Stock Market Basics
Some Investing, Some Not
Bonds and Fixed Income
Mutual Funds and ETFs
Misc
100

This term refers to a prolonged period during which stock prices rise.

What is a bull market?

100

Who created the largest Ponzi scheme in history?

Who is Bernie Madoff? 65 Billion dollars of investor funds were wrapped up in his fraudulent companies. Steven Spielberg and Kevin Bacon are a couple notable investors.

100

This type of bond is issued by a corporation to raise capital and is rated below investment grade.

What is a junk bond?

100

This type of fund is managed by professionals and pools money from many investors to buy a diversified portfolio.

What is a mutual fund?

100

What was Tiger Woods' longest streak of being the #1 professional golfer in the world? 

What is 281 weeks? The second closest is also Tiger Woods at 264 weeks. The third is Greg Norman at 96 weeks.

200

This is a piece of a company's profits paid to shareholders, usually quarterly.

What is a dividend?

200

What is the only US state that can be typed on a keyboard using only the middle row?

What is Alaska?

200

This is a type of government bond adjusts its interest payments based on inflation.

What is a Treasury Inflation-Protected Security (TIPS)?

200

This type of fund combines the diversification of mutual funds with the trading flexibility of stocks.

What is an ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund)?

200

What do flamingos eat that is responsible for their pink color?

What is beta-carotene-rich algae, brine fly larvae, and brine shrimp?

300

This type of order allows an investor to buy or sell a stock at a specific price or better.

What is a limit order?

300

This approach involves regularly investing a fixed amount in a particular investment, regardless of its price.

What is dollar-cost averaging?

300

This is the term for the amount paid back to the bondholder at the end of the bond's term.

What is the face value (or par value)?

300

This fee is paid by mutual fund investors to cover administrative and management expenses.

What is an expense ratio?

300

This piece of gym equipment is responsible for many New Year’s resolutions and about 80% of the clothes hanging in your closet.

What is a treadmill?

400

This popular stock market index tracks the performance of 30 large U.S. companies.

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

400

What is the tallest mountain in our Solar System? Have we landed on Mars yet...? 

What is Olympus Mons? Altitude of 69,649ft. and a width of 370 miles.


400

This rating agency is one of the big three credit rating agencies in the world.

What is Moody's (or Standard & Poor's or Fitch)?

400

This term refers to the net market value of a mutual fund’s assets divided by its number of shares.

What is the Net Asset Value (NAV)?

400

This seasonal figure is known for breaking into houses, eating all your cookies, and leaving behind gifts, yet no one calls the cops.

Who is Santa Claus?

500

The initial sale of stock by a private company to the public is known by this acronym.

What is an IPO (Initial Public Offering)?

500

This portfolio management strategy is known for the term buy and hold.

What is passive investing?

500

This type of bond is backed by the credit and taxing power of the issuer rather than specific assets.

What is a general obligation bond?

500

This type of investment fund is known for its use of leverage, derivatives, and a variety of strategies to achieve high returns, often with less regulatory oversight than mutual funds.

What is a hedge fund?

500

What animal cannot die from a significant fall? 

What is a squirrel? With a terminal velocity of 22.4 MPH, a squirrel, theoretically, would survive a fall at any height.