Buy Order A request to have your broker acquire shares of a stock for you, at a set price and volume that you have defined. Broker A securities firm or a duly registered individual associated with one. The broker does not usually own the securities that it buys and sells, but acts as agent for the buyer or seller and charges a commission for its services. Bull One who expects that the market generally or the market price of a particular security will rise. Bull Market A rising market.
Capital Has two distinct but related meanings.
To an economist it means machinery, factories, and inventory required to produce other products. To an investor, it means the total of financial assets. The profit or loss resulting from the sale of a capital asset. All shares representing ownership of a company, including preferred as well as common. A company's net income for a stated period plus any deductions that are not paid out in actual cash, such as depreciation and amortization, deferred income taxes, and minority interest.