Markets
Buying this gives you ownership in a company.
What is a stock?
This company owns Instagram and Facebook.
What is Meta?
The University of Akron's beloved mascot.
Who is Zippy?
A temporary job that gives students professional experience.
What is an internship?
What are the three financial statements?
What is the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement?
This animal describes a falling stock market.
What is a bear market?
This company began as a DVD-by-mail service before becoming a major streaming platform.
What is Netflix?
Akron earned its “capital of the world” nickname from this material. The industry Akron was most known for.
What is the rubber/tire industry?
The document that summarizes your education, experience, skills, and accomplishments when applying for a job.
What is a resume?
What does NPV stand for?
What is Net Present Value?
An investment strategy that spreads money across different investments to reduce risk.
What is diversification?
This tech giant’s name is actually a play on a mathematical term representing the number 1 followed by 100 zeros.
What is Google?
What's the name of the College of Business Dean?
Who is Dean Daughtery?
A short professional introduction you can use when meeting a recruiter or potential employer.
What is an elevator pitch?
What is a coupon rate?
The annual interest rate a bond pays, expressed as a percentage of its face value.
This Federal Reserve committee is responsible for making key monetary policy decisions (ex. federal funds rate)
What is the FOMC?
This trading app restricted GameStop purchases in 2021.
What is Robinhood?
Akron helped pioneer mass production of these small, round toys.
What is Marbles?
The finance career area focused on managing investments and portfolios on behalf of individuals or institutions.
What is asset management?
When market interest rates rise, what generally happens to existing fixed-rate bond prices?
What is a decrease in bond prices?
The term for inflation combined with stagnant economic growth.
What is stagflation?
This Chinese AI startup shocked Wall Street by releasing an incredibly cheap AI model
What is DeepSeek?
The Akron-born rock duo behind songs including “Lonely Boy” and “Gold on the Ceiling.”
Who are The Black Keys?
This occupation advises companies on mergers and acquisitions, raising capital, and strategic advisory.
What is IB, or investment banking?
This instrument gives you the right, but not the obligation, to buy an underlying security at a set price.
What is a call option?