Known as the Oracle of Omaha, this investor is the largest shareholder of Berkshire Hathaway.

A security signifying ownership in a corporation with voting rights in company decisions.

Buying or selling at a stock's current price.

Created by Wall Street Editor Charles Dow, this industrial average was set up in 1896 and is still widely used today.

Also known as Google, this company has the second largest market capital in the world.

This investor born in Hungary is known as the man who "broke the bank of England".

A debt investment in which the buyer loans money to an entity for a defined amount of time in return for interest.

This order allows you to set a price for which you would like to purchase or sell a stock. Used on a buy low sell high basis.

The world first electronic stock market exchange, this stock exchange was founded in 1971 and is only exceeded by the NYSE in size.

With the largest market capital in the world at about 700 billion, this stock has the highest profit margins of almost any competitors in its industry.

Known as the "Corporate Raider", this investor is currently serving as Special Advisor to the President on Regulatory Reform.

A special kind of stock in which the owners do not usually get voting rights, put receive higher dividends than common stock holders.

The order allows you to set a buying price above the market price and is also commonly used to limit losses by setting a lower than market selling price.

Known as one of the worst economic crashes in U.S history, this recession caused by wall street lasted 10 years with half of U.S banks going bankrupt.

With a market capital of about 350 billion, this company is the largest oil company traded publicly on the stock exchange.

Once founder of the Stratton Oakmont firm, this investor became well known from the movie "Wolf of Wall Street".

An investment vehicle in which money managers collect pools of money from investors in order to invest and produce capital gains for them in return for a fee.

Used mainly for option trading, this method executes two orders at the same time.

With the massive rising of the internet companies, this bubble in the late 1990's shot the Nasdaq above 5,000 points.

These four stocks, also known as FANG, are some of the most popular stocks currently traded on the stock market.

Managing the Fidelity Magellan Fund from 1977 to 1990, this investor also wrote the book "One Up On Wall Street".

Having the fundamentals of a mutual fund, this type of security can be traded directly on a stock exchange.

A special type of stop order, this order allows you to set a percentage or point cushion when you buy or sell a stock.

Leading to the founding of the New York Stock Exchange in 1792, this agreement named after a tree started the formal trading of securities.

A major driver of the Sarbanes-Oxley act, this telecommunications company wrote off expenses as investments in its financial statements, driving its share price from $60 to $0.20 in 2002.