Stock Market Quiz Review

Question 1

A company's profit per share of stock

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Earnings/Share

Question 2

Which event in the mid-late 1800's caused activity on Wall Street to explode?

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Westward Expansion

Question 3

The roots of the stock market began in

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Ancient Greece

Question 4

The Buttonwood Agreement formed which of the following?

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NYSE

Question 5

What is a quick and inexpensive way to trade stock without the need of face-to-face encounters?

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NASDAQ

Question 6

What does NYSE stand for?

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New York Stock Exchange

Question 7

What are returns or earnings for investing in a stock called?

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Yield

Question 8

What was the first "product" sold on Wall Street?

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Slaves

Question 9

What does ETF stand for?

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Exchange Traded Funds

Question 10

A company may turn to wall street because they need to raise money with

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No debt

Question 11

Which of the following expected price to rise in the stock market?

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Bulls

Question 12

IPO stands for what?

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Initial Public Offering

Question 13

Which of the following saved the "paper crash" on Wall Street?

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Computers

Question 14

What acts as the barometer of the stock market by averaging the 12 highest performing stocks?

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DOW Jones

Question 15

Which of the following ended the "male only" tradition on the stock exchange floor

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WWII

Question 16

Which of the following is NOT one of the 3 reasons ETFs have become so popular?

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Guaranteed to make a profit

Question 17

Why was the ticker revolutionary?

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Gave up to the minute info

Question 18

What are new shares issued after an IPO called?

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Dividends

Question 19

Which was NOT one of the tools that opened the stock market to the general public?

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The post

Question 20

The highest price a stock has traded at during the previous year

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52 Week High

Question 21

The DOW Jones averages how many stocks?

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12

Question 22

Which of the following expected the stock market to decline?

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Bears

Question 23

What was the first industry to do extremely well in the stock market?

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Railroads

Question 24

What are unique series of letters assigned to a security for trading purposes?

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Stock Symbols

Question 25

The price a potential buyer is willing to pay for a share of stock

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Bid

Question 26

What are the number of stock shares traded during a given period of time?

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Volume

Question 27

Which of the following can issue stocks?

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Corporation

Question 28

What does AUM stand for?

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Assets Under Management

Question 29

Which industries did JP Morgan make his fortune in?

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Railroads and Steel

Question 30

Originally, the wall on Wall Street was built to keep out

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Indians

Question 31

The price of a stock's first transaction on a day of trading.

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Open

Question 32

Tells an investor how much volume a firm has the potential to trade.

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AUM

Question 33

Corporations are the only business structure that can issue stock because

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The form a separate legal entity

Question 34

What is an investor buying stock with when he/she bus on margin?

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Credit

Question 35

The telegraph enabled people to communicate with each other through the use of

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Morse Code

Question 36

What is the market where the stock is listed for trading?

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Exchange

Question 37

What tells an investor how much volume a firm has the potential to trade?

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AUM

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