Stock Market help

The stock market is a safer bet than putting your money in a bank account 

• True 
• False

A certain stock trading for $52.50 increases in price by 8%.  What is the new price?

• $4.20
• $656.25
• $56.70
• $55.00

Tags

CCSS.6.RP.A.3C

Stocks represent ownership in a corporation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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

• TRUE
• FALSE

What does a stock represent?

• a loan you make to a company
• a percentage of ownership of a company
• a contract for a company's goods and services
• stocks are just tools used to make money

A risk management technique that mixes a wide variety of investments within a portfolio. The rationale behind this technique contends that a portfolio of a different kind of investments will, on average, yield higher returns and pose a lower risk than any individual investment found within the portfolio

• Diversified Portfolio

• Bear Market

• Growth Portfolio

• Value Portfolio

What is the price at which stock is bought and sold?

• Par Value
• Stated value
• Authorized value
• Market value

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

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Stockholders can reduce the risk on their stock investment by diversifying their portfolios.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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

• risk
• index
• industry
• profit