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Stock Selection: Another terminology for a stock option.

Shopped Stock: Sell inquiry that has been seen by or shown to other dealers before coming to an investment bank.

Shareholders (Stockholders): Individuals or organizations that own a portion (shares of stock) of a corporation.

Small-Capitalization Stock: Shares of relatively small publicly traded corporations with a total market capitalization of less than $2.3 billion are typically considered small-capitalization, or small-cap, stocks. That . . . View Full Definition

Stabilizing Selection: A process of natural selection that tends to favor genotypic combinations that produce an intermediate phenotype; selection against the extremes in variation.

Split Stock: Two different ratings given to the same security by two important rating agencies.

Shadow Stock: First, a public company may create a stock that strips out the market wide movements for the purpose of rewarding managers. That is, the management might have done a great job - but the trad . . . View Full Definition

Self-Selection: Consequence of a contract that induces only one group to participate.

Security Selection Decision: Choosing the particular stocks or bonds or other investment instruments to include in a portfolio.

Secondary Stocks: Stocks with smaller market capitalization, less quality and more risk than blue chip issues that behave differently than larger corporations' stocks.