Lemonade Category
The most prevalent type of stock
What is common stock?
These are the most well known stock markets.
What are NYSE and the NASDAQ?
The largest exchange that does not have a trading floor.
What are dividends?
This is the name of a corporation's first sale of stock.
What is an initial public offering (IPO)?
This commonly reported investment index includes five hundred stocks and is intended to give very broad perspective on business in the United States.
What is the S&P 500?
Those who actively buy and sell stocks for the purpose of taking advantage of short-term price changes are engaging in this practice.
What is speculation?
This newspaper was founded by Charles Dow and Edward Jones.
What is The Wallstreet Journal?
Considered to be the best representation of the health of American industry, this index consists of only 30 stocks.
What is the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average)?
The primary reason businesses sell stock.
What is obtain additional financial capital?
People who own these get paid dividends before other kinds of stock owners, but owning these does not equate to true ownership of a corporation.
What is preferred stock?
The Dutch buying and selling crisis of tulips in the 1600s is a famous example of this.
What is a speculative bubble?
A group of stocks purchased by a individuals and managed by a professional.
What is a mutual fund?
An owner of a business might only sell less than half their stock for this reason.
What is to maintain control of their business?
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is intended to do two things.
What are, 1) require companies to fully disclose their financial status, 2) regulate the activities of stock exchanges and brokers on the best interest of the investor? (Require and Regulate)
This is grouping of important stocks from a particular industry.
What is a stock index?