Glossary

A distribution of after tax profit by a company to it’s shareholders based upon class of stock and the amount of shares owned.

A buy or sell limit order that instructs the broker to not decrease the limit price by the amount of cash dividend.

A frequent pattern found in Candlestick price charts, where an opening and closing price for a price bar are nearly identical.

A disciplined strategy that reduces risk where an investor contributes a fixed amount into a particular investment at regular, consistent intervals over time, thereby averaging the price paid for the instrument over that period.

A price chart pattern that resembles a ‘W’, it identifies a drop of a security’s price, followed by a rebound, then a drop back to the same level as that of the original drop.

A price chart pattern that resembles a ‘M’, it identifies a peak of a security’s price, followed by a drop, then a rebound back to the same level as that of the original peak.

Comprised of thirty stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and Nasdaq, this is a weighted average of their current market prices.

Signifies when a stock’s volume closes at a price lower than that of the previous day’s close.

Analyst(s) announcement reflecting a negative opinion of the desirability of a stock as an investment.

An exchange transaction where price of current transaction is lower that the last previous transaction.