Exam 15: Investing in Stocks

The daily stock quotations found in financial newspapers will tell you the closing price per share of stock for the previous day's trading,the range of prices the stock traded at the previous day,and a range of trading prices for the last year.

The daily stock quotations found in financial newspapers will not tell you the annual dividends paid per share of stock.

Low interest rates tend to entice investors into the stock market where they can achieve better returns.

The ________ is a measure of inflation that represents prices of products such as coal,lumber,and metals that are used to produce other products.

Use the following two columns of items to answer the matching questions below: -full-service broker

The stock exchange with the most stringent listing requirements is the

The income statement for a company is like a budget in that it shows how much money the company would like to have made in a given accounting period.

A round lot of stock is ________ shares.

A company's earnings are $3 per share,its dividend is $2 per share,and its stock price is $30 per share.Its PE ratio is

All of the following are true about a "stop sell" limit order,except

A market order is normally executed much more quickly than a limit order.

When you place an order to buy or sell stock,you must specify all of the following except

The ________ is/are not a physical location,but rather an electronic communications network to buy and sell stocks.

In getting recommendations from brokers and analysts,you need to be careful that frequent suggestions to buy or sell are not being made in order to generate revenues for these traders.

People who execute stock trades for others at the NYSE are called

Use the following two columns of items to answer the matching questions below: -market order

Assets and liabilities on the balance sheet are classified as

NASDAQ is a key part of the ________ where dealers conduct stock trades over a computer network.

When corporate taxes rates are ________,the after-tax earnings of corporations are ________,which means ________ money for shareholders.

The means by which the U.S.government imposes taxes on individuals and corporations and by which it spends its money is called ________ policy.