Understanding Stock Indexes and Securities Quiz

What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

• An index of 500 stocks from the largest companies listed on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange

• A collection of 30 'blue-chip' U.S. stocks

• A cryptocurrency created in 2009

• An index composed of 2,500+ stocks as well as other equities such as American depositary receipts and real estate investment trusts

How is the Nasdaq Composite weighted?

• By the company's headquarters location

• By the number of outstanding shares

• By market cap

• By share price

What is the 10-year Treasury note?

• A debt instrument the U.S. government issues to fund itself

• A cryptocurrency created in 2009

• A physical commodity behind oil futures contracts

• A stock of a company that you can purchase and own

What is Bitcoin?

• A debt instrument the U.S. government issues to fund itself

• A collection of 30 'blue-chip' U.S. stocks

• A cryptocurrency created in 2009

• An index of 500 stocks from the largest companies listed on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange

How does the S&P 500 weight its companies?

• By market cap

• By the company's headquarters location

• By share price

• By the number of outstanding shares

What are stocks?

• A debt instrument the U.S. government issues to fund itself

• A physical commodity behind oil futures contracts

• A little sliver or 'share' of a company that you can purchase and own

• A cryptocurrency created in 2009

What is WTI in the context of oil?

• A cryptocurrency created in 2009

• A physical commodity behind oil futures contracts

• A collection of 30 'blue-chip' U.S. stocks

• An index of 500 stocks from the largest companies listed on the Nasdaq and New York Stock Exchange

What is gold often considered as by investors?

• A stock of a company that you can purchase and own

• A cryptocurrency created in 2009

• A safe-haven asset

• A debt instrument the U.S. government issues to fund itself

How are bitcoins maintained?

• In a centralized system run by a central authority

• In a physical form that can be held in hand

• On a blockchain-based public ledger hosted across a system of computers

• On a traditional financial exchange

What is the primary use of gold in the context of investment?

• As a relic with no value in the 21st century economy

• To be used as a medium of exchange

• To fuel more growth of companies

• As a safe-haven asset during times of geopolitical or economic uncertainty