This abbreviation represents a company on a stock exchange.
What is a ticker?
100
This internet commerce company recently went public.
What is Alibaba?
100
You put a $100 bill in a time capsule in 1950 and open it today. Due to inflation, roughly how much value has the bill lost? (give your answer as a percentage)
What is 90%?
100
The CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Who is Warren Buffett?
100
123 x 143
What is 17589?
200
Name 3 different stock exchanges.
NASDAQ, NYSE, Japan Exchange Group, etc.
200
This American tech company recently announced plans to split into two separate companies.
What is HP?
200
After a huge shortage in 2008, the price of this grain has finally appeared to have settled.
What is rice?
200
The current chair of the Fed
Who is Janet Yellen?
200
Name a palindrome
What is A man, a plan, a canal: Panama, etc.?
300
= (gain from investment - cost of investment)/(cost of investment)
What is ROI?
300
This is the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization.
What is Bitcoin?
300
The US is starting to see the end of this monetary policy.
What is quantitative easing?
300
The US President who was elected at the depth of the Great Depression
Who is FDR?
300
Name a word that can be pronounced in two different ways?
What is finance, etc?
400
Name four commonly used methods of valuation.
Net asset valuation, growth valuation, intrinsic value, fair value.
400
This investor is outspoken about his views on Apple.
Who is Carl Icahn?
400
What does BRICS stand for?
Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
400
The last chairman of the Fed.
Who is Ben Bernanke?
400
The percentage of people who are left-handed (plus/minus 5%)
What is 13%?
500
Name 3 multiples investors commonly look at.
What are P/E, P/B, EBITDA, etc.?
500
This has been the recent trend in the Fed's economic policy.
What is bond buying? What are low-interest rates?
500
The nickname for the type of market we are in.
What is a bull market?
500
What are the dates of the 3 most recent recessions in the US?
Great Recession: Dec 2007 to June 2009.
Early 2000s recession (dot-com bubble, post 9/11): March to Nov 2001
Early 90s recession: July 1990 to March 1991
500
A runner needs to get around a circular 2-mile track in 2 minutes. He ran the first mile at 30 mph. What speed does he need to run the second mile at in order to finish on time?
He can’t actually finish because he already spent 2 minutes on the first mile