Unit 3 Wall Street Indicators for Investors

What is a Stock Market Indicator?

• Bad things are going to happen

• Helps predict events within the stock market

• Indication of a loss

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How many stocks make up the DJIA?

• 15

• 1

• 30

• 100

What is a Bull Market?

• Market goes up-people invest

• Market goes down-people do not invest

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What year was the federal reserve created?

• 1929

• 2003

• 1955

• 1913

The Federal Reserve job is to?

• Money supply

• currency

• currency and interest

• control currency and money supply

Which is not an economic indicator?

• CPI (consumer price index)

• DO

• GNP (gross national product)

• Interest rate

What is the GNP?

• GDP (gross domestic product)

• value of goods/services made by US companies home & abroad

• goods and services made only in the USA

• only goods sold in the USA

What is a recession?

• goods and services made overseas

• GNP down and Unemployment Up

• GNP up and Unemployment down

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How does the Fed regulate the money supply?

• throws goverment parties

• DO

• raise/lower discount rate and reserve requirements

• raise interest rates

• offers advice to those that want it

The decisions that the Federal Reserve makes can have an effect on?

• economy

• school systems

• professional sports

• stock market