Stock Market

Question 1

Companies whose stocks are influenced by changes in the economic business cycle

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Cyclical

Question 2

Individual licensed to buy and sell stocks, provide investment advice, and collect a commission

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Broker

Question 3

Each stock is provided with a unique, abbreviated trading symbol name

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Stock Ticker

Question 4

Nationally recognized companies which dominate the industry, McDonalds, General Motors, GE

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Blue Chip

Question 5

The difference between the closing price of the share from the prior day and the current day

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Net Change

Question 6

Company drops the price per share in half and shares owned by shareholders are now doubled

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Stock Split

Question 7

Began in 1792 and is the largest stock exchange with the strictest company requirements

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NYSE

Question 8

The price of the last share sold for the day

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Close

Question 9

Began in 1884 and is the oldest indicator of the ups and downs of the stock market.

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NYSE

Question 10

Companies stocks with the potential for substantial earnings

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Speculative

Question 11

The total cash paid to common stockholders per share

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Dividend

Question 12

Less risky for stockholders and they are guaranteed dividends

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Preferred

Question 13

Stocks pay higher than average dividends because company retains a small portion of its profits

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Income

Question 14

When the market is doing well and investors are optimistic about the economy

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Bull

Question 15

Companies who have consistent record of rapid growth and earnings in all economic conditions

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Growth

Question 16

More accurate indicator than DOW because it evaluates a more diversified collection of stocks

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Standard & Poors

Question 17

Stock market is doing poorly and investors are not purchasing or selling stock already owned

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Bear

Question 18

Stocks are traded in an over the counter electronic market

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NASDAQ

Question 19

Stocks are companies which provide consistent returns even when the economy is suffering

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Countercyclical

Question 20

The number of transactions to the share on the reported day, represented in hundreds

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Volume

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