Round 3- Markets

First Question for Group 1

Quest

ion

Where is the oldest stock exchange in the world?

o Lyon, Franceo Barcelona, Spaino Hamburg, Germanyo Antwerp, Belgium

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Answ

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Antwerp, Belgium

+5Group 1

The Antwerp Bourse opened its doors in 1460 and kept going till 1997.

First Question for Group 2

Quest

ion

Where was the first Stock Exchange in the United States?

o Boston, Massachusettso New York City, N.Y.o Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Answ

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

+5Group 2

New York is where all the action is today, but the Philadelphia SE; founded in 1790, predated it by two years.

First Question for Group 3

Quest

ion

What is the largest stock exchange in the world, in terms of Market Capitalization (basically, the total value of all listed companies)?

o Tokyo Stock Exchange (Japan Exchange Group)o NASDAQo New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)o Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)o London Stock Exchange

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Answ

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New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

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NYSE has a Market Capitalization of US$ 16.6 trillion.

First Question for Group 4

Quest

ion

What was the first totally electronic stock market?

o NASDAQo London Stock Exchangeo NYSEo Tokyo Stock Exchange

Group 4

Answ

er

NASDAQ

Group 4

NASDAQ has been electronic (meaning, no trading floor) ever since its inception in 1971.

Second Question for Group 1

Quest

ion

Which federal agency is responsible for regulating the stock markets in the USA?

o Federal Trade Commissiono Securities and Exchanges Commissiono Federal Reserve System

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Answ

er

Securities and Exchange Commission

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The SEC is in charge of the securities industry and the stocks markets in the USA.

Second Question for Group 2

Quest

ion

The FTSE 100 index is used to measure stock market performance in which country?

o Franceo United Kingdomo Germanyo Finland

Group 2

Answ

er

United Kingdom

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Second Question for Group 3

Quest

ion

If you buy a company’s bond,

o You own a part of the companyo You have lent money to the companyo You are liable for the company’s debtso You can vote on shareholder resolutions

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Answ

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You have lent money to the company.

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Bonds are loans that investors make to a corporation or a government body in exchange for regular interest payments and the return of the principle amount at a future date.

Second Question for Group 4

Quest

ion

I have just been arrested and charged with “Insider Trading". What crime have I committed?

o Selling my own shares to family memberso Failing to execute a trade when instructedo Trading stock outside normal market hourso Trading stock for my own gain using confidential

information

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Answ

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Trading stock for my own gain using confidential information.

+5Group 4

Last Question for all Groups

Keep a sheet of paper ready.

Identify as many Stock Ticker symbols as possible in 45 seconds.

AAPL

TOY

FB

GM

F

ADBE

CSCO

INTC

MMM

BUD

GE

YHOO

TWTR

GOOG

SBUX MSFT

XRX

AMZN

PZZA

PG

AAPL- Apple Inc.

TOY-Toys “R” Us

FB-Facebook, Inc.

GM-General Motors

Co.

F-Ford Motor Co.

ADBE-Adobe Systems

Inc.

CSCO-Cisco Systems, Inc.

INTC-Intel Corp.

MMM-3M

BUD-Anheuser-Busch

(Budweiser)

GE-General Electric

Co.

YHOO-Yahoo! Inc.

TWTR-Twitter, Inc.

GOOG-Google, Inc.

SBUX-Starbucks Corp.

MSFT-Microsoft Corp.

XRX-Xerox Corp.

AMZN-Amazon.com

PZZA-Papa John’s Intl.

PG-The Procter &

Gamble Co.

End of Round-3