Shareholders
Basic Terms
Going Public
NYSE
Miscellaenous
100

They own at least 1 of these

a Share

100

Why a company goes public

to Expand
100

The city that the NYSE is in

New York

100

What do the letters NYSE stand for?

New York Stock Exchange

100

The plural of index

indices

200

They vote on these

the Board of Directors

200

2 examples of a company's assets

building

employees

cars, trucks

machines

supplies

200

The original investment needed by ODM to go public

3 million

200

Who does the company send to the NYSE to get approval to go public?

Company President

200

Index representing tech stocks

NASDAQ

300

Stockholders have the potential to earn these if a company makes a profit

Dividends

300

The person that a buyer or seller goes to to make a stock deal

a broker

300

The amount of money ODM needed to expand so they needed to go the the NYSE

20 Million

300
The NYSE is a ___ where buyers and sellers come together to make deals.

Market

300

An index representing 500 of the most sound and stable US companies traded publically

S&P 500

Standard & Poors

400

In the private investing stage, they buy shares from

the Investment Banker

400

In order to go public to the NYSE, a business must pass a thorough

exam

400

The government agency that ensures that corporations are reporting the truth about their financial records to their stockholders

the SEC

400

Name a type of security besides STOCK that is traded on the NYSE

Bonds

Commodities

Real Estate

400

Index, 30 companies, largest US Businesses

Dow Jones Industrial Average

Dow

DJIA

500

When stock value goes up this is called a ___ gain.

capital

500

An indicator about a certain group of stocks

Index

500

A company gets this when they are approved to go public.  example - ODM

a ticker symbol

500

IPO

Initial Public Offering

500

Index of all publically traded companies

The Wilshire

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