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