Reading: Stock markets

The promise of an investment bank to buy the shares if no other investors are interested is called _____ (write a NOUN)

TRUE or FALSE?

When you buy a share you become an owner of part of that company.

• TRUE

• FALSE

_____ decide how much dividend to give to the shareholders.

• The owners of the company

• The Board of Directors

• The CEO

• The investors

TRUE or FALSE?

The biggest stock markets are located on the Mall Street.

• TRUE

• FALSE

The letters IPO stand for _____

TRUE or FALSE?

Some companies do not pay dividends because they invest the profit that they make in new projects.

• TRUE

• FALSE

A stock's _____ is its listing on the stock exchange board on which it was first listed during its IPO.

• first listening

• primary listening

• initial listing

• primary listing

As a shareholder you have the right to: _____

• vote at the AGM

• receive dividends

• elect the board of directors

• all answers are correct

When a company offers its existing shareholders the chance to buy additional shares for a reduced price is know as a _____

Dividends are usually paid _____

• twice a year

• three times a year

• four times a year

• quarterly