Stocks Quiz – Intermediate 2 0 Created on December 15, 2020 By Eddie Vorman Stocks Quiz – Intermediate 2 Stock markets are often volatile and very sensitive to global events. Natural disasters, terrorism, inflation – all of them affect stocks greatly. Still, if you consider becoming part of this tumultuous and interesting world, you need to learn at least some basics. You can’t play the game well if you don’t know the terms. Are you ready to test your knowledge? 1 / 8 Holders of Preferred Stock have: Ownership in a company that has a higher claim on the earnings than common stock No voting rights Ownership in a company that has a higher claim on the assets than common stock All of the above 2 / 8 The Dow Jones Index's peak value before the Great Depression was 380 points. When did the stock reach the same level following the depression? 1940 1935 1954 1944 3 / 8 Do you know which stocks typically perform better in a recession? Stocks of financial companies Stocks of casino companies Stocks of pharmaceutical companies Stocks of auto companies 4 / 8 Let's say that company A has a P/E ratio higher than company B, while company B has a P/E ratio either higher or equal to company C. If all of them are part of the same industry, investors are expecting a higher earnings growth in the future from: Company B Company A Companies B and C Company C 5 / 8 Can you tell us how many stocks are included in Dow Jones? 15 50 100 30 6 / 8 What is the dollar-cost averaging? It's a way to sell stock shares to minimize capital gains It's a strategy to buy low and sell high It's an approach in which you invest the same amount of money in stocks at regular intervals None of the above 7 / 8 If a portfolio has 85% of its assets invested in stocks, it would be best suited for: A 30-year-old person investing for retirement A 50-year-old person investing for income and capital preservation A 25-year-old person using the assets to pay for graduate college expenses over the next five years A 70-year-old person investing for capital preservation 8 / 8 Do you know what short-selling means? Borrowing shares, selling them, and then repurchasing them for less money after the price have lowered Buying a small number of shares to cost average Selling shares after holding them for less than a day Selling shares at a loss Your score isThe average score is 0% LinkedIn Facebook Twitter VKontakte 0% Restart quiz Support Platform Spread Trading Instrument Comments Rating 0 (0 reviews)