Stocks and Shares quiz

The stock exchange is

• A buyer of stocks

• A market on which companies' stocks are traded

• The sale of assets of a failed company

• The most common form of shares

Liquidation means

• A buyer of stocks

• A market on which companies' stocks are traded

• The sale of assets of a failed company

• The most common form of shares

An investor is

• A buyer of stocks

• A market on which companies' stocks are traded

• The sale of assets of a failed company

• The most common form of shares

The market price of stocks depends on how many buyers and sellers there are.

• Right

• Wrong

What are stocks?

• Shares of ownership in a corporation.
• Shares of trading in a corporation.
• Bonds with potential to make money.
• Bonds that are traded.

Why do companies issue stocks?

• To create and investment opportunity into other businesses.
• To increase employee cooperation and an operating level.
• To be traded individually
• To raise money for economic investment and to fund operating costs.

The return of a share holder is

• Rate of interest

• Dividend

• Discount rate

• Discount value

Money added into a bank account.

• withdraw

• deposit

• cash

• cheque

If an investor has made a capital gain, this means that

• they have received a high dividend or other investment income

• they have sold an asset at a price that exceeds the buying price

• an asset they have bought is currently trading higher than when they bought it

• they have increased their holding in a particular company

What is the main reason why people purchase stocks?

• To sell them immediately for a profit

• Because they believe in a company's success and want to share in its profits

• To get a certificate

• To collect them like artwork