STOCK 1
A share of ownership in a company
What is a stock?
A unique 1-5 letter code used by stock exchanges to identify a company
What is a ticker symbol?
To build a stock portfolio with a variety of assets classes in different industries or sectors
What is to diversify?
The place to find the rules of our game
What is “my account balances”?
3 or more resources found on "my dashboard"
What are “trading”, “contests”, “research tools”, and “trading ideas”?
This is the type of share most investors buy
What is common stock?
This gives essential info about a particular stock, at a particular point in time
What is a stock quote?
10 stocks in your portfolio, from 5 different industries
What the creators of the game suggest students set up their virtual portfolio?
What is May 2, 2025 (4 pm EST)?
Some resources you can find in "my portfolio"
What are "my stock funds”, “my assignments”, “account balances”, “graph my portfolio”, “tutorial videos”?
When a company first sells shares of stock to the public
What is an IPO?
This is the most important thing to note on a stock quote
What is a time stamp?
To own a variety of investments like real estate, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, gold/silver and cash
What is asset allocation?
What 2,500?
A place to find over 600 articles on investing and a list of 500 glossary terms
What is the “learning center”?
This is a promise that a company makes to pay an investor back for the amount lent, plus interest
What is a bond?
The highest price a buyer is willing to pay for a stock
What is a bid price?
To split your investments across companies based on the type of business they do.
What is it to diversify by sector?
The two different types of stocks
What are common stocks and preferred stocks?
A place to post questions and answers to your class
What is the “class forum” under the “dashboard” drop bar?
Shares in a company come from two places
What is a new issue and stock dividends (splits)?
The lowest price a seller is willing to sell a stock
What is the ask price?
an investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.
These stockholders are also entitled to be paid first if a company goes bankrupt and all the assets are sold off, and generally do not have voting rights.
What are owners of preferred stock?
A place to find your class rank and the number of trades you made,
What is “historical portfolio” under the “graph my portfolio” section?