Gross Margin

The highest, or lowest, price a share has traded at in a passing year.

How banks work out what investors will pay for shares before an IPO, one order at a time.

A set of standards which investors use to present their investment results.

A form of fraud designed to lure new investors, and pays the earlier backers by using the new investors' money.

The increase in the prices of goods and services over time, and the process by which money loses its value.

When a private company sells shares to the public for the first time. Its stock market debut, basically.

A company that pools money together from multiple investors and then invests it.

The difference between a company's revenue and the cost to produce its goods/services, divided by revenue.

These are stocks in companies that are considered to be “growing”. These companies may be delivering new products and services, or entering new markets.