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Stock Market - Rise and Fall

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What causes a stock price to rise?

a)

People wanting to sell the stock

b)

People wanting to buy the stock.

2.

Why would a company need or want to issue stock?

a)

To gain more customers

b)

To raise capital (cash) to improve business

c)

To raise money so the owner can go on vacation

d)

To show it is successful

3.

When you own part of a company, this means you own _____________ in that company

a)

assets

b)

cash

c)

dividends

d)

stock

4.

A place where stock is bought and sold is called a(n)

a)

exchange

b)

index

c)

market

d)

pluto

5.

The 2 major stock exchanges are: (pick 2)

a)

NASDAQ

b)

American

c)

Chicago

d)

NYSE

6.

If you bought 2 shares of Ford for $5, and sold them for $10 how much did you make

a)

$5

b)

$10

c)

$15

d)

$20

7.

What is Apple's Ticker Symbol?

a)

Apple

b)

AAPL

c)

Nasdaq

d)

Apple, Inc.

8.

What does one share of Apple cost?

a)

$2.04

b)

Can't tell from this picture

c)

$126.65

d)

$1.59

9.

A good wat to decide on whether to buy a stock or not is too:

a)

Look at their Earnings

b)

Ask your neighbor

c)

Guess

d)

Only buy if it is cheap

10.

Kohls (KSS) announces they are laying off 2,000 employees, what will probably happen to their stock:

a)

Go up

b)

Go down

c)

They don't sell stock

11.

When investing. __________ risk equals __________ reward

a)

higher, lower

b)

higher, higher

c)

lower, higher

12.

The DOW Jones and S&P 500 are both ___________________

a)

Indexes

b)

Exchanges

c)

Companies

d)

Famous investors

13.

The DOW Jones and S&P 500 help "indicate" (why they are called indexes) what?

a)

Where the market is going to go

b)

How much money you should spend

c)

Which companies to invest it

d)

How the market is doing

14.

When would be the best time to buy this stock?

a)

Red Circle

b)

Blue Circle

c)

Yellow Circle

d)

Black Circle

15.

Why should you invest your money in the market as soon as possible? (3 right answers)

a)

The market, over time, goes up

b)

Good way to use your money

c)

Its very risky

d)

Mr. Hanke told me too

e)

I shouldn't