Which of the following is NOT true of common stock?

c.stockholders more likely get dividends than p.stockholders

Which of the following is NOT true of preferred stock?

preferred stockholders are anonymous

What does it mean when a company announces they will have an IPO?

the company is going public (allowing investment)

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Stock Market Intro

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a #finance quiz meant to review the basics of the #stockmarket a couple weeks into our #stockmarketchallenge

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1
What would have been the best time this year to invest in stock (AMZN) according to this info?
NOW!
May 2016
August 2016
February 2016
2
What does IPO stand for?
Initial Public Offering
Investment Portfolio Option
Introductory Political Opinion
Independent Profit Opportunity
3
What is the dividend of this stock (AAPL)?
$1.52
Cannot be determined
$2.28
Does not exist
4
What are the two largest US stock exchanges?
NYSE and S&P500
NYSE and DCSE (NY and DC)
NYSE and NASDAQ
NYSE and SFSE (NY and SF)
5
What are the two types of stock?
cash and carry
blue chip and green chip
common and preferred
public and private
6
How many shares of this stock (AAPL) have been traded so far today?
36,177,009
cannot be determined
22,103,375
113
7
Which of the following is NOT true of common stock?
usually more prone to rapid changes than preferred stock
more risk is associated with common stock
c.stockholders more likely get dividends than p.stockholders
gives the holder voting rights (and votes on the board)
8
What is the lowest this stock (DNKN) has been in the last year?
$50.31
$36.44
cannot be determined
$50.01
9
A company can offer both common and preferred stocks.
True.
False.
10
Based on this information, what has happened to stock GOOG since yesterday?
DOWN
UP
11
Which of the following is NOT true of preferred stock?
holders of preferred stock usually don't have voting rights
preferred stock is usually more expensive than common stock
preferred stockholders are anonymous
p.stockholders are guaranteed dividends if profits declared
12
Who can stocks be issued by?
publicly held companies
both private and public companies
privately held companies
for any company by a stockbroker
13
What does it mean when a company announces they will have an IPO?
the company is going transparent and releasing all emails
the company is going public (allowing investment)
the company does not want investors
the company is worried about a market crash
14
What would have been the best time to invest in AMZN in the last 5 years?
2014
late 2015
2012
right now

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