Some review questions
Multiple choice questionsSTUDY HELPS
- What determines the wealth of a society?
- How does a debt security pay the investor?
- What determines the value of a derivative security?
- What causes conflict between management and shareholders?
- What a financial assets and what is their purpose?
- Do takeovers help or hurt your stock?
- What are the major forms of portfolio construction and their means of formation?
- What was the purpose of Sarbanes Oxley?
- Who helps firms sell securities?
- Why do financial intermediaries exist?
- What defines a money market security?
- What does bid/ask price of a security tell you?
- What are the major characteristics of a municipal bond?
- What is the difference between a common stock and preferred stock?
- If given a bid and ask price of a Treasury bond, determine what price you would pay or receive.
- Equivalent taxable yield of a muni.
- What is a call option?A put option?
- What is the main difference between the primary and secondary market?
- Given an initial major, compute the amount you borrow when purchasing stock.
- What types of registration can a firm do for a potential stock purchase and what is the general process for issuing stock?
- Compute potential loss on a short sale. (short 100 shares at $25)
- What is the purpose of an investment company for an investor?
- Using asset, liabilities and shares; compute an NAV.Or use three of the components to find the missing one.
- With beginning and ending NAV, and distributions,compute a rate of return on a mutual fund.
- Exact and approximate real return
- Holding period return on a stock with beginning and ending prices, and dividend paid.
- What things determine the level of interest rates?
- Compute HPR with 3 states of the economy given probabilities and returns.
- Why are financial assets so important to the growth of the economy?
- How should the actions of the FED (such as raising interest rates) affect the economy and the stock market?Has this been the case over the last several years?Why not?
- Why would T-bonds be an attractive investment, post 2008, even though they had such miserably low rates?
- Explain the diversification benefit of a mutual fund.How does it help the investor to accomplish diversification?
Short answer questionsSTUDY HELPS