NASDAQ

Listing a company on a stock exchange, or the shares that are genuinely up for grabs once it’s there.

Learn what financial capital means

Tradeable assets that let Americans invest in overseas stocks using US laws and dollars.

A summary of a company's finances, including its assets, liabilities and shareholder equity.

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

Learn what a margin call stands for in financial terms.

The sum of a set of numbers added together and then divided by the total amount of numbers in that set.

Income from an investment as a percentage of its current price.

The percentage by which an investor outperforms a relevant benchmark.