Financial Markets

match the following

• a computer program used by the NYSE to monitor trading

• inside information

• material information about a company's financial moves and decisions

• raider

• steady decline in the market

• bull market

• and individual or organization who tries to take over a company in a hostile bid

• stock watcher

• a steady rise in the market

• bear market

Match the following

• Individual that trades stock on behalf of an investor

• great crash

• 1929 stock market collapse

• share

• portion of stock

• stockbroker

• buying/selling a security after receiving material information the public is not aware of

• insider trading

Dow Jones Industrial Average consists of 30 stocks that are considered representative of the market as a whole....

• True

• False

T/F..Most trades occur on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

• Fales

• True

Stocks, bonds and swaps are examples of ________.

• Musical instruments

• Financial liabilities

• Financial instruments

• All of the above

short term loans sold to operate the U.S. government. Amounts range from $1,000 to $5 million per investor. Also known as T-Bills.

• Treasury Bills

• pension

• corporate bond

A _______________market allows all financial assets to be sold to someone other than the original issuer.

pensions     bond     par value     secondary     capital

Which of the following terms describes a strong stock market?

• bear market

• bull market

• futures market

• spot market

A ___________ is a contract to repay borrowed money and interest on borrowed money at regular future intervals.

Financial markets exist to

• Allocate scarce financial resources

• Bring borrowers and lenders together

• Price bonds, shares and currencies

• All of the above