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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company.
Price/ earnings ratio
Stock market
Taxes
Balance sheet
2. A financial document that shows how much money (revenues) came in and how much money (expenses) was paid out
Dividend
Key Developments
Ticker symbol
Income statement
3. Cost of borrowing money expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed.
Preferred stock
Interest
Net profit
Net change
4. A record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets. A financial statement that summarizes a company's assets - liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point
Bull market
Key Developments
NYSE
Balance sheet
5. The loss of the value of capital equipment that results from normal wear and tear
Dividend per share
Depreciation
Key Developments
Stock market
6. A stock's price in the last year
Dividend
Net profit
52 week High and Low
Analyst Ratings
7. Professional opinions.
Trading volume
Ticker symbol
Ticker symbol
Analyst Ratings
8. The amount of money a shareholder will actually receive for each share owned
Interest
NYSE
Price/ earnings ratio
Dividend per share
9. A certificate that reflects ownership in a corporation and gives the holder the right to receive a fraction of the corporation's profit
NASDAQ
Common stock
Dividend per share
Corporate stock
10. Professional opinions.
Taxes
Preferred stock
Key Developments
Analyst Ratings
11. Money paid to the government
Net worth
Preferred stock
Taxes
Interest
12. The loss of the value of capital equipment that results from normal wear and tear
Income statement
NYSE
Depreciation
Balance sheet
13. Tending to vary often or widely
Price/ earnings ratio
Preferred stock
Close
volatile
14. The portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders
Price/ earnings ratio
Income statement
Dividend
Common stock
15. Amount of stock trades within any given day
Price/ earnings ratio
Price/ earnings ratio
Trading volume
Cash flow
16. The movement of cash coming in (income) VS the movement of cash going out (expenses)
Cash flow
Close
Net cash
Key Developments
17. Tending to vary often or widely
Bear market
volatile
Dividend per share
Dividend per share
18. A record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets. A financial statement that summarizes a company's assets - liabilities and shareholders' equity at a specific point
Bull market
Balance sheet
Close
Key Developments
19. Ratio between the market price of a stock and the profits per share over the last year. (To compute the P-E ratio - divide the earnings into the market price of stock).
Price/ earnings ratio
Net profit
Dividend per share
Stock market
20. Stock market experiences a general rise in prices and stock trading volume for shares over a period of time.
Trading volume
52 week High and Low
Corporate stock
Bull market
21. A stock's price in the last year
52 week High and Low
Net worth
Analyst Ratings
NYSE
22. Difference between closing price of previous day and current day.
Common stock
NASDAQ
Net profit
Net change
23. Ratio between the market price of a stock and the profits per share over the last year. (To compute the P-E ratio - divide the earnings into the market price of stock).
Trading volume
Net worth
Price/ earnings ratio
Trading volume
24. A major stock exchange that handles trades through a computerized network. (NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SECURITIES DEALERS AUTOMATED QUOTATIONS)
52 week High and Low
Income statement
Net cash
NASDAQ
25. Stock market experiences a general rise in prices and stock trading volume for shares over a period of time.
Cash flow
Income statement
Bull market
Depreciation
26. Stock market that experiences a general decline in prices of stock. Not all stocks experience a decline in value - but most do.
Balance sheet
Corporate stock
Net change
Bear market
27. A certificate that reflects ownership in a corporation and gives the holder the right to receive a fraction of the corporation's profit
Key Developments
Corporate stock
Net cash
Bear market
28. Change in the cash balance from the beginning of the period to the end of the period.
Corporate stock
Depreciation
Trading volume
Net cash
29. Change in the cash balance from the beginning of the period to the end of the period.
Common stock
Net cash
NYSE
Cash flow
30. Describes the lasted direction a business is going. New products or services or changes in new investments regarding the factors of production
Income statement
Key Developments
52 week High and Low
Ticker symbol
31. Money paid to the government
Income statement
Net worth
Taxes
Dividend
32. The money you have left after you have paid for expenses
Net profit
Bull market
Interest
Common stock
33. The movement of cash coming in (income) VS the movement of cash going out (expenses)
Balance sheet
Close
Cash flow
Income statement
34. A financial document that shows how much money (revenues) came in and how much money (expenses) was paid out
Interest
Income statement
Cash flow
NYSE
35. The most basic form of ownership - including voting rights on major issues - in a company
NYSE
Bull market
Common stock
Bear market
36. The amount of money a shareholder will actually receive for each share owned
Dividend per share
Depreciation
NASDAQ
52 week High and Low
37. The abbreviated term that is used to identify a stock for trading purposes
Ticker symbol
Net cash
Trading volume
Price/ earnings ratio
38. The difference between your total assets and total liabilities
Trading volume
Dividend per share
Net worth
Net profit
39. Cost of borrowing money expressed as a percentage of the amount borrowed.
Close
Bear market
Interest
Analyst Ratings
40. Difference between closing price of previous day and current day.
Taxes
NASDAQ
Net change
Corporate stock
41. Price listed when trading stops
Interest
Close
NYSE
Analyst Ratings
42. Describes the lasted direction a business is going. New products or services or changes in new investments regarding the factors of production
NASDAQ
52 week High and Low
Key Developments
Dividend
43. The difference between your total assets and total liabilities
Key Developments
Net worth
Cash flow
Key Developments
44. Stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
Dividend per share
Balance sheet
NASDAQ
Preferred stock
45. The abbreviated term that is used to identify a stock for trading purposes
Income statement
Corporate stock
Ticker symbol
Close
46. Stock whose holders are guaranteed priority in the payment of dividends but whose holders have no voting rights
Income statement
Common stock
Preferred stock
Net change
47. The portion of corporate profits paid out to stockholders
Dividend
Income statement
Key Developments
Net change
48. A general term used to describe all transactions involving the buying and selling of stock shares issued by a company.
Stock market
Income statement
Interest
Net change
49. The largest and oldest stock exchange - dates back to 1702 when 24 brokers met on wall street. New York Stock Exchange
NYSE
Corporate stock
Corporate stock
Trading volume
50. The most basic form of ownership - including voting rights on major issues - in a company
Preferred stock
Income statement
Net cash
Common stock