Financial Literacy Practice

Buying stocks is a sure way to make money.

Someone who owns stock in a company is called a shareholder.

Diversifying your portfolio means to buy stocks from many different industries.

Any stock that goes up in price must eventually come back down.

Bears, Bulls, and Pigs are found in the stock market.

A ticker symbol always begins with the first three letters of a company's name.

Corporations sell new issues of stock on the New York Stock Exchange.

Most stocks on the stock market are sold by the United States Government.

The SEC stands for Stocks and Economy Commission.

Only rich people invest in the stock market.

Stocks are items found in the storeroom of a grocery store.

It is hard to buy a good stock today because all the good ones have already been purchased.

People can buy stocks on the Internet.

When the stock market goes up, it causes the economy to grow.

The best time to invest in the stock market is when you need to save money for a college fund.

Short-selling is legal in the United States.

There are 50 companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

The NYSE closes at 2pm Eastern time.

"Insider" stock trading means that trading stocks takes place inside the building.

Stock markets are open on business days around the clock, around the world.

Sometimes companies buy their own stocks on the stock market.

If the stock market goes up 30 percent one year, it will fall by 30 percent in the next year.

Stock prices are set by the Securities & Exchange Com., a regulatory agency of the government.

The benefit to diversifying your portfolio is that you learn about all kinds of stocks.

It is wise to buy high, and sell low.