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Stock Market . Practice Problems. Vocabulary. stock Definition A stock is a certificate of ownership that can be purchased, sold, and traded. dividend Definition A dividend is a portion of corporation’s earnings that is distributed to its shareholders. broker Definition
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Stock Market Practice Problems
Vocabulary • stock • Definition • A stock is a certificate of ownership that can be purchased, sold, and traded. • dividend Definition • A dividend is a portion of corporation’s earnings that is distributed to its shareholders. broker • Definition A broker is an individual that facilitates the purchase or sale of assets associated with investments.
Reading the Stock Quotations • Handout Number One • Review Worksheet and Answers
Question One • Say you own 5,715 shares of Sanden Research Labs, each of which pays a yearly dividend of $14.66. How much do you receive in dividends every year? • a. • $83,781.90 • b. • $81,729.50 • c. • $75,865.50 • d. • $93,954.60 • Answer: Letter A
Question Two • Geoffrey’s portfolio includes 4,462 shares of United Rotators, which earns him $43,772.22 annually. What is the yearly dividend on each share of United Rotators? • a. • $9.61 • b. • $8.95 • c. • $10.19 • d. • $9.81 • Answer: Letter D
Question 3 • Prince Waste Collection pays a yearly dividend of $14.94 per share of stock. If Prince Waste Collection pays Kathy $46,926.54 in dividends every year, how many shares does Kathy own? • a. • 2,978 • b. • 3,141 • c. • 3,443 • d. • 2,934 • Answer Letter B
Question Four • June’s portfolio includes 177 shares of Parchar Special Effects, 213 shares of Giaco Household Goods, and 152 shares of Raxin Accounting. If Parchar Special Effects pays a yearly dividend of $8.21 per share, Giaco Household Goods pays $6.97 per share, and Raxin Accounting pays $11.44 per share, how much does June earn in dividends per year?a. • $4,449.82 • b. • $4,676.66 • c. • $3,777.74 • d. • $6,200.48 • Answer: Letter B
Question 5 • Liz owns stock in Nar Heating/Cooling and Cilla Shipping. She owns 120 more shares of Cilla Shipping than she does of Nar Heating/Cooling. Nar Heating/Cooling pays a yearly dividend of $5.78 per share, and Cilla Shipping pays a yearly dividend of $4.15 per share. If Liz receives $1630.02 in dividends annually, how many shares of Nar Heating/Cooling does she own? • a. • 196 shares • b. • 114 shares • c. • 348 shares • d. • 282 shares • Answer: letter B
The short and the long of it… • Long Position- strategy to buy and hold to realize a gain over a period of time, price of stock increases and investor sells to “take a profit” (bull market) • Short Position- strategy used when expectations are that a stock price will decline. Investor is expecting the price of the stock to fall to realize a gain (bear market)
Example • Car – 100 to 50 • Stock
Closure • What happens when you “short a stock” and the price goes up. • The owner of the stock will ask for the stock back and you are going to have to come up with the money to make up the difference.