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Across 3. A strategy used to limit investment loss by making a transaction that offsets an existing position. 5. A publication, including financial statements and a report on operations, issued by a company to its shareholders at the company's fiscal year-end. 6. The removal of a security's listing on a stock exchange. 7. The place where buyers and sellers meet to exchange goods and services. 8. The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a stock. 9. A ratio that measures an option's price movement compared to the underlying interest's price movement. 10. A security with a solid record of dividend payments and which offers a dividend yield higher than the average common stock. 13. An interruption in trading on a stock, triggered when an order violates parameters set by Market Regulation Services for that particular stock. 15. A market in which stock prices are falling. 17. A call or put contract. 18. Any of a company's securities or the act of distributing the securities.

Down 1. A young company in the early stages of operations and growth 2. The combined desire, ability and willingness on the part of consumers to buy goods or services. 4. Common and preferred stocks, which represent a share in the ownership of a company. 5. Everything a company or person owns, including money, securities, equipment and real estate. 11. A market in which stock prices are rising. 12. Machinery factories and inventory required to produce other products or cash invested in financial assets 14. Contracts to buy or sell securities at a future date. 15. A measurement of the relationship between the price of a stock and the movement of the whole market. 16. Promissory notes issued by a corporation or government to its lenders, usually with a specified amount of interest for a specified length of time.