Types of Investments
Credit Cards/Loans
Banks
Market Terms
Easy Points
100
An investment where the interest rate is lower than the rate of inflation.
What is a savings account?
100
The profit vs the debt.
What is millions in profit : trillions in debt?
100
The ratio at which banks can create money (for every ___ fake dollar(s) there must be 1 real dollar)
What is the 9:1 ratio?
100
General name of stocks, bonds and other investments.
What is Securities?
100
Things that you can put your money into.
What are investments?
200
A part of a company that people can own.
What are shares?
200
Why it is hard to pass the reform bill.
What is the senate receiving contributions from the banks?
200
What a savings account really is.
What is a loan to the banks?
200
When sellers outnumber buyers.
What is a Bearmarket?
300
You invest in a mutual fund that invests in stocks and bonds.
What is balanced?
300
The name of the company that introduced credit cards to low income people.
What is Providian?
300
Name one solution to solve the debt problem.
What is going back to precious metals, increasing taxes and taking money out of circulation, eliminating interest?
300
What percentage your investment has either increased or decreased by.
What is rate of return?
300
The company ABC ($5.72) is giving out a dividend after a successful year, they offer either $300 or 50 shares of the company stock. The option which is worth more.
What is $300?
400
Risky investment, but not the riskiest.
What is Blue Chip stocks?
400
Term for objects you promise to give the banks if you can't pay back your debt.
What is collateral?
400
The name of the current banking system.
What is fractional reserve?
400
When you buy a bond, the company agrees to pay back all of your money on this day.
What is maturity date?
400
The interest rate is 4.5%, how long it would take for the money to double.
What is 16 years?
500
Give one reason why a corporate bond is still a risky investment.
What is the company going bankrupt and not being able to payback the bond?
500
How credit card companies make money.
What is increasing interest rates after late payments, annual fees, etc?
500
The name of the central bank in Canada
What is Bank of Canada?
500
An investment strategy that is characterized by purchasing and selling in contrast to the prevailing sentiment of the time.
What is Contrarian Investing?
500
Hailey has $1 000 that she wants to invest, she doesn't want to invest in anything too risky, but she doesn't want to keep track of her money. She needs to know what she should invest in (give three examples).
What is a GIC, CSB, Corporate Bond, Mutual Funds?
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