General Stock Knowledge
Name the current largest company by market cap.
Nvidia
What is the second largest cryptocurrency by market cap?
Ethereum (ETHUSD)
What is it called when inflation and unemployment durably increase at the same time for a prolonged period of time?
Stagflation
Largest EV company by market cap
Tesla (TSLA)
Known as the BEST investor of all time (Omaha of Nebraska)
Warren Buffet
Tell me a name of a stock market index other than the S&P 500?
(DOUBLE POINTS: Non-US Index including the number of companies in the index)
Nikkei 225, Nifty 50, KOSPI, NASDAQ 100, etc...
Name a funding stage for a company.
Pre Seed, Seed, Series A+, Growth Equity / Late Stage, Private Equity, Leveraged Buyout, IPO
Who controls monetary policy (federal interest rates) and has a dual mandate to inflation and unemployment?
The Federal Reserve
Netflix (NFLX)
Who is the queen of insider trading? Renowned politician?
Who is Nancy Pelosi?
Broadcom, ASML, TSM, SK Hynix, Sandisk, AMAT, etc...
Name 2 of the top 5 most traded currencies.
USD, EUR, JPY, GPB, CNH/CNY
On a monthly basis for the month of August 2026, has inflation gone up or down?
(DOUBLE Points: What is the current year-over-year inflation rate (U.S. Consumer Price Index)?) (+/- 0.5%)
Up
3.4% for the 12-month period ending in August 2026
Name a Chinese company trading on a U.S. exchange
Alibaba, JD, Baidu, Tencent, PDD, Li Auto, BYDDY
Wrote One Up on Wall Street and managed the Fidelity Magellan Fund annualizing ~29%/a year.
Who is Peter Lynch?
What is the largest health insurance company by market cap?
United Healthcare
Name 3 precious metals
Gold, Silver, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, etc...
Did the government raise, lower, or keep federal interest rates the same? By how much basis points or percents did they change rates?
(DOUBLE POINT BONUS: What is the current target range federal interest rate)
Raised interest rates by 25 bps
(3.75% to 4.00%)
This measures volatility in the S&P 500.
The VIX
Who famously predicted the 2008 housing crash and shorted it to make billions of dollars?
Who is Micheal Burry, Steve Eisman, Greg Lippmann, Nouriel Roubini?
What has been the best performing sector so far in 2026?
Energy (~+40% year to date)
What is the current price of Bitcoin (+/- 5000)?
What is the current price of crude oil or brent oil in USD? (Within +/- $7)
CHECK CURRENT PRICE
Name two of the 10 largest energy companies in the entire world?
(DOUBLE POINTS: What is the market cap? +/- $500 billion of the largest energy company in the world)
Saudi Aramaco, Exonn Mobil, Chevron, Shell GE Vernova, PetroChina, TotalEnergies, Iberdrola, ConocoPhillips
Who wrote 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' and is approximately in $1.2 billion in debt and is proud of that number?
Who is Robert Kiyosaki?