Investing Quiz

What is a 401(K) Match?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is Asset Allocation?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is an Asset Class?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is a Bear Market?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is a Bond?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is a Bond Rating?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

• A measurement of the likelihood that a bondholder will be paid back

What is a Brokerage Account?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• An account that lets individual investors trade stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other investments

• A market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling

What is a Bull Market?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A market in which there is increased stock trading and rising stock prices

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is a Capital Gain?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• Profit from the sale of an asset, such as a stock or a bond, calculated by subtracting the price you initially paid from the price you then sold it for

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date

What is a Capital Gains Tax?

• An employer contribution made to their employees' 401(k) plan based on individual employee's contributions

• Dividing an investment portfolio among different asset categories, such as stocks, bonds, and cash

• A tax levied on profit from the sale of property or an investment

• A security in which the investor loans money to a company or government, which then pays regular interest to the bondholder and returns the principal on the bond's maturity date