Answer True of False.
There is a 100% guarantee that when you make an investment you won't lose it.
100
A share in a company
What is a stock?
100
It's like an IOU
What is a bond?
100
False
T/F.
There is basically one type of mutual fund?
100
supply and demand
What is it called when: The value of a stock goes up as more people are purchasing it?
200
Bonds
What is considered to be the safest investment?
200
NASDAQ and NYSE
What are the names of the two biggest exchanges?
200
You earn interest
How do you make money off of a bond?
200
No
Can you go to the bank and buy a share of a mutual fund?
200
stock brokers
On the NYSE who does the trading?
300
Stocks and Mutual Funds
Which types of investments can be traded on the exchange market?
300
A stock from a speculative company
What kind of a stock would be considered a risky investment?
300
corporate
agency
federal
municipal
What are three different types of bonds?
300
Yes
Mutual funds are considered a great way to have a balanced portfolio.
300
volitile stocks
If stocks are changing a lot over a course of the day, what are they called?
400
One that has stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and cash.
What is a balanced portfolio?
400
New issues of stock are sold on the primary market first to investment bankers. Once those shares are sold, they are then traded on the secondary market.
How are the primary and secondary markets related to each other?
400
savings
long term security
you can make money off of interest
they are safe
What are three benifits of investing in bonds?
400
O-not a fixed amount of shares.
C-fixed amount of shares.
Explain the difference between open and closed funds.
400
technology
All of the resources people have to learn about stocks can be classified as what?
500
Mrs. Cossa will verify
Name 10 companies from which the Dow Jones Average is calculated from?
500
a commission
What is the name of the charge that is added on to every stock market transaction that is made for you?
500
state, or city government
school districts
federal government
corporations
agencies
Name four different institutions that issue bonds.
500
NAV
The worth of the fund-the amount of debt owed divided by the number of investors.
500
opportunity cost
As a consumer, when you buy something you are making a choice. What is this choice called?