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Stocks and Bonds
• Invest: To use money to earn interest or income in the hopes of making a profit.
• What are some examples of investments? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
• Why do people want to invest money? ___________________________________
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What are stocks?
• Stocks are shares in a corporation.– A business sells stocks to people to get money.
In return, the people own part of that business. It is good for the company and the stock holders.
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Stock Dividends
• Preferred Stock :Stock that offers the stockholder stated dividends / no voting rights– Example – General Motors
• Common Stock : Stock that gives the stockholder voting rights. May or may not get dividend– Example – Smaller businesses
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Buying and Selling Stock
• People can buy stock for a certain price and then sell it at a higher price.
• What are these stocks? ______________________________________________________________________
• Where can you buy them? ______________________________________________________________________
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Where to buy and sell stocks
• Stockbroker: A person who is licensed to buy and sell stocks for other people.– They handle the sales “middle man”
• Stock Market: A place where stocks and bonds are traded. – In the US: New York City
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Gains and Losses
• Capital Gain: Profit made on selling stocks– Example: If you buy 10 shares of K-Mart stock
at $10 a share. You sell in 3 years for $20 a share. What is your capital gain? __________
• Capital Loss: Money lost from investment– Example: If you buy 10 shares of K-Mart stock
at $10 a share. You sell in 3 years for $5 a share. What is your capital loss? ___________
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Bonds
• Basically an IOU
• The person who buys the bond is lending money to the government or corporation that sells the bond.
• The person earns interest.
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Securities and Exchange Commission
• Government agency that regulates the trading of stocks and bonds.
• Tries to prevent people with inside information from making money unfairly.
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Reading the Stock Report
• Name of stock (pf means preferred)• 52 week high/low: Shows the high and low prices
for the last 52 weeks• Div: Annual dividend paid per share• Sales Hds: Sales in hundreds (shares traded that
day)• Last: Price when market closed• Net Chg: Increase or decrease in price from
previous day.
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Classwork
• 1. Page 97 1-9
• 2. Personal Economics
• 3. Look at a newspaper stock report and complete the worksheet.