POB Stock Market Review

POB Stock Market Review

Multiple Choice

Ownership of stock is represented by a ____.

• dividend

• board of directors

• stock certificate

• equity

Multiple Choice

____ result when a shareholder sells their shares of stock at a higher price than they purchased.

• Equity

• Capital gains

• Demands

• Dividends

Multiple Choice

A(n) ____ represents a share in the ownership of a company

• stock

• exchange

• dividend

• broker

Multiple Select

How can a shareholder make money from their stock ownership? (select all that apply)

• stock exchange

• capital gains

• stock certificate

• dividends

Multiple Choice

Which company in this stock table has the lowest price relative to its earnings?

• RBA

• ROK

• RMD

• RHI

Multiple Choice

A low Earnings Per Share would indicate that the the company ____.

• is less profitable

• is more profitable

• has stable earnings

• has volatile earnings

Multiple Choice

A high Price-to-Earnings ratio would mean that _____.

• the company's current stock price is low

• the company's current stock price is high

• the company's earnings are volatile

• the company's earnings are stable

Multiple Choice

A ____ is a unique set of letters assigned to a company for trading purposes.

• yield

• dividend

• share

• stock symbol

Multiple Choice

____ represents the earnings for investing in a stock.

• Price-to-Earnings Ratio

• Volume

• Price

• Yield

Multiple Choice

_____ is the amount paid to buy a share of stock.

• Price

• Volume

• Dividend

• Yield

Multiple Choice

The difference between the closing price on the current day and the closing price of the previous day is ____.

• net change

• Volume

• Dividend

• Yield

Multiple Choice

A ____ market describes a market that has a strong economy and stocks rising in value.

• rabbit

• bull

• bear

• buffalo

Multiple Choice

_____ is the number of shares that were traded during a given period of time.

• Price

• Volume

• Dividend

• Yield

Multiple Choice

The company's profit per share of stock is known as ___.

• Price

• Volume

• earnings per share

• net change

Multiple Choice

A stock's ticker usually has ____.

• letters and numbers

• the company's complete name

• the company's stock price

• between 1-4 capital letters

Multiple Choice

A ____ consists of the stocks that an investor owns.

• stock certificate

• stock ticker

• stock portfolio

• stock equity

Multiple Choice

A ____ market describes a market that has a shrinking economy and stocks declining in value.

• rabbit

• bull

• bear

• buffalo

Multiple Choice

The largest and best known stock exchange in the world is the ____.

• NASDAQ

• London Stock Exchange

• Dow Jones Industrial Average

• New York Stock Exchange

Multiple Choice

The ____ is a popular way to track the overall health of the stock market because it groups together the prices of 30 significant stocks.

• NASDAQ

• London Stock Exchange

• Dow Jones Industrial Average

• New York Stock Exchange

Multiple Choice

Blue chip companies are large, highly-recognized companies with excellent reputations.

• true

• false

Multiple Choice

Which of the following should be considered when investing in the stock market?

• 52 week hi/lo

• P/E Ratio

• Dividend

• all of the above