Mastering the Market: A Stock Market Vocabulary Challenge

What is the term for the profit made from selling an investment for more than its purchase price?

• Investment loss

• Investment gain

• Investment balance

• Investment index

What is the largest stock exchange in the US?

• New York Stock Exchange

• National Yield Stock Exchange

• New Year Stock Exchange

• National Young Securities Exchange

What stock exchange sells mostly tech stock?

• NYSE

• NASDAQ

• P/E Ratio

• A type of investment gain

What does the term "52 week high" refer to?

• The highest price a stock has been traded at during the previous 52 weeks

• The highest number of stocks traded in a week

• The highest dividend paid in the last 52 weeks

• The highest point of the stock market index in the last year

What tells us how expensive a stock is?

• P/E Ratio

• Previous Close

• Dividend

• Last

This is the most recent price someone has paid for the stock.

• Owner

• Last

• Previous close

• Ticker Symbol

This is a unique abbreviation used for each company so we can tell it apart from other companies with similar names.

• Dividend

• Ticker Symbol

• NYSE

• PE Ratio

This is the price of the stock at the close of business yesterday

• Previous Close

• Last

• owner

• Dividend

This is when a company shares part of its profits with its stock holders/owners

• Previous Close

• 52 week high

• Dividend

• NYSE

When I buy a stock I am becoming a ______ of that company

• NYSE

• NASDAQ

• owner

• Last