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Go to Edustock on the Internet  http://library.thinkquest.org/3088/ 

Select "The Stock Market" from the menu and answer the questions.

The Beginning:

1. What was traded at Trinity Church in Manhattan 200 years ago? Why?

2. How did "bonds" come into existence?

3. In what year was the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) started?

4. What was the purpose of the NYSE?

5. What is AMEX and how did it get started?

How It Works:

1. What is a "share" of stock?

2. What is a brokerage house?

3. What is the procedure when you choose to buy a stock?

Mutual Funds:

1. What is a mutual fund?

Rules:

1. What is the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC)?

Crashes:

1. What is a stock "crash?"

Market Trends:

1. List five reasons why the stock market goes up and down?

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What is a Stock?:

1. What is a stock?

2. What is a proxy ballot?

4. What are the three types of stock and how do you distinguish them?

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Types of Stocks:

1. What is a common stock and why is what the company does important to this type of stock?

Buying and Selling

1. What is the difference between publicly and privately held corporations?

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