Stock Market Review Quiz

A portion of a company owned by an investor is a definition for:

• Dividend

• Simple Moving Average

• Stock

• Initial Public Offering

Val bought 120 shares of XYZ stock for $88.39 per share. She later sold this stock for $98.59, what is her gross capital gain?

• $10.20

• $1224

• $1020

• $120

How is buying an index fund different than buying an individual share of stock? Select all that apply.

• Index funds give the average return of the market.

• Individual stocks are generally considered riskier

• An index fund is a portion of many companies on the market.

• Index funds are passively managed so there are no, or very low fees.

A stock had each of the following closing prices:

$30.10, $30.20, $30. 35, $30.55, $32. 28, $31.10, $30.28, $29.18

What is the 4 day simple moving average?

• 30.51

• 30.3, 30.85, 31.07, 31.05, 30.71

• 30.71, 31.05, 31.07, 30.85, 30.3

• 30.3

Jimena and Jay own a company together in a ratio of 2:3. If the company is worth $430,300, what is the value of Jay's portion of the company?

• $258, 180

• $143, 433

• $172,120

• $717,167

One month ago a companies stock price closed at $45.38. Yesterday the stock closed at a price of $41.84. What is the change in price as a percentage? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

• -3.5%

• -7.8%

• -8.5%

• 7.8%

Byron sold $5,385 in stock. He originally purchased the stock for $3,255. If he has to pay 15% in capital gains tax, what will be his net proceeds?

• $2130

• $319.50

• $1810.50

• $1322.25

A company announces an annual dividend of $1.32 per share to be paid quarterly. If you own 1800 shares of this company, what would you expect to be the amount of your quarterly dividend check?

• $0.33

• $9,504

• $2,376

• $594

Brandyn has 300 shares of PLTY stock. The stock's current price if $480.60. If the stock goes through a 3 for 1 split, how many shares will Brandyn have? What will be the price of each share?

• 900 shares

  $160.20

• 900 shares

  $1441.80

• 100 shares

  $160.20

• 100 shares

  $1441.80

A company has a stock value of $985 and offers an annual dividend of $14.83. What is the dividend yield? Round your answer to the nearest tenth of a percent.

• 66.4%

• 15.1%

• 1.5%

• 0.2%