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Finance: The management of money and investments, typically by a professional.
Efficient Market: A market in which all available information is reflected in the prices of securities.
Primary Market: The market where new financial securities such as stocks are first issued and traded.
Secondary Market: The market for trading previously-issued financial securities; includes activities such as buying, selling, and exchanging existing instruments among investors.
Risk: The potential for loss or damage resulting from an investment or activity.
Security: Any asset that has value and can be converted into cash; examples include stocks, bonds, mutual funds, commodities etc.
Stock: Part ownership of a company represented by shares that have been bought on the stock exchange; these entitle holders to dividends if declared and voting rights at shareholders’ meetings.