Bull

vs. B

ear

•Bull Market:

When b

usin

esses, on the

whole

, are

doin

g w

ell.

•Bear Market:

When b

usin

esses a

ren’t

doin

g s

o w

ell.

Busin

esses

•Sole Proprietorship

1 owner

•Partnersh

ip

2 owners or more (not inco

rporated)

•Corp

oration

–sp

lit into ‘shares’(also ‘stock

s’or ‘securities’)

–Gen

eral Electric? -

10.56 Billion shares.

Securities

•‘S

tocks’or

‘Share

s’of a c

om

pany.

•T

hey flu

ctu

ate

in v

alu

e.

Stock

s

•S

tock p

rices a

re d

ete

rmin

ed b

y w

hat a

busin

ess is w

ort

h +

how

well

it d

oes.

Stock

s

•S

tock p

rices a

re d

ete

rmin

ed b

y w

hat a

business is worth

+ h

ow

well

it d

oes.

Bala

nce

Bala

nce

Sheet

Sheet

Stock

s

•S

tock p

rices a

re d

ete

rmin

ed b

y w

hat a

busin

ess is w

ort

h +

how well it does.

Incom

eIn

com

e

Sta

tem

ent

Sta

tem

ent

In rea

lity….

•S

tock p

rices a

re b

ased o

n w

hat a

com

pany is w

ort

h +

how

it does +

how

it is

expected

to d

o..

The ‘Stock

Market’

The Stock

Markets

(Stock

Exch

anges)

NYSE

(New

York

Sto

ck E

xchange)

(Wall

Str

eet)

TSX

(Toro

nto

Sto

ck E

xchange)

(Bay S

treet)

You c

an s

ell

at one m

ark

et or

many)

.

Can I buy some?

•If y

ou h

ave m

oney, you can b

uy s

hare

s o

f

these c

om

panie

s.

•If y

ou s

ell

them

once the p

rice r

ises)

you

keep the p

rofit)

Stock

Symbols

•S

tock e

xchanges u

sually

lis

t sto

cks u

sin

g

two, th

ree, or

four

dig

it s

ym

bols

.

Googlin

g‘A

pple

Sto

ck’

What’s a

ll th

is info

rmation

?

More Inform

ation…

Exercise…

•C

hoose ten c

om

panie

s that in

tere

st you)

•C

reate

a c

hart

, sim

ilar

to the o

ne b

elo

w)

Company

SymbolMarketPrice

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pple

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lve

d in

pa

tent

dis

pute

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ith

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msu

ng

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