Stock market

Stocks represent ownership in a corporation.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

People who own stocks are guaranteed a return on the money they have invested in stocks.

• TRUE
• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

You can buy stock in any company in the world.

• True, all companies are required to offer stock.
• False, a company is only listed on the stock exchange if it wants to be.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

One way stockholders make money is by selling their stock for more money than they paid for it.

• TRUE
• FALSE

The possibility of losing some or all of a particiular investment.

• risk
• index
• industry
• profit

Usually, when there is high demand (want) for ownership of a particular company or a product made by that company, what happens to the price of that company’s stock?

• goes up

• goes down

• stays the same