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Financial Literacy Investing Vocabulary

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A type of investment that invests in a lot of different companies is called

a)

Stocks

b)

Bonds

c)

Mutual funds

d)

T-bills

2.

What is a stock?

a)

A loan an investor makes to a company or government that pays interest over time.

b)

A share of ownership in a company

c)

A collection of investments sold as a package.

d)

An option to purchase something in the future at todays price.

3.

This is where your orders to buy or sell stock are sent and carried out

a)

Stock Exchange

b)

Brokerage Firm

c)

Stock Meeting Place

d)

Money Exchange

4.

Spreading your investments around to increase financial security

a)

Risk assessment

b)

Diversification

c)

Stocks, bonds & cash

d)

Liquidity trap

5.

Which of the following is not a type of bond?

a)

Government

b)

Corporate

c)

Stock

d)

Municipal

6.

Profit from the sale of an investment is known as...

a)

collateral gains

b)

Cash

c)

Sales margin

d)

Capital gains

7.

What is Bull market?

a)

Buying a bull online

b)

When everything goes up and people are buying.

c)

When prices are going down and nobody is buying.

d)

When people are selling false information.

8.

What is a Bear market?

a)

When prices go up and everybody is buying.

b)

Selling a bear online.

c)

When prices go down and nobody is buying.

d)

Buying bears online.

9.

What is the differences between stocks and bonds?

a)

They are both investments.

b)

A stock is what corn grows on, and a bond gets you out of jail.

c)

Stock represents ownership, and bonds represents your word.

d)

A stock represents ownership, and bonds represents a loan.

10.

Dividends are_____?

a)

Money shareholders lose in stock.

b)

Money shareholders pay to buy stock.

c)

Stock that splits.

d)

Money shareholders received from stock profits.

11.

All the various stocks that you own are part of a(n)...

a)

commission

b)

portfolio

c)

dividend

d)

investors public offering

12.

A person who owns shares (or stocks) in a company.

a)

stockbrocker

b)

boss

c)

shareholder

d)

official

13.

The price a stockbroker charges to buy and/or sell stocks for the client.

a)

commission

b)

profit

c)

dividend

d)

tax

14.

A person who is licensed to buy and sell stock.

a)

investor

b)

shareholder

c)

broker

d)

manager

15.

Who is really in charge of a corporation?

a)

The Chief Executive Officer

b)

The Director General

c)

The Owner

d)

The Board of Directors

16.

What is an IPO in the context of the economics?

a)

An investment policy operator

b)

An institutional policy operation

c)

An initial public offering

d)

An institutional public offer

17.

A measure of an individual or organization's cash or cash equivalents (assets easily sold for cash).

a)

Fixed assets

b)

Liquidity

c)

Risk management

d)

Portfolio

18.
To act or fail to act in such a way as to bring about the possibility of an unpleasant event.
a)
Risk
b)
Chance
c)
Gamble
d)
Les bon ton roulez
19.
The annual rate charged for borrowing or made by investing expressed as a single percentage.
a)
Annual Stock Rate (ASR)
b)
Annual Percentage Rate (APR)
c)
Bond Rate (BR)
d)
Rate of Return (ROR)
20.
Investment where you lend money to the government or companies for a specific period of time at a specific interest rate.
a)
CE
b)
Bond
c)
Stock
d)
Annuity
21.
Items that are relatively rare that people collect in hopes that they will increase in value.
a)
Trends
b)
Bonds
c)
Collectibles
d)
Stocks
22.
Purchasing assets such as stocks and bonds with the expectation that they will increase in value over time.
a)
Speculating
b)
Collecting
c)
Gambling
d)
Investing
23.
A diversified portfolio of combined investments such as stocks, bonds, and other securities.
a)
mutual funds
b)
commodities
c)
T-Bills
d)
Secure investments
24.
Stocks that provide for a dividend that is paid before the dividends paid to common stock holders.
a)
Preferred stock
b)
Common stock
c)
Bonds
d)
Mutual fund
25.
Land or any item permanently attached to the land
a)
Natural Resource
b)
Real Estate
c)
Personal Property
d)
Private Property