Stocks
Owning this represents ownership of a company
What are stocks?
Unlike Main St. Pizza, Walmart is an example of a _________ company who issues stock.
What is public company?
One of the oldest stock exchanges in the world, located in NYC
What is the NYSE?
This type of investment involves lending your government or municipality money for regular interest payments
What are bonds?
The S&P 500 is a great example of this
What is a stock index?
The first time a company issues stock
What is an IPO (Initial Public Offering)
This is one reason why a company may issue stock.
What is raise money, reduce debt, or attract investments?
After the IPO, most stocks are bought and sold here
What is the secondary market?
Oil and gold are two examples of this investment
What are commodities?
This is the cost of borrowing money. Or the reward for lending money.
What is interest?
This government agency regulates the stock market
What is the SEC (Securities Exchange Commission)?
Shareholders can do this to influence a company
What is vote?
A period of rising prices, a good time to sell your stock for a profit
What is a bull market?
This investment is relatively new and extremely risky
What is cryptocurrency?
This type of interest builds upon itself
What is compound interest?
The most typical type of stock
What is common stock?
This word represents investors attitude or feelings towards a particular stock
What is investor sentiment?
This stock exchange is known for its electronic trading platform, home to many technology stocks
What is the NYSE?
This is a strategy to reduce risk in investing (AKA Do not put all your eggs in one basket)
What is diversification?
This is known as the total value of a company (Shares Outstanding x Current Stock Price)
What is market Capitalization?
This type of stock has special privileges' such as higher interest/ dividend payments
What is preferred stock?
This is a reason why a stocks price may increase or decrease
What is company performance, industry trends, market sentiment, or supply and demand?
Martha Stewart went to prison for this unethical practice.
What is insider trading?
This investment involves a portfolio of different investments such as US Stocks, foreign stocks, bonds, real estate, etc.
What are mutual funds?
This word represents how accessible your money is (how easy you can get money of of the things you own)
What is liquidity?