Stock Market Basics
Some Investing, Some Not
Bonds and Fixed Income
Mutual Funds and ETFs
Misc
100
This term refers to a prolonged period during which stock prices rise.
What is a bull market?
100
Who created the largest Ponzi scheme in history?
Who is Bernie Madoff? 65 Billion dollars of investor funds were wrapped up in his fraudulent companies. Steven Spielberg and Kevin Bacon are a couple notable investors.
100
This type of bond is issued by a corporation to raise capital and is rated below investment grade.
What is a junk bond?
100
This type of fund is managed by professionals and pools money from many investors to buy a diversified portfolio.
What is a mutual fund?
100
What was Tiger Woods' longest streak of being the #1 professional golfer in the world?
What is 281 weeks? The second closest is also Tiger Woods at 264 weeks. The third is Greg Norman at 96 weeks.
200
This is a piece of a company's profits paid to shareholders, usually quarterly.
What is a dividend?
200
What is the only US state that can be typed on a keyboard using only the middle row?
What is Alaska?
200
This is a type of government bond adjusts its interest payments based on inflation.
What is a Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS)?
200
This type of fund combines the diversification of mutual funds with the trading flexibility of stocks.
What is an ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)?
200
What do flamingos eat that is responsible for their pink color?
What is beta-carotene-rich algae, brine fly larvae, and brine shrimp?
300
This type of order allows an investor to buy or sell a stock at a specific price or better.
What is a limit order?
300
This approach involves regularly investing a fixed amount in a particular investment, regardless of its price.
What is dollar-cost averaging?
300
This is the term for the amount paid back to the bondholder at the end of the bond's term.
What is the face value (or par value)?
300
This fee is paid by mutual fund investors to cover administrative and management expenses.
What is an expense ratio?
300
This piece of gym equipment is responsible for many New Year’s resolutions and about 80% of the clothes hanging in your closet.
What is a treadmill?
400
This popular stock market index tracks the performance of 30 large U.S. companies.
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
400
What is the tallest mountain in our Solar System? Have we landed on Mars yet...?
What is Olympus Mons? Altitude of 69,649ft. and a width of 370 miles.
400
This rating agency is one of the big three credit rating agencies in the world.
What is Moody's (or Standard & Poor's or Fitch)?
400
This term refers to the net market value of a mutual fund’s assets divided by its number of shares.
What is the Net Asset Value (NAV)?
400
This seasonal figure is known for breaking into houses, eating all your cookies, and leaving behind gifts, yet no one calls the cops.
Who is Santa Claus?
500
The initial sale of stock by a private company to the public is known by this acronym.
What is an IPO (Initial Public Offering)?
500
This portfolio management strategy is known for the term buy and hold.
What is passive investing?
500
This type of bond is backed by the credit and taxing power of the issuer rather than specific assets.
What is a general obligation bond?
500
This type of investment fund is known for its use of leverage, derivatives, and a variety of strategies to achieve high returns, often with less regulatory oversight than mutual funds.
What is a hedge fund?
500
What animal cannot die from a significant fall?
What is a squirrel? With a terminal velocity of 22.4 MPH, a squirrel, theoretically, would survive a fall at any height.