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The Stock Market Explained - Video Quiz
The Stock Market Explained - Video Quiz
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Questions based off of Netflix show "The Stock Market - Explained"
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What does the "Beauty Contest" metaphor teach us about choosing what to invest in?
What people percieve to be the most successful businesses usually aren't
Beauty contests are vital to the stock market functioning
We should invest in what we believe other people will invest in
We should invest only in what we want to invest in
2
What is an IPO?
c. A share in someone's business
Both a and c
a. Initial Public Offering
b. Initial Publicity Overview
3
What does the Stock Market measure?
Lemonade sales
Amount of dividends given back to investors
How much a company is worth
How much people believe a company to be worth
4
What is the biggest stock market in the world?
S&P500
Shanghai Stock Exchange
NASDAQ
NYSE
5
What would be an example of a potential stock market bubble in our current economy?
Cryptocurrency
Gamestop
COVID-19
All of the above
6
What did the Friedman doctrine state to be the main purpose of companies?
To make money
To make sure their suppliers are benefitting from their arrangement
To look out for their employees well-being
To give back to their community
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Which market is younger?
NASDAQ
NYSE
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When the stock market is doing well, the economy is also always doing well
False
True
9
What does an index do?
It takes a whole bunch of share prices and turns them into one clean number
It makes a list of the names of all investors ever
Sends out personalized ads to investors to annoy them
It makes a list of all the companies who are public
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What does the S&P500 track?
probably Santa Claus
The top 30 companies it considers the most important
Which individual shares in companies are worth above $500 USD
The top 500 biggest companies in the world
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What is value investing?
A gamble on a company; when an investor puts all their money into one stock
Buying only cheap stock shares
Buying only expensive stock shares
A careful analysis of a company, conducted before investment
12
Which market do you go to in order to trade shares in big, traditional companies?
NASDAQ
NYSE
13
Does the success of the Stock Market accurately reflect the success of the American economy?
False
True
14
Stockholders influence the way a company is run
False
True
15
In order to measure the success of the Stock Market, which exchange(s) should you watch?
NYSE
CNN
NASDAQ
Both NYSE and NASDAQ
