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The Language of Financial Markets Quiz Bowl Game Board
Invest in This
Potent Investments
Index or Exchange
Earn It
Who am I?
Financial Markets Potpourri
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Slide2Invest in This:
A debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (corporate or governmental) that borrows the funds for a defined period of time at an agreed interest rate.
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Slide3The correct answer is…
Bond
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Slide4Invest in This:
An ownership share or shares in a corporation.
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Slide5The correct answer is…
Common
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Slide6Invest in This:
A company that pools money from investors and uses it to buy stocks or bonds on the investors’ behalf.
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Slide7The correct answer is…
Mutual Fund
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Slide8Invest in This:
A stock that often pays no dividend, but the stockholder gains if the price of the stock increases.
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Slide9The correct answer is…
Growth Stock
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Slide10Invest in This:
An ownership share in a corporation with a guaranteed dividend that is paid before dividends are paid on common stock.
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Slide11The correct answer is…
Preferred Stock
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Slide12Potent Investments:
Buying stock by paying a percentage of the purchase price (typically 50 percent) and borrowing the balance from a broker.
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Slide13The correct answer is…
Buying on Margin
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Slide14Potent Investments:
An investment fund normally with a limited number of investors focusing on a specific type of investment strategy. These tend to be subject to less regulation and fewer restrictions than many other investments.
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Slide15The correct answer is…
Hedge Fund
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Slide16Potent Investments:
The right, but not the obligation, to buy or sell a specific amount of a given financial asset at a specific price during a specified period of time.
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Slide17The correct answer is…
Option
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Slide18Potent Investments:
The degree of uncertainty associated with the return on an asset or the value of an asset.
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Slide19The correct answer is…
Risk
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Slide20Potent Investments:
A stock transaction that allows an investor to make money on a stock expected to fall in value. This transaction involves the immediate sale of share not owned by the seller, who expects to buy them back later at a lower price.
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Slide21The correct answer is…
Short Selling
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Slide22Index or Exchange:
Stands for American Stock Exchange, formerly an independent market but now part of the New York Stock Exchange.
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Slide23The correct answer is…
AMEX
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Slide24Index or Exchange:
The most commonly known stock-market indicator
and is an index of thirty large and well-known companies.
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Slide25The correct answer is…
Dow Jones Industrial Average
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Slide26Index or Exchange:
Founded in 1971, this stock market is the world’s largest in terms of trading volume
and is the home to many technology stocks including Apple, eBay, Intel, and Yahoo!.
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Slide27The correct answer is…
NASDAQ Stock Market
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Slide28Index or Exchange:
The oldest stock exchange in the United States, founded in 1792
and in 2007 merged with the European stock exchange Euronext.
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Slide29The correct answer is…
New York Stock Exchange
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Slide30Index or Exchange:
Stands for the Standard and Poor’s 500 Stock Index. The index includes 500 large and varied stocks.
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Slide31The correct answer is…
S&P 500 Stock Index
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Slide32Earn It:
A profit realized from the sale of property, stocks or other investments.
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Slide33The correct answer is…
Capital Gain
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Slide34Earn It:
A percentage of a stock trade (buy or sell) paid to a stockbroker.
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Slide35The correct answer is…
Commission
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Slide36Earn It:
A share of a company’s profits paid to shareholders.
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Dividend
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Slide38Earn It:
The market
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Slide39The correct answer is…
Price
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Slide40Earn It:
Money earned from an investment. The money could be profits, interest, appreciation or a combination.
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Slide41The correct answer is…
Return
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Slide42Who Am I?
A professional who buys and sells stocks for individuals and institutional customers.
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Slide43The correct answer is…
Broker
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Slide44Who Am I?
Someone who buys and sells stocks from his or her own accounts or the accounts of the firm he or she works for.
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Slide45The correct answer is…
Dealer
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Slide46Who Am I?
An organization (an insurance company or pension fund, for example) that invests in the stock market.
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Slide47The correct answer is…
Institutional Investor
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Slide48Who Am I?
A
financial firm that agrees to underwrite a new issue of stocks or bonds and sell them to other investors.
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Slide49The correct answer is…
Investment Banker
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Slide50Who Am I?
A person who owns stock; sometimes called a shareholder.
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Slide51The correct answer is…
Stockholder
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Slide52Financial
Markets Potpourri
A stock that pays a regular dividend.
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Slide53The correct answer is…
Income Stock
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Slide54Financial Markets Potpourri
The first sale of stock by a private company to the public
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Slide55The correct answer is…
Initial Public Offering
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Slide56Financial Markets Potpourri
The ease with which savings or investments can be turned into cash.
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Slide57The correct answer is…
Liquidity
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Slide58Financial Markets Potpourri
A network of securities dealers connected by a computer network to buy and sell stock without a centralized trading floor.
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Slide59The correct answer is…
Over-the-Counter Market
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Slide60Financial Markets Potpourri
The division of the outstanding number of shares into a higher number of shares. The purpose is to lower the price of the stock to attract more buyers.
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Slide61The correct answer is…
Stock split
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