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Consumer Education Name: _________________________________ Mr. Lemke Period: _____________ Investing in Corporations – 9.2 & 9.3 Directions: Match each description in the left column with the correct term from the right column. Write the letter of the term in the space provided. Do not use any term more than once. _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ _______ 1. a business that accepts deposits from many people to invest in various ways 2. corporate bonds that are high-risk investments; also known as high-yield bonds 3. a voting share of ownership in a corporation for which the dividend varies, as determined by the corporation’s board of directors 4. investors who own a corporation because they own its stock 5. a company that specializes in helping people buy and sell stocks and bonds 6. selection of stocks or bonds that a mutual fund purchases 7. bonds sold by corporations to finance business activities, which usually pay a fixed interest rate and are paid after a specific term 8. a location where orders to buy or sell stock are sent and carried out 9. an electronic stock-trading system that links brokerage firms 10. a person who handles the transfer of stocks and bonds between buyer and seller 11. a sales fee that you pay when you invest in a mutual fund 12. investing roughly equal amounts of money at regular intervals 13. a unit of ownership in a corporation that you can buy 14. a non-voting share of ownership in a corporation that pays a fixed dividend A. Corporate stock B. Stockholders C. Stockbroker D. Brokerage firm E. Stock exchange F. NASDAQ G. Dollar cost averaging H. Preferred stock I. Common stock J. Corporate bonds K. Junk bonds L. Mutual fund M. Portfolio N. Load Create your own mutual fund. Think of the name of the corporation that produces ten products or services that you use on a daily basis. This can be anything from the manufacturer of your toothpaste, to your cell phone service company, or the manufacturer of the car you drive. Using an Internet browser, find the stock symbol and the current market price of a single share of each company’s stock. Next week, we will again find the market price of each corporation and see if your mutual fund made or lost money! Name of Corporation Stock Symbol Market Price 10/27/16 Market Price 10/28/16 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Fund Total Value XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Change in Fund Value XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX If a consumer invested $200.00 in your mutual fund (on the first day of this assignment), how many units of your fund would they receive? ($200.00 ÷ Fund Total Value) ___________________ units On the second day of this assignment, what is now the value of the units purchased yesterday? ________________ units X _____________________(today’s fund value) - $_______________________