Atkins Trivia
Approximately how much AUM ($$) does Atkins currently manage? (~10K)
What is $540k?
This acronym describes when a company sells its stock to the public for the first time, like Facebook did in 2012.
What is initial public offering (IPO)?
This U.S. index with "500" in the name is often mistaken for "the entire market"
What is the S&P 500?
Bill Gate's company trades under this 4-letter ticker.
What is MSFT (Microsoft)?
Leonardo DiCaprio played Jordan Belfort in this 2013 film about Wall Street excess.
What is The Wolf of Wall Street?
How many student members are currently in the group?
What are 38 members?
This valuation multiple compares a company's stock price to its earnings per share.
What is P/E?
What is the largest stock exchange in the world by market cap?
What is the New York Stock Exchange?
This conglomerate trades under the ticker BRK.B.
What is Berkshire Hathaway?
This long-running reality TV show features entrepreneurs pitching to investors, including Barbara Corcoran and "Mr. Wonderful".
What is Shark Tank?
If you're going to be absent, Tyler better know at least this far in advance.
What is 24 hours notice?
Private equity firms live and die by this cash flow proxy - it stands for earnings before...
What is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization?
Pets.com, AOL, and too many websites ending in .com were caught up in this 1990s bubble.
What is the Dot-Com bubble?
This company sells more pumpkin spice lattes than any other firm in history.
What is Starbucks (SBUX)?
This CEO can send Dogecoin "to the moon" with a single tweet.
Who is Elon Musk?
While the market was up 11%, Atkins clocked this percentage return YTD.
What is 19.9%?
What does DCF stand for, and what is it used for?
What is discounted cash flow?
(Used for valuation of a company based on projected cash flow)
What does the Federal Reserve primarily use to combat inflation?
What are interest rate hikes?
This luxury goods company, LVMUY, became Europe's most valuable company in 2023, led by Bernard Arnault.
What is Louis Vuitton?
In 2021, "diamond hands" and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets sent this video game retailer's stock soaring.
What is GameStop (GME)?
What year was Atkins founded?
What is 1995?
What is CAGR?
You might have used ChatGPT to remember this book for ECON 401 - the 1776 book that founded modern capitalism by Adam Smith.
What is the Wealth of Nations?
This Taiwanese company is the world's largest semiconductor foundry and a critical supplier to AAPL and NVDA.
What is Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC)?
This former financier ran the largest Ponzi scheme in history.
Who is Bernie Madoff?