ITA Jeopardy Game 1

Market Basics

100

This term describes how actively a stock is traded in the market.

Stock Volume

200

This occurs when stock prices fall 20% or more from recent highs.

Bear Market

300

This major U.S. stock exchange is known for tech-heavy companies like Apple and Nvidia.

Nasdaq

400

This is the difference between the highest price a buyer will pay and the lowest price a seller will accept.

Bid-ask spread

500

This type of risk affects the entire market and cannot be eliminated through diversification.

Systematic Risk

Investing Strategies

100

Making another investment to protect against losses

Hedging

200

Using borrowed money to invest and increase possible gains or losses.

Leverage

300

This means spreading your money across different investments to reduce risk.
 

Diversification

400

Adding money to your investments little by little over time.

dollar-cost averaging

500

Investing in many companies at once through a single fund

Index investing

Market News and Events

100

When interest rates go up, stock prices usually go 

up?

down?

Stay stagnant?

down

200

This is when the government or central bank tries to control inflation by raising rates.

Monetary Policy

300

This is the U.S. central bank that controls interest rates.

Federal Reserve

400

This measures how expensive everyday goods are getting.

CPI ( Consumer Price Index)

500

This is the combination of slow economic growth and high inflation.

Stagflation

Company Fundamentals

100

This refers to a company’s total obligations or debts.

Liabilities

200

This ratio compares a company’s stock price to its earning per stock share 

p/e ratio

300

This is the profit a company keeps after subtracting all expenses.

Net Income

400

This ratio measures a company’s profitability by comparing net income to revenue.

Net Profit Margin

500

This type of profit is calculated before interest and taxes are deducted.

Operating Income (Ebit)

Famous investors

100

This investor founded Berkshire Hathaway.

Warren Buffet

200

This type of investor is known for betting against companies.

Short seller

300

This female investor is known for high-risk, high-reward trades and runs ARK Invest.

Cathie Wood

400

This investor became famous for predicting and profiting from the 2008 housing crash.

Michael Burry

500

This investor is known for the “All Weather Portfolio” strategy.

Ray Dalio