Bank Vocabulary
The Stock Market
Service Learning
What do I stand for?
"In"teresting
100

The minimum dollar amount that you must have in your account.

Minimum Balance

100

Usually it is two or three letters that represent a company when buying stock.

Stock ticker symbol / ticker symbol / stock symbol

100

Name 3 of the 4 types of Service Learning.

Advocacy/Awareness

Direct

Indirect

Research

100

NYSE

New York Stock Exchange

100

Organizing an event to raise money for the Susan G. Koman for a Cure Foundation is an example of what type of service learning.

Indirect

200

The amount you may be charged to use an ATM from a bank that that is not your bank.

ATM Fee

200

The NYSE starts trading at what time?

9:30 am

200

What is the first step of a Service Learning Project? 

1. Investigating a Need/Identifying a Problem


200

Symbol: VZ

Verizon

200

The cost of borrowing money.

Interest


(You can also be paid interest for depositing money in a savings account.)

300

A card that lets you spend money from your checking account without writing a check.

Debit Card

300

Companies may increase the number of shares that current investors have by lowering the share price. Example: 2 for 1 (An investor with 100 shares trading at $100/share would now have 200 shares trading at $50/share).

Stock Split

300

The last element or step of a service learning project.

(In the Ted Talk this was done by taking a plane ride to and doing the Ted Talk).

Celebration

300

S&P 500

Standard and Poor 

(The name of the two founding financial companies.)

300

The S&P 500 is a group of stocks that gives an idea of how the market is performing. This is called an ?

Index

400

An amount you may be charged if you do not meet certain requirements of the bank and account type. For example, if you do not keep the minimum required amount of  money in your account.

Monthly Service Fee

400

When most stocks are declining, what type of market is it? 

Hint: It starts with a B.

Bear Market

400

Organizing and event to teach kids about the potential dangers on the internet is an example of which type of service learning?

Advocacy/Awareness

400

IPO

Initial Public Offering

400

A type of asset you buy that you hope will gain value over time.

Investment

500

An electronic deposit of money into a bank account. For example, a paycheck may be done this way.

Direct Deposit

500

When most stocks are on the rise, what type of market is it?

Hint: It starts with a B.

Bull Market

500

Organizing a trip to deliver supplies and to help clean up/rebuild after Hurricane Sandy is an example of what type of Service Learning?

Direct

500

FAANG Stocks

Facebook

Amazon

Apple

Netflix

Google

500

A policy you buy to protect yourself against financial problems.

Insurance