Stocks
This represents a share of partial ownership in a company, giving you a claim on its assets and earnings.
A loan agreement where an investor lends money to a government or corporation for a set term in exchange for interest.
Bond
A short combination of letters used to quickly identify a publicly traded company on an exchange, such as AAPL for Apple.
Ticker Symbol
Company A trades at a P/E ratio of 12, while Company B trades at a P/E ratio of 45. Investors are paying significantly more per dollar of current earnings for this company.
Company B
Which gas makes up most of the Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
This investment pools money from many investors to buy a portfolio of stocks or bonds managed by professional money managers.
Mutual Fund
The regular trading hours for the major U.S. stock exchanges are Monday through Friday during these exact times.
9:30 am -4:00 pm EST
A direct distribution of a company's profits paid out to its shareholders.
Dividend
An investor short sells 100 shares of a stock at $50 per share. If the price unexpectedly surges to $80, the investor suffers this exact dollar loss when buying back the shares.
$3,000 ($30 price increase X 100 shares)
What is the most consumed beverage in the world besides water?
Tea
When a stock's current price is trading very close to its 52-week high, it typically indicates this type of strong investor sentiment and recent performance trend.
A stock trading near its 52-week high means demand has been high, and the stock is performing at or near its peak price over the past year. Investors often view this as a sign that the company is currently strong or highly valued by the market, though it can also signal that the stock might be overbought.
An investment fund designed to passively track the returns of a specific benchmark index like the S&P 500 or Dow Jones.
Index Fund
Calculated by taking a company’s net income divided by its total outstanding shares, this metric shows how much profit a company generates per share.
Earnings per Share (EPS)
If Company XYZ earns $10 million in net profit and has 5 million shares outstanding, its EPS equals this amount.
$2.00? ($10,000,000/5,000,000 = $2.00)
The Bald Eagle is the United States national Bird what is our National mammal?
Double Credit (What is the national animal of Scotland?)
American Bison
(Unicorn)
A metric that measures a stock's volatility relative to the broader market.
Beta
Calculated by multiplying a company's total shares by its current share price, this reflects the total cost to buy the entire business.
Market Capitalization
This valuation metric is calculated by dividing a company’s current stock price by its Earnings Per Share.
Price to Earnings ratio (P/E Ratio)
While traditional long investors can only lose 100% of their investment, short sellers face this theoretical maximum limit on their potential losses.
Infinite
What is the world's largest desert?
Antarctic Desert
A trading strategy where an investor borrows shares, sells them immediately, and hopes to buy them back later at a lower price to pocket the difference.
Short Selling or Shorting a Stock
A stock with a Beta of 1.5 is expected to be this percent more volatile than the overall market.
50% more volatile
Issued by state or local governments to fund public projects like schools or highways, this type of bond often offers investors tax-exempt interest income
Municipal Bond
If a company’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio is steadily rising, what does that mean to an investor
A rising P/E ratio indicates that the stock price is growing faster than the company's current earnings. This generally means market confidence is high and investors expect strong future growth, though it can also indicate the stock is becoming more expensive relative to its current financial performance
Which US president is on the $50 Bill?
(If you can name the historical figures on each bill I will give you an extra $1000 points, $1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50, $100)
$50- Ulysses S Grant
$1- Washington $10- Hamilton
$2- Jefferson $20- Jackson
$5- Lincoln $100- Franklin