Stock Market Showdown

Question 1

What's the largest stock exchange in the world, in terms of market capitalization?

Accepted Answer

NYSE

Question 2

Is insider trading ever legal?

Accepted Answer

Sometimes

Question 3

What's the name for the method of communication used by stock traders on a trading floor?

Accepted Answer

Open Outcry

Question 4

What's the name of the Canadian stock market?

Accepted Answer

Toronto Stock Market

Question 5

What was the first listed company on the NYSE?

Accepted Answer

Bank of New York

Question 6

In 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was created. What does it do?

Accepted Answer

Cut down on insider trading

Question 7

Which federal agency is responsible for regulating the stock markets?

Accepted Answer

SEC

Question 8

What was the first totally electronic stock market?

Accepted Answer

NASDAQ

Question 9

What is a defensive stock?

Accepted Answer

Good Long Term Investments

Question 10

What do we call a strong economy -- a bull or bear market?

Accepted Answer

Bull

Question 11

Where was the first stock exchange in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Philadelphia

Question 12

The founders of the New York Stock Exchange took inspiration from which country's stock market?

Accepted Answer

Spain

Question 13

Where's the oldest stock exchangein the world? Hint: It ended in 1997

Accepted Answer

Belgium

Question 14

What does it mean when a trader flashes four fingers parallel to the floor, palm out?

Accepted Answer

Palm Out Means Sell

Question 15

How many companies are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

Accepted Answer

30

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