Investing 101
What is the term for buying something now in the hope it will grow in value over time?
What is investing?
What is the name of the place where stocks are bought and sold?
What is a stock exchange?
What is a safer investment: stocks or a savings account?
What is a savings account?
What is the name of the first and most famous cryptocurrency?
What is Bitcoin?
True or False: Investments always guarantee you will make money.
What is False?
If you invest $100 and it grows to $120, what is your profit?
What is $20?
What does it mean if a stock price goes up?
It means the company’s value is increasing.
What type of investment is a loan to a company or government where you earn interest?
What is a bond?
True or False: Crypto is physical money you can hold.
What is False?
What is the chance of losing money called?
What is risk?
What do we call a company’s partial ownership that you can buy?
What is a stock?
What is the 3-letter name for America's biggest stock market index (companies like Apple, Microsoft)?
What is the S&P 500?
What is a collection of stocks you can buy all at once, like a basket?
What is an ETF (Exchange Traded Fund)?
What is the technology called that keeps crypto transactions secure and recorded?
What is blockchain?
If you want a safer investment, would you pick stocks or bonds?
What are bonds?
What is the term for earning money on your original investment AND on the money it earns over time?
What is compound interest?
What is the name for when the stock market is rising over time and investors are optimistic?
What is a bull market?
Name one thing you could invest in besides stocks or bonds
Real estate, art, crypto etc
What does it mean when a cryptocurrency is "mined"?
What is solving complex math problems to verify transactions and earn coins?
What is it called when you mix risky and safer investments together to balance your chances of success?
What is building a portfolio?
If you sell a stock for more money than you bought it for, what kind of gain is that called?
What is a capital gain?
What is the term for a part of a company's profits paid to shareholders?
What is a dividend?
This investment type means owning part of a company that is not publicly traded on the stock market
What is private equity?
What is the term for moving your crypto from an online exchange to a personal device for safer keeping?
What is cold storage?
What is the invisible cost that can eat away your savings' value over time if your money doesn't grow fast enough?
What is inflation?