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What is a stock?   Part ownership in a company.  
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What are the two ways you can make money on a stock?   1. Selling for more than you paid. 2.Dividends  
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What is a dividend?   The company pays a percentage of its' earnings to the shareholders, as a thank you for owning stock.  
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What is a ticker symbol?   The abbreviation for the company, how it is listed on the stock market.  
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What does the 52 week range tell you about a stock?   The highest and lowest prices the stock has been in the past year.  
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What are the 3 reasons the stock market has struggled lately?   1. China's economy 2. The Fed raising interest rates 3. Cheap oil  
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What is the difference between a private company and a public company?   Private companies are not traded on the stock market, they are owned by a family or small group of investors. Public companies are traded on the stock market.  
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If you sell stocks for less than what you paid for it, you experienced a __________.   loss  
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What is P/E?   Price/Earnings  
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What does P/E tell you about a stock?   The amount of growth people expect a company to make in the next year.  
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What is the average P/E?   Between 15-25  
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What does it mean if the P/E is higher than 25?   People expect the company to make higher than average growth.  
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What does it mean if the P/E is less than 15?   People don't expect the company to grow much.  
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When should you use the P/E to help make investment decisions?   When you are comparing stocks within the same industry.  
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Explain why the P/E for one company could be lower, but the current price per share is still higher (Ex: Pepsi and Coke)   There are more things that go into the current price per share, like their advertisements, product variety, whether they pay dividends.  
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