Investing

Which is riskier: saving or investing?

• saving

• investing

When talking about stocks, a portfolio is...

• a folder that holds things, like papers

• the list of stocks that a person owns

• an online web page that shows a list of things, both pictures and information

Over the past thirty years, the stock market has gone primarily...

• up

• down

• stayed even

When a person buys stock in a company, that person becomes a partial owner of that company.

• True

• False

A stock's 52-week high and low tells people

• The highest and lowest price that the stock has traded at over the past year.

• How many highs and lows a stock has had in a year.

• What times of the year a person should buy a stock.

Which is a riskier stock portfolio?

• A portfolio in which all the money is invested in just one stock.

• A portfolio in which all the money is invested in numerous stocks.

Most experts agree that people should invest in the market over the

• short-term

• long term

• no term

What makes saving a low-risk activity?

• When you save money, there is always the chance that it could go down.

• When you save money, you are just putting money away in an account that only goes up by little amounts.

• When you save money, there's always the possibility that it could disappear.

If the demand for a stock increases, then the price will likely

• decrease

• increase

• stay the same

If a news report comes out that a company has been cheating on its taxes, then the company's stock price will likely...

• go up

• go down

• remain the same