Stock Market Questions for Great-Grandpa Royce:
Hi Great-Grandpa Royce! We are learning about the Stock Market in math class. We have heard that you are a Stock Market expert, so we have some questions we would like to ask you. Above each video is a transcript of the question, in case it is difficult to understand us. Thank you!
Question 1: (PART I) "When a company works over night, is there still an Opening Price (of stock) and a Closing Price..." (PART II) "...since it would continue to change overnight?" (Chaz)
PART I: PART II:
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Question 2: "Does 'Net Worth' mean 'Total Value'?" (Catarina)
Question 3: "Why do some companies give out dividends and some not?" (Brian)
Question 4: "For all of the information on a stock table, which is the most important to someone who wants to buy shares of the company?" (Sam)
Question 5: "On the 52-Week Low (on the example stock table), what does this fraction mean?" (31/75) (Willow)
Question 6: "If one company is doing better in the Stock Market, does that mean that a competitor company will be doing worse?" (Jack)
Question 7: "Why do different companies have different share prices?" (Carly)
Question 8: If a company has a higher P/E (ratio), does it mean it's doing better or worse? (Jack)
Question 9: "Does successful investing impact a smaller or larger company more?" (Caroline)
Question 10: "How does the P/E (ratio) effect the investor's choice in stock?" (Erika)
Question 11: "How many days a week is the Stock Market open?" (Adam)
Question 12: "And if it's open every day, why is it recorded differently on some days in The Wall Street Journal (the Top 1000 Stocks section)?" (Max) (We noticed it was not there on Mondays, and it looked like Saturday and Sunday may have been combined...)