Stock Market

Why would a company need to issue stock?  

• To increase its' customer base.
• To raise money.
• To stop the government from regulating it.
• To show customers that it's successful.

You can buy stock in any company in the world.

• True, all companies are required to offer stock.
• False, a company is only listed on the stock exchange if it wants to be.

As long as you are 18 years old and have some money, you can invest it in the stock market.

• True
• False

Apple is releasing a new iPhone that is predicted to change the cell phone world.  Millions of people have pre-ordered it.  What do you think will happen to their stock?

• It is likely to go up.
• It is likely to go down.

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

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

Over the course of the day, the head of Apple's company is imprisoned for not paying his taxes.  What do you think will happen to Apple's stock?

• It will go up.
• It will go down.

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

• risk
• index
• industry
• profit

A company that sells stock on the stock market.

• private company
• market capitalization
• public company
• stock market

Stocks represent ownership in a corporation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

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