Stock
Basics
Basics
The term that refers to a piece of a company that is bought and sold in the market
what is a share?
the ticker for Apple Inc.
what is AAPL?
this social media platform was acquired by Elon Musk
what is Twitter? (now X)
The year of the great depression’s stock market crash
what is 1929?
A trader who purchases a long position is referred to as this farm animal
what is a bowl?
a place where stocks are bought and sold
what is a stock exchange?
this online retailer trades under AMZN
what is Amazon?
this company‘s mascot is a green gecko
What is GEICO?
this index hit 1000 for the first time in 1972
what is the Dow Jones industrial average?
A trader who purchases a short position is referred to as this animal often found in the wilderness
what is a bear?
the Dow Jones tracks this many companies
what is 30?
TSLA is the ticker symbol for this electric car company
what is Tesla?
this company makes the iPhone
What is Apple Inc.
The slang term for a stock that radically increases
what is a rocket or moonshot?
this order type executes a trade at a specific price or better
what is a limit order?
BRK.A & BRK.B is the ticker symbol for what Warren Buffett run company
what is Berkshire Hathaway?
this Seattle-based company owns Whole Foods
what is Amazon?
The S&P 500 is composed of this many companies
What is 500?
this term refers to buying the dip in a risky way
what is YOLO investing?
the first sale of stock by a private company to the public
what is an IPO? (initial public offering.)
NVDA is the ticker symbol for what chipmaker
what is Nvidia?
this company was once the world’s largest cell phone maker, but now is mostly involved in telecom in
what is Nokia?
The nickname for this day in October 1987, which saw the biggest one day stock market crash
What is black Monday?
The meaning of the acronym FOMO
what is fear of missing out?