The Stock Market

A company owned by families or a small number of investors and do not issue stock to the public.

• public company
• industry
• private company
• portfolio

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

• stock market
• shareholder
• portfolio
• industry

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

• TRUE
• FALSE

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.

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

• risk
• index
• industry
• profit

The DOW Jones Industrial Average is an index of 30 American companies.  Why is the DOW Jones Industrial Average important?

• It tells Americans how much debt the country is in.
• It helps economists predict when a stock market crash will happen.
• It tells Americans how many jobs are out there.
• It provides a snapshot of how the stock market and the US economy is doing.

Represents shares of ownership in a company.

• stock
• portfolio
• volume
• industry

A company's profit or earnings divided equally among all the shares investors own.

• market capitalization
• volume
• earnings per share
• industry

1-4 letter symbol used to represent a company

• tic tok

• stocker

• stock ticker

• stocking

What are these? NYSE - NASDAQ

• stocks

• markets

• stock exhanges

• securities and exchanges