WorksheetsNetflix Explained: The Stock Market
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 36mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does IPO stands for?
a)
Income Profit Offering
b)
Initial Public Offering
c)
Initial Profit Offering
2.
_____________ are regular payments of profit made to investors who own a company's stock.
a)
Capital Gain
b)
Taxes
c)
Dividends
3.
This stock exchange was established in 1792 and today big traditional companies such as GM, Walmart, and Exxon Mobil stocks are traded (bought and sold).
a)
Nasdaq
b)
New York Stock Exchange
c)
American Stock Exchange
4.
This stock exchange was established in 1971 and does not have a physical location and company trades are made electronically.
a)
Nasdaq
b)
New York Stock Exchange
c)
American Stock Exchange
5.
When you need or want to measure how the stock exchanges are performing in America, you should look at the following indexes. Which of the following are indexes?
a)
NYSE
b)
S&P 500
c)
NASDAQ
d)
Dow Jones
6.
America is the only country that has its own stock market index.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
If a public company's CEO makes poor business decisions, it can impact the company's stock price. When stockholders think the company will perform poorly as a result, they may sell their company shares, which could drive the stock price down.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
The famous billionaire investor, who advised the public to invest in a low cost S&P 500 "index fund" is ______________ _____________.
a)
Warren G
b)
Steve Warren
c)
Warren Buffet
9.
When you invest a portion of your money in several companies within an index is called an Windex fund.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
In the stock market, it's not the real value of companies that drive their stock prices, it's the most popular story people believe about those companies.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
What are ways CEO's make sure that their company's stock price increases in the short term?
a)
Buying back their own shares
b)
Increasing costs
c)
Cutting costs
d)
Selling their shares in the company
12.
What questions do you have about the stock market after watching this video?
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