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Investments

Subject : personal-finance
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Selection of specific securities within a particular class






2. A brokerage account in which all transactions are made on a strictly cash basis






3. An investment company that stands ready to buy and sell shares at any time.






4. An investment company not accessible by the general public






5. The price you pay to buy an option






6. The distribution of investment funds among broad classes of assets






7. An option that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to buy an asset






8. The square root of the variance






9. A symmetric - bell-shaped frequency distribution that is completely defined by its average and standard deviation.






10. Buying and selling in anticipation of the overall direction of a market






11. The change in stock price as a percentage of the initial stock price.






12. The portion of the value of an investment that is not borrowed






13. The return on an investment measured as a percentage that accounts for all cash flows and capital gains or losses






14. A mutual fund specializing in money market instruments






15. An arrangement under which a broker is the registered owner of a security






16. Named for SEC rule 12b-1 - which allows funds to spend up to 1 percent of fund assets annually to cover distribution and marketing costs






17. The average compound return earned per year over a multiyear period.






18. The value of assets less liabilities held by a mutual fund - divided by the number of shares outstanding.






19. Annual coupon divided by the current bond price






20. The amount of common stock held in short positions






21. An agreement that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to buy or sell a specific asset at a specified price for a set period of time.






22. The return on an investment measured in dollars that accounts for all cash flows and capital gains or losses






23. A sales charge levied when investors redeem shares (also called a 'back-end' load).






24. The minimum margin that must be supplied on a securities purchase






25. The return on an investment expressed on a per-year - or 'annualized -' basis






26. A common measure of volatility






27. The interest rate brokers pay to borrow bank funds for lending to customer margin accounts






28. An option that gives the owner the right - but not the obligation - to sell an asset






29. An investment company with a fixed number of shares that are bought and sold only in the open stock market.






30. Debt obligations of large corporations and governments with an original maturity of one year or less






31. Rule for short sale requiring that before a short sale can be executed - the last price change must be an uptick






32. Security originally sold by a business or government to raise money






33. The minimum margin that must be present at all times in a margin account






34. Simply a means of combining or pooling the funds of a large group of investors. The buy and sell decisions for the resulting pool are then made by a fund manager - who is compensated for the service provided.






35. Or market cap for short is equal to its stock price multiplied by the number of shares of stock. It's the total value of the company's stock.






36. Pledging securities as collateral against a loan






37. A demand for more funds that occurs when the margin in an account drops below the maintenance margin






38. The return earned in an average year over a multiyear period






39. The rate of return on a riskless investment






40. The extra return on a risky asset over the risk-free rate; the reward for bearing risk.






41. A brokerage account in which - subject to limits - securities can be bought an sold on credit






42. Insurance fund convering investors' brokerage accounts with member firms






43. A sales charge levied on purchases of shares in some mutual funds






44. Underlying asset is a real asset - typically either an agricultural product or a natural resource product






45. A company that owns income producing real estate






46. The annual stock dividend as a percentage of the initial stock price






47. Average compound rate of return earned per year over a multiyear period accounting for investment inflows and outflows






48. A financial asset that is derived from an existing traded asset rather than issued by a business or government to raise capital. More generally - any financial asset that is not a primary asset.






49. Underlying asset is intangible - usually stocks - bonds - currencies - or money market instruments.






50. An agreement made today regarding the terms of a trade that will take place later.