GROUP 6 - ACADEMIC LISTENING

Which of the following  are the names of the company that invented the world’s first stock market?

• The Dutch East India Company

• The Business Company

• An Indian’s company

• Traders Row

Which of the following is a reason a company sells stock to investors?

• They want to follow the trend.

• They don’t have any money to pay for their employees.

• They want to sell the company.

• They want to increase the value of the company.

What does IPO stand for?

• Important Public Offering

• Informative Private Offering

• Initial Public Offering

• Individual Public Offering

What is the law of demand?

• As demand for those stocks increases, so does their price.

• As demand for those stocks decreases, so does their price.

• Both A and B

• Neither A nor B

Buying stocks doesn’t make those investors partial owners in the business.

• True

• False

If the stock price falls, and with it, the company’s market value, this can leave investors with big losses.

• True

• False

Which of the following is the name for the unit of ownership of a company a person can buy?

• Stock

• Trade

• Profit

• Bull

Which of the following people help investors decide on the best stocks to buy?

• Stock sellers

• Financial Advisors

• Money Traders

• Stock Managers

A new plan for dealing with a particular problem or for achieving a particular purpose means:

• lassitude

• Initiative

• demotivation

• uninterestedness

Practical knowledge or understanding of something means:

• chowderhead

• imperceptive

• Ignorance

• Savvy