Short Stock Market Quiz

The act of redirecting resources from being consumed today so that they may create benefits in the future

• bartering

• investing

• trading

• selling

The use of assets to create income or profit

• investing

• trading

• saving

• loaning

A specific legal form of business that generally has a board of directors and shareholders

• limited liability corporation

• sole propritorship

• corporation

• company

Shares of a company issued to begin, or expand and grow a business

• bonds

• mutual funds

• certificates of deposit

• stocks

Money usually paid to stockholders based on a company's profits

• profit

• stock split

• dividends

• rewards

Investors of this type of stock are usually voting owners of the company. They usually receive one vote for each share of stock owned.

• common stock

• growth stock

• income stock

• preferred stock

A market for buying and selling stock. They are secondary markets for stocks and bonds.

• brokerage firms

• bull markets

• bear markets

• stock markets

The two largest stock markets in the United States

• New York Stock Exchange

• American Stock Exchange

• Nasdaq

• S&P 500

When stock prices in general steadily rise, this kind of market exists

• steady market

• bear market

• strong market

• bull market

When stock prices steadily fall or stagnate for a period of time, it is called a

• weak market

• bear market

• flat market

• bull market