Money in the Movies
This 1987 film made the phrase “Greed is good” famous.
What is Wall Street?
This famous index of 500 large U.S. companies is often used to represent the stock market’s health.
What is the S&P 500?
This semiconductor company, with ticker NVDA, became one of the most valuable U.S. companies in 2024 thanks to the AI boom.
What is NVIDIA?
He stars on the show "Shark Tank" and owns part of the Dallas Mavericks.
Who is Mark Cuban?
This artist famously sold his share in Beats Electronics to Apple for $3 billion.
Who is Dr. Dre?
This movie is based on the 2008 housing market crash and stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, and Christian Bale.
What is The Big Short?
This type of investment is like lending your money to a company or government in exchange for interest.
What is a bond?
This company, ticker symbol BRK.A, is led by Warren Buffett and owns businesses like Geico, Dairy Queen, and Duracell.
What is Berkshire Hathaway?
He co-founded Facebook and now leads the company Meta.
This late-night host signed a reported $150 million deal with Netflix for comedy specials and a talk-show spin-off.
Who is Jimmy Fallon?
This Pixar film features a character who becomes rich selling old toys on eBay.
What is Toy Story 2?
An investment that tracks a basket of stocks and can be bought like a single share is called this.
What is an ETF?
In 2021, Reddit users famously caused this video game retailer’s stock price to skyrocket.
What is GameStop?
He is known as the “Oracle of Omaha” and is famous for value investing.
Who is Warren Buffett?
This fashion brand, co-founded by Kanye West, significantly increased his net worth.
What is Yeezy?
In “The Pursuit of Happyness,” Will Smith’s character works to become one of these Wall Street professionals.
What is a stockbroker?
This is what you call the money you make when you sell a stock for more than you paid.
What is a capital gain/positive return?
Elon Musk runs this publicly traded electric car company.
What is Tesla?
This tech entrepreneur co-founded Microsoft.
Who is Bill Gates?
In 2021, this rapper became a billionaire mainly through his brand “Donda” and music royalties.
Who is Jay-Z?
This 2013 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio shows the rise and fall of Jordan Belfort.
What is The Wolf of Wall Street?
This is the term for part-ownership in a company that you can buy on the market.
What is a stock?
This company trades under the name AAPL in the stock market.
This entrepreneur started Amazon in 1994 and became one of the richest people in the world.
Who is Jeff Bezos?
This singer's Eras Tour in 2023 reportedly generated over $500 million in ticket sales.
Who is Taylor Swift?