What does it mean to own a share of stock in a company?

You share in the money the company makes or loses

Which of the following statements is an opinion about stocks?

Buying stock in a small company is a bad idea

Which of the following might be an asset held by a large chain of fast-food restaurants?

farming and grazing land the company owns

What does it mean that investors should "buy low and sell high?"

buy stock at low prices & sell at high prices to make money

What might happen if people didn't buy shares in new companies?

new companies would have a hard time growing

How is a stock market like a supermarket?

In both places, people can exchange money for items

Which of these factors most influences whether a company's stock price goes up or down?

amount of money it makes, compared to the amount it spends

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1
What does it mean to own a share of stock in a company?
You have veto power over the company's decisions
You will have a job with the company
You share in the money the company makes or loses
You have to supply money for the company's purchases
2
Which of the following statements is an opinion about stocks?
All investors take a risk when they buy stock
Buying stock in a small company is a bad idea
Successful investors do research before buying stock
Stockholders trade their money for pieces of the companies
3
Which of these is most likely to be considered a high-risk investment?
shares of a small, new company
shares of an extremely large company
shares of a national restaurant chain
shares of a company that's existed for 100 years
4
Which of the following comes first?
A company incorporates
A company issues stock
A company's stock rises
5
Which of the following might be an asset held by a large chain of fast-food restaurants?
the salaries the company pays its employees
a pile of stock certificates
a popular "dollar menu" promotion
farming and grazing land the company owns
6
What does it mean that investors should "buy low and sell high?"
buy stock at low prices & sell at high prices to make money
buy shares of small corporations & sell shares of large ones
should buy a small number of shares, and sell a high number
they should buy low-risk stocks, and sell high-risk ones
7
What might happen if people didn't buy shares in new companies?
people would stop buying new products
new companies would have a hard time growing
only large companies would be able to make money
people would not be able to make money in the stock market
8
The price of a large company's stock probably won't fluctuate much. What does "fluctuate" mean?
move up and down unpredictibly
gain value
stay the same
lose value
9
How is a stock market like a supermarket?
Both have hundreds of different locations across the country
Both require customers to get licenses before buying things
In both places, people can exchange money for items
Both are types of corporations
10
Which of these factors most influences whether a company's stock price goes up or down?
the number of employees who work there
the number of people who own its stock
amount of money it makes, compared to the amount it spends
The amount of money its executives earn

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