STOCKS
STOCK MARKETS
COMPANIES
Rules of the Game
MISCELLANEOUS
100
A share of ownership in a company.
What is a stock?
100
Which of the following is a stock exchange? (a) New York Stock Exchange (b) California Stock Exchange (c) New Jersey Stock Exchange
(a) New York Stock Exchange
100
All companies trade their shares on a stock exchange? (a) True (b) False
(b) False
100
$100,000
What is the amount of money each teams begins with in game?
100
Wall Street
What is the name of the famous street in New York known for investing?
200
Ticker Symbol
What are the letters that identify a company trading on a stock exchange?
200
There a a stock exchange called the "American Stock Exchange"? (a) True (b) False
(a) True
200
Companies can raise money by doing which of the following? (a) Sell stock (b) Sell bonds (c) Both (a) and (b)
(c) Both (a) and (b)
200
10 shares
What is the minimum number of shares you must buy of any stock?
200
Bull Market
What do you call stock market when the economy is growing, stock prices are rising and people are making lots of money?
300
Dividends
What do you call the payments that some companies make quarterly to stockholders?
300
A period of temporary economic decline during which trade and industrial activity are reduced, generally identified by a fall in GDP in two successive quarters.
What is a recession?
300
A company's primary objective is to do which of the following? (a) Maximize sales (b) Increase the total number of employees (c) Maximize profits
(c) Maximize profits
300
1%
What is the broker fee for each transaction?
300
Bear Market
What do you call stock market when the economy is not doing well, stock prices are falling and people lose money?
400
Broker
Who buys or sells stocks for investors?
400
Name one of the 3 most watched stock market indices.
What is S & P Dow Jones NASDAQ
400
Who is responsible for the daily operations of a company? (a) President / CEO (b) Accountant (c) Lawyer
(a) President / CEO
400
$3.00
What is the minimum cost of a share for this game?
400
A sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a significant cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth.
What is a crash?
500
I.P.O.
What is Initial Public Offering?
500
NYSE
What is the New York Stock Exchange?
500
Who does the President / CEO of a publicly traded company report to? (a) No one. Everyone reports to him. (b) Board of Directors (c) The government
(b) Board of Directors
500
Saturday and Sunday
What days can't you make trades?
500
Crashes are driven by this as much as by underlying economic factors
What is panic?
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