Stock Market

Stocks represent ownership in a corporation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

A holder or owner of stock in a company or corporation.

• stock market
• shareholder
• portfolio
• industry

A company that sells stock on the stock market.

• private company
• market capitalization
• public company
• stock market

When assets or stocks are sold for a price lower than the original purchase price.

• loss
• profit
• volume
• risk

A time when stock prices are falling

• bull market

• transaction

• bear market

Apple is releasing a new iPhone that is predicted to change the cell phone world.  Millions of people have pre-ordered it.  What do you think will happen to their stock?

• It is likely to go up.
• It is likely to go down.

The financial benefit when the revenue of a company exceeds expenses, costs, and taxes.

• loss
• profit
• volume
• portfolio

One way stockholders make money is by selling their stock for more money than they paid for it.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Why would a company need to issue stock?  

• To increase its' customer base.
• To raise money.
• To stop the government from regulating it.
• To show customers that it's successful.

The total holdings of stock by a financial institution or a private investor.

• index
• portfolio
• stock market
• industry