Investing 101
A deliberate misspelling of stock. The word is often used humorously on the internet to imply a vague understanding of financial transactions or poor financial decisions.
Stonk
A story of a "pump and dump" stock scheme, this movie really "heats up" throughout.
Boiler Room
A broad classification of companies that share a similar business type.
Sector or industry
Founded by Jeff Bezos, this company is known to have everything from A to Z?
Amazon
HOG and it's not bacon.
Harley Davidson
A fixed income instrument that represents a loan made by an investor to a borrower (typically corporate or governmental).
Bond
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, this movie is based on real-life events, around the infamous Stratton Oakmont, that helped IPO several large public companies during the late 80s and 90s.
Wolf of Wall Street
An economic principle referring to a consumer's desire to purchase goods and services and willingness to pay a price for a specific good or service.
Demand
Valued at $1.9 trillion this company's real name is Alphabet, Inc.
PZZA
Papa Johns
A type of financial vehicle made up of a pool of money collected from many investors to invest in securities like stocks, bonds, money market instruments, and other assets.
Mutual Fund
This star studded movie follows a few savvy traders that won "big" by going "short" during the 2007-2008 financial crisis.
The Big Short
Something your grand parents might read or watch in the morning or at night?
News
This company is valued at $2.5 trillion & has a bite taken out of their logo
Apple
LUV
Southwest Airlines
A performance measure used to evaluate the efficiency or profitability of an investment or compare the efficiency of a number of different investments.
Return on Investment
The main character, portrayed by Will Smith, has trouble getting his start and pulling himself out of flagrant poverty. For the sake of his young son, he does the impossible – he goes through a difficult and long journey transforming himself from poverty to being a millionaire.
Pursuit of Happyness
A fundamental economic concept that describes the total amount of a specific good or service that is available to consumers.
Supply
Founded by Bill Gates, and valued at over $2.2t, this company can be seen by looking through a "window"
Microsoft
BUD
Anheuser Busch
A security that represents the ownership of a fraction of a corporation.
Stock
“Blue Horseshoe loves Anacott Steel” also a famous street in NYC.
Wall Street
A general direction in which something is developing or changing. What could be cool or hip.
Trends (Davey Day Trader, Redditt, etc)
This famous social networking company was launched from a Harvard dorm in 2004. It is now valued at over $1t.
CAKE
Cheesecake Factory