Stock investing trivia

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• How many stocks make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average?US markets
• What are the trading hours of the US regular session in local Eastern Time?US markets
• How is the Dow Jones Industrial Average calculated?US markets
• What is the stretch of trading before the US regular session opens called?US markets
• Which index is built from the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on Nasdaq?US markets
• Which stock exchange, on Wall Street, is the largest in the world?US markets
• What is the alphabetic short form that stands for a stock in the US market called?US markets
• Which US stock exchange is best known for the number of technology companies listed on it?US markets
• Which currency are US stocks bought and sold in?US markets
• Which stock index is built from 500 leading US companies?US markets
• The US stock market closes for the public holidays of other countries as well as its own.US markets
• In the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the higher a stock's share price, the greater its effect on the index.US markets
• The S&P 500 is an index built from 500 leading US companies.US markets
• Nasdaq began as a market where trades were matched electronically rather than by people gathered on a trading floor.US markets
• US stocks can be traded only during the regular session, with no trading at all before or after it.US markets
• The Dow Jones Industrial Average is calculated from every company listed in the United States.US markets
• The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is in the United States, but Nasdaq is an exchange in the United Kingdom.US markets
• US stocks trade in dollars, but for an investor holding another currency a move in the exchange rate does not change the return.US markets
• Every US-listed stock is identified by a short alphabetic name called a ticker.US markets
• The US regular session runs on Eastern Time, so for investors in East Asia it opens in the middle of the night.US markets
• How is a stock's market capitalization worked out?Korean markets
• Which description of KOSPI 200 is correct?Korean markets
• What do we call a company raising money by issuing new shares and taking payment for them?Korean markets
• What do we call the share price being marked down by as much as the lost right to a dividend?Korean markets
• Which designation is put on a stock to warn investors that it may be removed from the market?Korean markets
• Which body runs the KOSPI market and the KOSDAQ market?Korean markets
• Which Korean stock market is where small and mid-sized firms and ventures mainly list?Korean markets
• What do we call a company handing part of the profit it has earned to its shareholders?Korean markets
• Which are the hours of the regular session on the Korean stock market?Korean markets
• What do we call registering a company's shares so that they can be bought and sold on an exchange?Korean markets
• Listed shares guarantee your principal, so there is no way to lose money on them.Korean markets
• Market capitalization is found by subtracting the number of listed shares from the share price.Korean markets
• In a stock split the number of shares rises while the price falls, so market capitalization stays the same in theory.Korean markets
• KOSPI 200 is an index built from every stock listed on the KOSPI market.Korean markets
• Unlike ordinary shares, preferred shares usually carry no vote but are favored on dividends.Korean markets
• Short selling is a trade in which shares are borrowed and sold, then bought back later and returned.Korean markets
• In Korea the KOSPI market and the KOSDAQ market are each run by a separate company.Korean markets
• Buying shares makes you a shareholder in the company and can bring you a dividend.Korean markets
• In Korea the regular stock session runs on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.Korean markets
• KOSDAQ is a market where only the very largest companies may list.Korean markets