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FIN 370: Financial Terms And Roles
Financial Terms and Roles
Kelly L. Banks
FIN/370
May 23, 2012
Richard Harrell

Financial Terms and Roles

Finance: Finance is the study of how individuals and organizations identify how they will make investments.
Efficient Market: Market that displays data that is readily available to all that need to make a decision on whether to invest or sell securities
Primary Market: Market in which new securities are bought and sold.
Secondary Market: Market where you sell shares that were previously bought in the primary market. It is where you sell off the shares of stock that you no longer want.
Risk: When a corporation or individual analyze whether or not an investment will yield them a loss.
Security: Negotiable instrument that
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