True and False
A bull market exists in a receding economy where most stocks are declining in value.
FALSE
A bull market is a market that is on the rise and where the economy is sound.
AAPL
Apple
Someone who owns stock in a corporation
Share holder
The New York Stock Exchange begins and ends everyday with what action?
Ringing the bell at 9:30 to announce the beginning of a new trading day
Name one famous stock market crash
1929 Great Depression
1987 Black Monday
2001 .com Bubble (Tech Bubble)
2008 Financial Crisis
2020 Covid-19 Pandemic
The main purpose of the stock market is a source for people to earn money.
FALSE
the main function is as a source for companies to raise money by selling shares of ownership in a public company.
MSFT
Microsoft
share of ownership in a company
Stock
Name a stock exchange
NYSE, NASDAQ, AMEX
What was the year of the stock market crash that preceded the Great Depression?
1929
When a stock splits when the market price per share is so high that it becomes unwieldy when traded.
TRUE
One of the reasons a company may choose to split a stock is because a very high share price may deter small investors from buying the shares. It does not cause a change of total market capitalization of the company.
JNJ
Johnson and Johnson
Measures the expected move in a stock relative to movements in the overall market. (Hint: can be expressed as greater 1.0)
Beta
a beta greater than 1.0 suggests that the stock is more volatile than the broader market and a beta less than 1.0 indicates a stock with lower volatility
What is the most expensive publicly traded stock of all time? (Hint: it’s not Tesla)
Berkshire Hathaway
all time high price on Jan 17, 2020: $347,400 per share
The concept of the stock market originated in what country?
France
The Information Technology industry is the leader with 16.31% of the global market shares.
TRUE
GME
GameStop
The portion of corporate profits payed out to share holders
Dividend
Name the three countries with the largest stock markets
US, UK, Japan
What is recognized as the world’s first publicly traded company
The East India Trading Company
Johnny owns Apple stock and currently receives a dividend. He is always guaranteed a dividend as long as he owns the stock.
FALSE
the Board of directors can vote to lower, raise, or remove the dividend
KO
Coca-Cola
What does IPO stand for?
Initial Public Offering, it is the first offer of shares for a newly public company.
On average, the stock market performs the poorest in which month?
September
What was the first company to list on the NYSE?
The Bank of New York