1. Can you get rich quick in the
stock market?
**Not usually. Research info
is available to large numbers.

2. *Insider Trading
-using info no one else has to
make money on stocks
-”hot tips”
-illegal

3. *Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) -all federal securities laws
-investigates all dealing between
corporations
-made to avoid another stock market
crash like the 1929 crash.
-all available info must be given to
investors

4. **States also have laws
concerning stocks.

5. *Stock and Bond Markets
70% of market
value of all
stocks listed
in the U.S.
NYSE (New York)
AMEX(New York)
Midwest Stock Exchange (Chicago)

6. *Bond Markets NASDAQ--Nat’l Assoc. of SecuritiesDealers Automated
Quotations.
-over the counter
-not traded at a specific place
-lesser known companies
*Bond Markets
-NYSE Bond Market
-AMEX Bond Market -Gov’t Bonds

7. **When saving and investing, it is important to diversify.
Diversification- -spreading out your money into safe,
moderate, and risky investments.
- -spreading out your investments into
different industries.

8. Mutual Funds -an investment company that pools your money with many
other investors’ money to buy
stocks, bonds, and other investments.
Advantages
-pros handle your money
-loss in one place but gain in another
Disadvantage--not insured