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Let’s test your literacy in stock market basics. These are just the some of lingo you will encounter upon trading in the stock market. Remember to post your results by commenting below. Also, subscribe to [dot]NEWBie to learn more about the Philippine stock market. Take this quiz now.

1. Short selling is still not allowed in the Philippines, but it may be in the near future. It is selling of a stock that:

    a. the seller does not own
    b. has a very low value
    c. was bought at a higher price

2. Complete the sentence. A stock is not a:

    a. equity
    b. form of ownership of a company
    c. share
    d. note
    e. security

3. One of the large cap stocks of the Philippine Stock Exchange is PLDT (TEL). This is referring to its:

    a. Capital asset
    b. Market capitalization
    c. Fixed capital

4. A stock whose value increases ten times over its purchase price:

    a. Star stock
    b. Ten bagger
    c. Bubble

5. I want to purchase San Miguel Corporation “A” (SMC) stocks at a certain price and quantity. I will do a:

    a. bid
    b. call
    c. ask
    d. put

6. There are times that the price of a stock sharply moves up or down where there was no trade between them. This is called a:

    a. hop or step
    b. break
    c. gap

7. The most solid and financially sound companies on the market are called:

    a. blue-chip stocks
    b. large caps
    c. benchmarks

8. My friend was asking me “Is the market a bear or a bull”. My friend wants to know if:

    a. the market is signaling a buy or a sell
    b. the general trend of the market is rising or falling
    c. the stock market is opened or closed

9. If I evaluate the stocks considering its price trends, indicators, and volume, I am doing what kind of analysis:

    a. fundamental
    b. technical
    c. speculative

10. The index used to track the performance of the Philippine stock market:

    a. NASDAQ
    b. PSEi
    c. Hang Seng
    d. Nikkei
    e. DJIA

And here are the answers.

    1. a. the seller does not own
    2. d. note
    3. b. Market capitalization
    4. b. Ten bagger
    5. a. bid
    6. c. gap
    7. a. blue-chip stocks
    8. b. the general trend of the market is rising or falling
    9. b. technical
    10. b. PSEi

How many correct answers did you make? I got a perfect 10 hehe

Don’t forget to post your results below in the comments section. We will be posting another quiz in our succeeding articles so wait for that one.

10: Simply genius! Laban ka?! hehe
7-9: Aba aba, nag-aral siya.
4-6: Needs improvement. Basa basa pa ng articles.
1-3: Oops! Semplang. Akala ko pababaan hehe.

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