Fundamentals (Unit 2) Flashcards
Define bear market
a market in which prices are falling, encouraging selling.
define bull market
a market in which share prices are rising, encouraging buying.
Define share holder
A person who owns stocks
What are the factors of production
Natural human capital
Define natural resources
Raw materials extracted from the earth
Define human resources
Labor or knowledge to transform raw materials into goods or services
Define capital resources
Tools, equipment, or anything that can assist in the production of goods or services
Define economic resources
Goods and services that are provided to individuals or businesses to produce goods and services for consumers
What are economic systems
A way of dealing with the selection, production, distribution and consumption of goods and services
In most cases, it takes a culmination of what three things to create the goods and services that businesses provide
All three economic resources
What happens if there isn’t enough of an economic resource? (i.e. oil)
The price of it increases and alternatives must be found
What are the two types of economic systems
Command economy and free market economy
What does it mean when people say that businesses are interdependent
They rely on the goods and services from a variety of businesses to satisfy the customers needs and wants
What two economic systems determine
What should be produced for who these things should be produced and how they should be produced (TRIANGLE)
What is the law of demand
When demand is high prices low a.k.a. the kung fu law
What is quantity demand
The quantity of goods and services that consumers are willing and able to buy at a particular price [a specific point on the demand)
What is the demand curve
The line on the graph
What four things create demand
Consumers, ample supply, price and accessibility
How are consumers part of creating demand
They are aware of or interested in the goods or services businesses do this by advertisement
How is ample supply part of creating demand
They need to make sure they have enough
How is price part of creating demand
In these be reasonable and competitive
How is accessibility part of creating demand
The product must be accessible
What four things affect demand
Change in consumers incomes, change and consumers tastes, change what we expected future, change in population
What is supply
The quantity of goods or services that businesses are willing and able to provide within a range of prices that people are willing to pay
What is the law of supply
as supply increases price increases(superman law)
Conditions affect supply
A change in the number of producers, price of related goods, change in technology, changed expectation, change in cost of production
What is an equilibrium
It occurs at the price in which quantity demanded equals quantity supplied
Define Shortage
It occurs when quantity demanded exceeds quantity supplied
What is surplus
Occurs when quantity supplied exceeds quantity demanded
How is price determined
By supply and demand as well as the cost of producing or providing the good or service
define ethics
They are rules that help us determine the difference between right and wrong, they are standards of conduct that side he believes people should follow, they encourage us to do the right thing but they vary from person to person and situation to situation and culture to culture
What is ethical behavior
Conduct that confirms to ethics, individual beliefs and social standards about what is right and good
What is values
It tells us what is important to help us make decisions about right and wrong it is related to ethical behavior