Stock Market Assessment

1. What is an IPO?

Investment Public Operation

Interest Public Only

Initial Public Offering

Initial Private Offering

2. Name the fee charged by all stockbrokers:

Interest

Stamp Duty

Tax

Commission

3. Name the tax you pay on any profits from buying and selling shares.

Capital Gains Tax

Income Tax

VAT

Stamp Duty

4. Name the term used on the stock market for the profits a company makes:

Liabilities

Assets

Holdings

Earnings

5. You invested €100,000 in the Irish market in 2008. Today, your investment is worth €92,750. What percentage return did you earn?

+7.25%

-7.25%

+0.0725%

-7.81%

6. Another name for an industry is:

Group

Sector

Portfolio

None of the above

7. Name the market on Wall Street for technology stocks:

Dow Jones

Nasdaq

ISEQ

FTSE 100

8. Which one of the following terms describes the number of shares traded in a company each day on the stock market?

Value

Holdings

Volume

Pricing

9. World markets are currently in a bear phase. This means that stock prices are:

Rising

Falling

Unstable

None of the above

10. Who do shareholders elect to run companies for them?

Board of Management

CEO

Board of Directors

Managing Director

11. The current price for Amazon is $55.61 How much will it cost you to buy 113 shares in Amazon?

$6,283.93

$47.46

$6,331.39

$12,615.32

12. You sold 1,000 shares short in Apple. The share price has fallen and you now want to take your profit. Which one of the following instructions do you give to your stockbroker?

Sell 1,000 shares in Apple

Bid 1,000 shares in Apple

Sell short 1,000 shares in Apple

Buy to cover 1,000 shares in Apple

13. Name the index on the Frankfurt market:

CAC

DAX

S&P

Nikkei

14. You are a frequent trader in shares. Which one of the following is the best way to hold your shares?

Stock Certificate

Nominee Account

Bank Account

None of the above

15. The market value of a company is also known as its...?

Share Price

Market Capitalisation

Profits

Earnings

16. You sold 1,000 Google shares short at $495.96 and today's price is $503.11 What is your current return on these shares?

+$7,150

-$50,311

-$7,150

+€7,150

17. You want to invest your money with Warren Buffett. What is the name of his main holding company?

Coca-Cola

Goldman Sachs

Berkshire Funds

Berkshire Hathaway

18. How many stocks are listed on the DJIA?

100

50

30

500

19. What type of speculator specialises in trading of new companies joining the Stock Market?

Bull

Bear

Stag

Fox

20. Which one of the following was the biggest IPO in history?

Google

Visa

Facebook

Stock Market Assessment

1. What is an IPO?

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What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Name the fee charged by all stockbrokers:

3. Name the tax you pay on any profits from buying and selling shares.

4. Name the term used on the stock market for the profits a company makes:

5. You invested €100,000 in the Irish market in 2008. Today, your investment is worth €92,750. What percentage return did you earn?

6. Another name for an industry is:

7. Name the market on Wall Street for technology stocks:

8. Which one of the following terms describes the number of shares traded in a company each day on the stock market?

9. World markets are currently in a bear phase. This means that stock prices are:

10. Who do shareholders elect to run companies for them?

11. The current price for Amazon is $55.61 How much will it cost you to buy 113 shares in Amazon?

12. You sold 1,000 shares short in Apple. The share price has fallen and you now want to take your profit. Which one of the following instructions do you give to your stockbroker?

13. Name the index on the Frankfurt market:

14. You are a frequent trader in shares. Which one of the following is the best way to hold your shares?

15. The market value of a company is also known as its...?

16. You sold 1,000 Google shares short at $495.96 and today's price is $503.11 What is your current return on these shares?

17. You want to invest your money with Warren Buffett. What is the name of his main holding company?

18. How many stocks are listed on the DJIA?

19. What type of speculator specialises in trading of new companies joining the Stock Market?

20. Which one of the following was the biggest IPO in history?