Today's New York Stock Exchange began as a place where investors traded

REVOLUTIONARY WAR BONDS

CIVIL WAR BONDS

RAILROAD STOCKS

TULIPS

Which of the following buildings has never been on Wall Street?

NEW YORK CITY HALL

CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES

NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

SUPREME COURT

Which industry fueled the first massive boom of stock trading in New York?

TELECOMMUNICATIONS (TELEGRAPH)

COAL MINING

TEXTILES

RAILROADS

The largest US options exchange is in which city?

NEW YORK

BOSTON

CHICAGO

LOS ANGELES

A "Private" company.

IS NOT LISTED ON A STOCK EXCHANGE

DOES NOT HAVE ANY STOCK

ARE ALWAYS SMALL AND TRYING TO GROW

ALL OF THE ABOVE

After shares are sold in an IPO, how much money does the original company get when stocks are traded on a secondary market?

OVER 75% OF THE STOCK'S VALUE

ABOUT 50% OF THE STOCK'S VALUE

AROUND 5% OF THE STOCK'S VALUE

NOTHING

Why do companies go public?

TO RAISE CASH BY SELLING STOCK

TO RAISE THEIR PROFILE AND SHOW THEY ARE A "BIG DEAL"

TO MAKE THEIR FOUNDERS RICH AND EASIER FOR THEM TO "CASH OUT"

SO THEY ARE LESS DEPENDENT ON BIG BANKS