Savings and Investments

What is issued to show ownership in a corporation?

• T - Bills
• Stock
• Stock Certificate
• New York Stock Exchange

What is the primary purpose individuals purchase stock?

• Stock prices decrease
• Voting rights
• Receive a stock certificate
• Investment

What does "ticker" mean when reading a stock market table?

• The official Corporation name
• The highest trading price for the day
• The difference in trading price between the previous selling period and the current closing price
• The official abbreviation for the Corporation's name listed on the NYSE

Stocks represent ownership in a corporation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

A holder or owner of stock in a company or corporation.

• stock market
• shareholder
• portfolio
• industry

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

People who own stocks are guaranteed a return on the money they have invested in stocks.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

One way stockholders make money is by selling their stock for more money than they paid for it.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The possibility of losing some or all of a particiular investment.

• risk
• index
• industry
• profit

You decide that you want to invest a little bit of money in Apple stock.  But in order to do that you need to figure out their stock symbol.  What is the symbol that Apple uses on the stock market?  Use the image to help you figure it out.

• AAPL
• APPLE
• IPHONE
• STEVEJOBS

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CCSS.6.EE.A.2A

You have $250 that you are willing to invest in Apple's stock.  If Apple's stock is selling for $113.05 a share, how many shares could you buy?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3B