Stock market
What is it called when stocks go down?
Crash
Main benefit of investing?
Helps with future financial situation.
Main way to decrease risk of investment?
Invest in multiple companies evenly.
What is growth investing?
Investing in companies with strong potential for expansion
What is a bond investment?
Loan to a company or government that pays interest in exchange for a set amount of time
Why do people get stocks?
To gain money off of them.
What plan in around 60 years would you be investing for?
Retirement.
What stocks should you not invest in.
Micro caps/ smaller stocks
What is income investing?
Generating a regular stream of income from investments
What is a cryptocurrency investment?
Purchasing and holding digital assets with hope of profit
What is one difference between stocks and shares?
Stocks is overall ownership, shares are individual ownership sections.
What economic phenomenon can investing help save you from?
Inflation
What is it called when you invest in many things.
Diversification
What is index investing?
Invest in a fund that aims to replicate the performance of a specific market index
What is a real estate investment?
Purchasing property with the aim of generating profit through rental income or resale
What causes stock market crashes?
Inflation, a long period of rising stocks.
What thing that you need to fill out each year can investing help you save money on?
Taxes
What is it called when you evaluate how much you could lose from a stock?
Loss prevention/ reduction
What is momentum investing?
Buy stocks that have shown strong recent performance and sell ones that underperform
What is a stock investment?
Purchasing shares of ownership in a public company hoping stock price will increase, to sell for profit
What's the difference between the Dow Jones and the NASDAQ?
The NASDAQ is a much larger stock tracking index.
What increase range could you expect from your money when investing?
10% per year or 200-300% over many years.
Unexpected financial challenges can be lessened by having what?
An emergency fund/ investment.
What is active investing?
Portfolio managers make decisions about which investments to hold
What is a commodity investment?
Investing in raw minerals or primary agricultural products