Stock Terms
The Terms for buying and selling a stock
bidding and asking
The King of Nigeria is in trouble and only you can help, send him $2000 so you can fall for this scam
What is the Nigerian letter scam
This type of investment involves buying a portion of a company and selling it when it yields profits higher than when you invested
Stock
T-Bills
low risk, low remote
AAPL
Apple
this type of market is considered to be on the rise and growing
nicknamed the pyramid scheme
ponzi scheme
The type of investment that involves purchasing property to be sold or leased to someone else
Real Estate
guaranteed investment certificates
low risk, low reward
DIS
Disney
This term is used to describe the overall value of your stocks
Equity
Mr. Lafleur said he wants to get into stocks and knows just where to start! He said his friend over at Apple told him that they are coming out with a revolutionary new technology being released to the public next week. To get ahead of the rest, Mr. Lafleur invests $10,000 into Apple stock today. Unfortunately, all of his assets are seized on the stock sale because Mr. Lafleur has committed this crime (scam)
Insider trading
This type of investment vehicle involves lending money to a corporation or government with interest returned if not paid back in full by the maturity date
bond
Stocks
low, low reward and high risk, high reward
WMT
Walmart
This term is used to describe an asset that has the ability to be sold off easily and for a profit
liquidity
In your own words, briefly describe the crime Cole committed in high school, leading to him going to jail for internet fraud
What is wrote false articles about penny stocks that were on the rise so that other investors would "pump" the stock and when it got high enough Cole would sell causing it to "dump". This left Cole with a profit while causing others to lose a lot of money.
This type of ETF investment is received for those collectively investing millions to billions of dollars
Hedge Fund
Real Estate
Low to High Risk, Low to High Rewind
HD
Home Depot
This term is used when someone is buying 100 shares of a stock
Round lot
This type of scam involves promising customers software at a "low" price that will predict foreign markets and allow them to sell stocks. In reality, customers often receive nothing, or software that doesn't work, after paying.
Forex Scam
This type of investment includes purchasing a stock where regardless of if a company is in the green or red they will pay you a percentage of your investment quarterly as a sign of good faith for being their investor.
Dividends
Exchange Traded Funds
low risk, low or high reward
NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations