Exam 8: The Stock Market

A stock that was selling for $48 a share split 2-for-1.Before the split,the company had 3.4 million shares of stock outstanding.What is the post-split number of shares outstanding?

In a reverse stock split,the number of outstanding shares is reduced while the market price per share stays the same.

On July 3,the ABC Corporation closed at $43.67.This was a $0.47 increase from the close the day before.What percent change is this?

What does the ticker P&G 3M@ 77.85 $\blacktriangle$ 0.13 mean?

At the end of the trading day on June 5,Traders,Inc.announced that its CEO had a heart attack.This news caused the stock to drop to $48.62,a drop 6.75%.If Steve had 1,000 shares of Traders,Inc. ,in his portfolio,what was the value of his portfolio before the announcement?

Eleanor purchased $2,568 worth of stock and paid her broker a 0.5% fee.She sold the stock when the stock price increased to $3,298 using an online broker that charged $7 per trade.What are her net proceeds?

McKenzie buys 250 shares of stock for $12 a share and pays a 2% commission.She sells the stock 3 years later for $18 a share and pays a 1% commission.What are her net proceeds?

One share of Kimco's common stock pays an annual dividend of $1.43.Today,Kimco closed at $19.09 with a net change of +0.72.The stock yield at yesterday's closing price is about 8%.

Vito owned 120 shares of a stock before the corporation instituted a 5-for-3 split.Before the split,the stock was selling at $16 a share.Vito now has 200 shares of the stock that is worth about $26.67 each.

Quinton bought x number of shares for p dollars and paid a 1% commission.He sold the stock for y dollars and paid a flat fee of $7.Express Quinton's net proceeds algebraically.

Of the shareholders in a service corporation,56% are women.If 72,820 shareholders are men,how many shareholders are women?

Three friends are starting a food truck and are contributing a total of $140,000 to begin operations.Their investments are in the ratio of 3:4:7.What is the difference in investment between the smallest investor and the largest investor?

Jill owns 900 shares of a corporation that pays an annual dividend of $1.82 per share.How much should she expect to receive on a quarterly dividend check?

Leon purchased 8,500 shares of stock at a price of $11.45 a share.He sold the stock 6 years later at a price of $19.78 per share.His capital gain is about 58%.

A candlestick chart is a type of stockbar chart.The real body is displayed in different colors to indicate the action for that day.What does it mean if the real body is red?

ABC Company has declared dividends totaling $475,000.There are 38,000 shares of preferred stock that earn dividends of $2.50 per share.If there are 240,000 shares of common stock,how much per share does a common stockholder receive?

Justin owned 1,500 shares of Schwinn Corporation and received a quarterly dividend check for $618.75.What was the annual dividend for one share of Schwinn?

Which is NOT personally liable for any losses or damages?

A crossover occurs when one moving average crosses over another.Investors should consider buying if a fast-moving average crosses over a slow-moving average and should consider selling if a fast-moving average crosses below a slow-moving average.

Comanche Ltd closed at $15.89,a $0.43 decrease from the closing price the day before.This is a 2.6% decrease.