Investing Basics
This is money you set aside to use later, often earning interest over time.
What is savings?
This word means how much you could gain or lose from an investment.
What is risk?
Are clothes considered a want or a need?
You invest $100 in a company and after one year it’s worth $110. How much profit did you make?
What is $10?
What is the name of Mr. Roberts' dog?
What is Oliver?
This is the place where stocks are bought and sold.
What is the stock exchange?
This is the name for a payment companies give to shareholders, usually every few months.
What is a dividend?
If demand for a product is low, but the supply is high, what happens to the price?
What is the price falls?
You own stock in Nike and Nike’s stock price doubles. What happens to your investment value?
What is it doubles in value?
How does Mr. Roberts get to work?
What is a bike?
This is the price at which a stock can be bought or sold at any given time.
What is the stock price or share price?
When you buy this type of investment, you’re loaning money to a company or the government.
What is a bond?
What does it mean to be concentrated in a stock?
What is investing heavily in one company?
You invest in five companies from different industries. What investing strategy are you using?
What is diversification?
Who was the first President of the United States?
Who was George Washington?
When the economy is doing well, stock prices often do this.
What is increase or rise?
What is the ticker symbol for Facebook?
What is [META]?
What is is called when companies offer stock to the public for the first time?
What is an IPO? (Initial Public Offering)
This type of account allows you to own parts of many companies at once and is managed by professionals.
What is a mutual fund?
What is the world's longest river?
What is the Nile River?
How many companies are listed on the stock exchange in the United States?
What is around 54,000?
Rank these investments from LEAST risk to MOST risk:
a. Mutual Funds
b. Cryptocurrency
c. Bonds
d. ETF's
What is:
1. Bonds
2. Mutual Funds
3. ETF's
4. Cryptocurrency
What are the two major things a company can do with its profits?
What is reinvest in the business or pay dividends to investors?
You notice your investment drops in value this month but rises the next. What does this show about the market?
What is market fluctuation?
What is 12 people?