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Average number of shares traded per day over a specified period.

Average price/earnings ratio of stocks owned by a mutual fund.

The price you are asked to pay when you buy a stock (see ‘Bid Price’).

The aggregate size in board lots of the most recent ask to sell a particular security.

The process of dividing your funds among different classes of investments such as stock, bond, or real estate. You could further allocate your stock funds into value, growth, foreign, etc.

Everything a company or person owns, including money, securities, equipment and real estate. Assets include everything that is owed to the company or person. Assets are listed on a company’s balance sheet or an individual’s net worth statement.

Permits Participating Organizations to voluntarily withhold their true broker identities when entering orders and trades on TSX trading systems.

The lowest price at which someone is willing to sell the security. When combined with the bid price information, it forms the basis of a stock quote.

A certificate trading on a U.S. stock exchange that represents shares of a foreign corporation. 

Options that can be exercised any time during their lifetime. These are also known as open options.