1. Stock Market

2. Why do we need the Stock Market? 1700’s most businesses were small family owned businesses They had a difficult time expanding

3. This need for large amounts of money led to the beginning of the stock market

4. What does the company do with the money they receive in stock purchases? You are actually buying ownership The money usually foes to expanding the business The profit then is returned to the share holders in dividends.

5. What is a Stock Exchange? Definition: A market for buying and selling stock

6. United States Stock Exchange 1.New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) Largest and most powerful exchange 1792 Established Only the largest and most established companies in the country (Blue Chip)

7. 'Blue-Chip Stock‘ - Stock of a well- established and financially sound company that has demonstrated its ability to pay dividends in both good and bad times. Dow Jones Industrial Average - is a price- weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq. The DJIA was invented by Charles Dow back in 1896.

9. U.S. Stock Exchange 2.Nasdaq The National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations Created in 1972 Does not have a trading floor but instead is all computerized

11. Stock Market Bull Market: When the stock market rises steadily over a period of time. – Investors expect an increase in profits and thus buy stock. – 1980s and 1990s

12. Stock Market Bear Market: When the stock market falls for a period of time. – Investors sell stock in expectation of lower prices

13. History of the Stock Market

14. Picking Stocks Choose companies that manufacture the favorite things in your daily life, such as soft drinks, shoes, clothes, restaurants, etc., and make sure they are publicly traded companies by checking the labels and packaging of the product

15. Get company names from work places where your parents, friends, relatives, and neighbors have firsthand experience about the quality of the company.

16. Picking Stocks Dow Jones (30)

17. Reading Stock Quotes