shell company that lists on the stock market with no business, raising money to buy a private company later.
- Stamp DutyA tax charged on certain transactions, such as buying UK shares or property.
- Stock IndicesBaskets of stocks tracked as one number to show how a market or sector is doing overall.
- StocksShares of ownership in a company. Owning a stock means owning a small slice of that business.
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