Stock Market Game-Selecting Your Investments

Dividing a stock’s current price per share by the issuing company’s earnings per share results in:

• the share value

• the price to earnings ratio

• the dividend yield

Stocks, bonds and mutual funds are all part of:

• an initial public offering

• an industry sector

• a diversified portfolio

____________ issue a fixed number of shares that trade on a stock exchange

• Closed end mutual funds

• Open end mutual funds

• money market funds

The S&P 500 Index is made up of ________.

• the 500 best performing stocks on the NASDAQ.

• 500 large-cap stocks from a wide variety of sectors

• . 500 stocks that are made up of small, mid-cap and large-cap companies.

A stock is to a mutual fund as:

• a can of soda is to a six-pack

• a pencil is to paper

• a tree is to a forest

Holding _________ from several different sectors ____________ your portfolio

• bonds, specializes

• stocks, marginalizes

• stocks, diversifies

If you know that the ticker symbol for Ford is F, on which exchange is it listed?

• NYSE

• AMEX

• NASDAQ

This week, DEF stock’s price increased from $12 to $18 per share, JKL stock increased from $24 to $39 per share, and MNO stock increased from $110 to $139 per share. Which stock showed the greatest percentage gain in value?

• DEF

• JKL

• MNO

The Nasdaq 100, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Russell 2000 are examples of:

• a stock report

• stock exchanges

• stock indices

If PatchCo’s PE ratio is 8 and it stock is currently valued at $64 per share, then its annual Earnings per Share is

• 7

• 56

• 8