Wall Street Lingo
This is the full phrase represented by the acronym EBITDA
What is earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization?
TSLA
Tesla Inc.
This is the term for spreading investments across multiple assets to reduce risk
What is diversification
This billionaire founded Amazon and briefly became the richest person in the world
This person curretly serves as the president of AFA
Who is Faith Rollandini?
This term describes a company going public for the first time
What is an IPO?
KO
Coca-Cola
This type of bond is issued by the U.S. government and is considered virtually risk-free
What is a US Treasury Bond?
This investor is known as the “Oracle of Omaha” and is the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway
Who is Warren Buffett?
Callum's 2 Truths and a lie:
1) I played tennis my whole life
2) I played football my whole life
3) I played basketball my whole life
Lie is #1) I played tennis my whole life
This measure of a stock’s volatility relative to the overall market is often used in the CAPM model
What is beta?
F
Ford Motor
This financial metric compares a company’s stock price to its earnings and is often used to determine if a stock is overvalued
What is P/E Ratio?
John C. Bogle is the founder of this company, which is well-known for pioneering the first index fund
What is Vanguard?
This exec member's hidden talent is drawing
Who is Micah?
An investment strategy that involves selling borrowed shares, hoping to profit from a decline in the company’s stock price
What is shorting a stock?
SPY
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust
This economic condition is defined by two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth
What is a recession?
This economist wrote The General Theory and is considered the father of modern macroeconomics
Who is John Maynard Keynes
Nick's 2 Truths and a lie:
1) I've jumped out of a plane
2) I can play 3 instruments
3) I can run a mile in 5 minutes
Lie is #3) I can run a mile in 5 minutes
A single, large-volume trade, usually defined as 10,000 shares of stock or $200,000+ in bonds
Block Trade
VOO
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF
This risk is reduced through diversification but cannot be eliminated entirely
What is systemic risk?
This former Federal Reserve Governer will be replacing Jerome Powell as the Chair of the Federal Reserve in May 2026
Who is Kevin Warsh
This exec member is licensed to sell life & health insurance in the state of Alabama
Who is Phoenix?