Stock Market

Stocks that come from nationally recognized companies with long records of profit, dividend payments, and a good reputation for management.

• Growth Stock

• Blue Chip Stock

• Income Stock

• Value Stock

A stock that is very risky but has potential for substantial earnings.

• Cyclical

• Growth

• Blue Chip

• Speculative

Companies that have a PE Ratio between 7-10 are?

• Speculative

• Rapid growing

• Financially successful

• Pay no dividends

Price/earning ratio is the relationship between the price of one share of stock and?

Price per share/

• the annual earnings of the company

• the percentage of increase of the stock price over the past year.

• the gross earnings of the company over the past five years

• sales from the past year

What has a neutral/base line of 1, and is an indicator of how risky a stock is?

• Dividend

• Beta

• Valueline

• Percent Change

A high beta means a stock is

• Speculative

• Cyclical

• Income

• Value

Which basic indicator reflects the average gain or loss of the top 30 leading industrial blue chip stocks?

• Standard and Poor's Composite 500

• Dow Jones Industrial Average

• NASDAQ

• Putnam 100

Preferred stocks...

• Pay fixed dividends

• Most basic and common form of stock ownership

• Shares or units of ownership in a public corporation

• Free to management in companies

What are distributions of earnings paid to stockholders usually four times a year?

• Beta

• Commission

• Brokerage Fee

• Dividend

Standard and Poor's 500 Index measures

• all stocks sold on the New York Stock Exchange

• home to the fast moving technology companies

• covers market activity for 500 of the biggest stocks

• also known as the Dow Jones Industrial Average