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100

Valued at approx. $2 trillion, this company is IPO-ing in mid 2026 and would create the world's first trillionaire. 

What is SpaceX?

100

The bank our President Jerry Chen has an offer from for Summer 2027.

What is JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM)?

100

Leisure, hospitality, and travel suffered the most in this 21st century crisis

What was the COVID-19 Pandemic?

100

The meaning of the acronym of ETF

What is Exchange-Traded Fund?

100

The three main financial statements

What are the Income Statement, Balance Sheet, and Cash Flow Statement?

200

A country in the Middle East that the U.S. has been in conflict with since February 2026. 

What is Iran?

200

The most popular ETF benchmark for the U.S. economy.

The S&P 500 Index

200

The real Wolf-Of-Wall-Street.

Who is Jordan Belfort?

200

An individual retirement account that grows investments tax-free

What is Roth IRA?

200

Defined as Current Assets/Current Liabilities

What is Current Ratio?

300

This company rejected a $200 million contract from the Pentagon, which would have subjected their product to be used in autonomous weapons and mass surveillance. 

What is Anthropic?

300

The largest company by market capitalization as of early 2026.

What is Nvidia (NVDA)?

300

This well-known bank went out of business during the 2008 Financial Crisis

What was Lehman Brothers?

300

A market where prices are decreasing (or increasing)

What is a Bear (Bull) Market?

300

A type of financial model that projects future cash flows in order to determine an implied share price of a company

What is a Discounted Cash-Flow Model?

400

The person nominated to become the next chair of the FOMC.

Who is Kevin Warsh?

400

The world's largest physically backed gold exchange-traded fund.

What is SPDR Gold Shares Trust (GLD)?

400

A time period when the economy isn't growing and inflation is high, last seen in 1970s

What is Stagflation?

400

A type of risk that can be mitigated with diversification

What is Idiosyncratic Risk?

400
A model that allows us to define cost of equity = risk free rate + beta*market risk premium

What is Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)?

500

This company filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after it defaulted in over $900 million dollars of fraudulent loans. 

What is Tricolor?

500

The only energy company to remain operational in Venezuela in 2026. 

What is Chevron (CVX)?

500

September 16, 1992: When the UK had to withdrawal the pound sterling from the European Exchange Rate Mechanism after failing to prevent a rapid devaluation.

What was Black Wednesday?

500

The opportunity to capitalize on a gap in the market, typically the purchase of a stock and immediately selling it at a larger price on a different market

What is Arbitrage?

500

The average rate a company expects to pay to finance its assets, blending the cost of equity and debt based on their market proportions

What is Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC)?