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What is scarcity?
There are limited resources.
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What is the S&P 500?
The benchmark index for the US Stock Market.
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Who is Elon Musk?
Cofounding the electronic payment firm PayPal is one of the lesser-known accomplishments of this South African-born entrepreneur.
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What is elasticity?
The change in aggregate demand for a good or service in relation to the price movements of that good or service.
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What is a bond?
Issued by governments and corporations to fund investments or expenses.
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What is the Federal Funds Rate?
The Federal Government influences interest rates through monetary policy.
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What is Coca-Cola?
Denoted with the ticker symbol KO.
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Who is Jeff Bezos?
Named the Time magazine's Person of the Year in 1999, this billionaire's revolutionary, "out of this world" business venture opened up shop in 1995 during the dot-com boom.
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What is fiscal policy?
The use of government spending and taxation to influence the economy.
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What is a cash flow statement?
A financial record that summarizes the movement of cash and cash equivalents from and into a company.
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What is the Consumer Price Index (CPI)?
Represents fluctuations in the average cost of living.
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What is the weighted-average cost of capital (WACC)?
This 4-letter acronym represents the cost of capital across all sources.
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What are Junk Bonds?
The "trashier" name for a high-yield bond that is typically issued by companies with low credit rates?
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What is a normal good?
A good that increases in consumption as income increases.
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What is a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF)?
A valuation method that estimates the value of an investment using its expected future cash flows.
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What is Open Market Operations?
The purchase or sale of government bonds by the central bank to increase or decrease the money supply.
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What is the price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio?
Measures the value of a company relative to its per-share earnings.
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What is Bitcoin?
The world's first decentralized cryptocurrency.
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What is a progressive tax?
High-income earners pay a larger fraction of their income than low-income earners.
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What is Chapter 11?
This chapter in the U.S. bankruptcy code allows a company to reorganize.
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What is the Inverted Yield Curve?
The 2-year treasury yield is higher than the 10-year treasury yield.
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What is hedging?
An investment that minimizes the risk of an existing investment.
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What are Stakeholders (stockholders)?
All internal and external groups who are affected by a company's activities.
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What is the marginal rate of substitution?
The amount of good that a consumer is willing to consume compared to another good, as long as the new good is equally satisfying.
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What is a $1.5 million net income?
The net profit margin is 15% with revenue of 10 million.
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