Question: True or False - a Ticker Symbol is always an abbreviation of a company's name TRUE FALSE How many stocks are in the Dow Jones
True or False - a Ticker Symbol is always an abbreviation of a company's name
| TRUE | |
| FALSE |
How many stocks are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average?
| 10 | |
| 30 | |
| 100 | |
| 500 |
If you own a stock on the Ex-Div date, but sell it before the dividend is paid, do you get the dividend?
| Yes | |
| No |
The Dividend Yield is.
| The amount of dividends paid out per year | |
| The amount of dividends in each dividend payment | |
| The amount of dividends per year, divided by the stock price | |
| The amount of dividends in each payment, divided by the stock price |
A "Market Order" is
| An order sent to the market | |
| An order sent to execute at whatever price is current | |
| An order set to execute if the price falls to a certain level | |
| An order set to execute if the price rises above a certain level |
If you set a "Limit Buy" order at $50, your order will execute
| If the price rises above $50 | |
| If the price falls below $50 | |
| Immediately, if the current price is above $50 | |
| Both B and C |
If you set a "Stop Sell" price at $30, your order will execute
| If the price rises above $30 | |
| If the price falls below $30 | |
| Immediately, if the current price is below $30 | |
| Both B and C |
A limit order is most likely to be used by
| Someone trying to protect against loss | |
| Someone trading mutual funds | |
| A "Buy and Hold" investor | |
| Someone trying to maximize gains |
A "Stop" order is most likely to be used by
| Someone trying to protect against loss | |
| Someone trading mutual funds | |
| A "Buy and Hold" investor | |
| Someone trying to maximize gains |
The current market price is $50. I set a "Trailing Stop Sell" order at $5. The next week, the stock's price increased to $75, before crashing down to $30. What price did my order execute?
| $45 | |
| $50 | |
| $70 | |
| It did not execute in these conditions |
A "GTD" order is most likely used by
| A day trader | |
| A trader protecting against long-term loss | |
| A trader expecting a major announcement soon | |
| All of the above |
A Day Trader utilizing limit orders would be most likely using.
| GTC | |
| GTD | |
| Trailing Stop | |
| None of the above |
Market orders use which order term?
| Good Till Day | |
| Good Till Cancelled | |
| Good Till Date | |
| All of the above |
A "GTC" order usually expires after
| A trading day | |
| 1 month | |
| 3 months | |
| Never |
Buying "On Margin" involves
| Borrowing money | |
| Buying "Over The Counter" | |
| Short Selling | |
| Limit Stop orders |
With a $1000 deposit and 50% margin, how much stock can you buy?
| $500 | |
| $1,000 | |
| $1,500 | |
| $2,000 |
Let's say you have a 50% margin trading account, and you use all of your buying power to buy a stock. This stock's price falls by 50%. How much money did you lose?
| 25% | |
| 50% | |
| 75% | |
| 100% |
Instead of the scenario above, the stock's price instead increased by 50%. How much did you gain on your initial investment?
| 25% | |
| 50% | |
| 75% | |
| 100% |
"Short Selling" involves
| Borrowing stocks and selling them | |
| Selling stocks you own to buy back later | |
| Borrowing cash to buy stocks | |
| None of the above |
If you are "shorting", how do you close your position?
| Buying | |
| Selling | |
| Covering | |
| Trailing |
You have a 50% margin account, and short-sell one share of a stock currently trading at $100. What is your maximum profit?
| $50 | |
| $100 | |
| $200 | |
| Unlimited |
You have a 50% margin account, and short-sell one share of a stock currently trading at $100. What is your maximum loss?
| $50 | |
| $100 | |
| $200 | |
| Unlimited |
You have a 50% margin account, and buy one share of a stock currently trading at $100. What is your maximum profit?
| $50 | |
| $100 | |
| $200 | |
| Unlimited |
You have a 50% margin account, and buy one share of a stock currently trading at $100. What is your maximum loss?
| $50 | |
| $100 | |
| $200 | |
| Unlimited |
You buy one share of stock at $100, and a second share at $150, and a third share at $200. You then sell the stock for $150, the current market price. Under FIFO, what was your realized gain?
| $50 | |
| $0 | |
| -$50 |
You buy one share of stock at $100, and a second share at $150, and a third share at $200. You then sell the stock for $150, the current market price. Under FIFO, what was your unrealized gain?
| $50 | |
| $0 | |
| -$50 |
You buy one share of stock at $100, and a second share at $150, and a third share at $200. You then sell the stock for $150, the current market price. Under LIFO, what was your unrealized gain?
| $50 | |
| $0 | |
| -$50 |
You buy one share of stock at $100, and a second share at $150, and a third share at $200. You then sell the stock for $150, the current market price. Under LIFO, what was your realized gain?
| $50 | |
| $0 | |
| -$50 |
You buy one share of stock at $100, and a second share at $150, and a third share at $200. You then sell the stock for $150, the current market price. Under Average Cost Basis, what was your unrealized gain?
| $50 | |
| $0 | |
| -$50 |
You buy one share of stock at $100, and a second share at $150, and a third share at $200. You then sell the stock for $150, the current market price. Under Average Cost Basis, what was your realized gain?
| $50 | |
| $0 | |
| -$50 |
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