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1
What are stock sectors?
different groups of stocks based on what the company produce
different groups of companies based on the company value
different sections of stock based on trading price
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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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Nothing is guaranteed in the stock market.
false
true
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What is the easiest way to lose money, even on good companies?
speculation, predicting it will go up based on the shortterm
luck
good companies don't lose
Putting all of your money into it, and taking all of it out quickly
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What is another term for a payout shareholders receive at the end of each quarter?
Paycheck
dividend
bonus
cash
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What are important factors in making the most money on a stock? multiple right answers
move in and out quickly
good timing
correctly sizing your positions
picking the right stock
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What are the trading hours and days?
6:00am-6:00pm M-F
24 hours a day 7 days a week
6:30am-1:00pm M-F
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What is the best type of market to buy into
stock market
bear market
bull market
A good one
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What is it called when a company first starts selling their stocks
Investing
Selling
Buying
IPO (initial public offering)
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What is volume?
number of shares bought and sold
length x width x height
total number of shares of a company
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Another stock term for risk
dangerousness
volatility
riskiness
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Another term for cash
stock
Dough
liquidity
value
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what does it mean to have stocks?
idk, it just sounds cool
having lots of money
partial ownership in a company
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What does it mean to go long?
investing a ton of money into one stock
make a ton of money in a short period of time
invest with hopes of making capital gains in the long term
frequently trade in and out of a stock
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Another term for profits
capital gains
investments
stocks
increasing cost
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What type of companies are best to invest in?
penny stocks
cyclical stocks (speculative)
value stocks
blue chips, safe stocks
17
The Dow Jones Industrial, S&P 500, and Nasdaq classify as what?
stocks
stock indexes
companies
18
What is a stock rally?
When a stock takes off and continues to gain value
selling stock for liquidation
going in and out of a stock
when a stock moves up or down
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What is a stock ticker?
the amount of time a stock goes up or down
the up/down trend of the company
the symbol and current price for a stock
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how should you invest in the stock market? why?
carefully, slowly to gain more over time
randomly, to see what goes up and down
speculatively, because you think you will become rich quick
