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Share Market Flashcards

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Listed Company

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A company listed on the ASX

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Interest Rates

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Rate at which interest is charged. Impacts on the sharemarket due to the amount of borrowings

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Dividend

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Payment to an investor as the company has made money

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Investor

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Person who buys shares or stocks

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Shares

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Part ownership of a company

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ASX

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Australian Security Exchange

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PDS

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Product Disclosure Statement

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Blue Chip

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A large company with good profitability

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Secondary Market

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Shares are issued to everybody else on the sharemarket via the ASX

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Share Market

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Places where shares are bought and sold

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Market Forces

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Things that impact on the price of shares

  • supply and demand of product/ services
  • Exchange rates
  • Economy
  • Interest rates
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Primary Market

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Shares are issued for the first time, issued through a prospectus

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Float

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When a company issues shares for the first time

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Exchange Rates

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Value of one country’s currency in anothers

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How can shares make you money?

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Capitol growth

Dividends

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Price of share is determined by the ……

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Demand and Supply

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Share holder

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A person who owns a share in a company

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Board of Directors

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A group of individuals that are elected as or to act as the representatives of stockholders to establish corporate management related polices and to make decisions on major company issues.

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Diversified Portfolio

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A portfolio that includes a variety of securities so that the weight of any security is small.

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ASX Activities

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  • Reviewing applications by companies listed on the ASX
  • Supervising companies after they are approved to make sure they obey the rules
  • Making the shares in listed companies available for trading on a network of computers in an electronic market
  • Reviewing applications by stockbrokers to be ASX participants
  • Giving approved stockbrokers access to the sharemarket so they can buy and sell shares for themselves and customers
  • ASX also operates a system for keeping a record of ownerships of shares
21
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4 factors that influence the share price of a company

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  1. People running the company
  2. Taking over companies
  3. Technological innovation
  4. Interest rates
22
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What is the key rule that companies must follow concerning the way they operate?

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Immediately tell the public about anything that would influence their decisions to buy or sell shares in the company

23
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What is the difference between investing and saving?

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“Savings” are usually put into the safest places that allow you access to your money at any time

“Investments” have a greater chance of losing your money, gamble

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