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Another term for cash
value
stock
liquidity
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What is another term for a payout shareholders receive at the end of each quarter?
cash
bonus
dividend
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What is a stock rally?
when a stock moves up or down
going in and out of a stock
selling stock for liquidation
When a stock takes off and continues to gain value
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What is a stock ticker?
the symbol and current price for a stock
the amount of time a stock goes up or down
the up/down trend of the company
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What are the trading hours and days?
24 hours a day 7 days a week
6:30am-1:00pm M-F
6:00am-6:00pm M-F
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Nothing is guaranteed in the stock market.
false
true
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What does is this called when a company starts selling shares of its stock
Investing
Buying
IPO
Selling
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What is volume?
number of shares bought and sold
total number of shares of a company
length x width x height
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Another term for profits
investments
capital gains
stocks
increasing cost
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What are important factors in making the most money on a stock? multiple right answers
good timing
move in and out quickly
correctly sizing your positions
picking the right stock
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What type of companies are best to invest in?
value stocks
blue chips, safe stocks
penny stocks
cyclical stocks (speculative)
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What does it mean to go long?
frequently trade in and out of a stock
invest with hopes of making capital gains in the long term
make a ton of money in a short period of time
investing a ton of money into one stock
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what does it mean to have stocks?
partial ownership in a company
having lots of money
idk, it just sounds cool
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The Dow Jones Industrial, S&P 500, and Nasdaq classify as what?
stocks
stock indexes
companies
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What is most likely to happen if you don't diversify your stocks?
you will lose your money
you might get lucky, and make a ton
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Are you going to continue to be a dedicated and active member of the Stock Investment Club?
Yes, I want to learn how to make lots of money
No, I don't want to learn how to make money
Ehhhhhhhhh
17
What are stock sectors?
different groups of stocks based on what the company produce
different sections of stock based on trading price
different groups of companies based on the company value
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What is the easiest way to lose money, even on good companies?
luck
good companies don't lose
speculation, predicting it will go up based on the shortterm
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what type of market are we looking for when investing?
bear market
bull market
stock market
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Another stock term for risk
volatility
riskiness
dangerousness
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What is a market order?
Ordering the market to give you any stock
Placing an order to purchase stock at a certain price
Placing an order to purchase stock in a company immediately
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how should you invest in the stock market? why?
speculatively, because you think you will become rich quick
randomly, to see what goes up and down
carefully, slowly to gain more over time
