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Money markets - correct answer short term debt securities, large denomination fixed income securities - correct answer longer term instruments; government issues(U.S treasury bonds and notes); private iss...

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Investments final exam

Money markets - correct answer short term debt securities, large
denomination



fixed income securities - correct answer longer term instruments; government
issues(U.S treasury bonds and notes); private issues(corporate bonds, mortgage backed securities)



issues with price weighted index - correct answer similar % change movements
in higher price stocks cause proportionally larger changes in the index; and split arbitrarily reduce
weights of stocks that split in the index



Purpose of Financial markets - correct answer facilitate low cost investments,
bring together buyers and sellers at low cost, reduce information costs associated with investments



direct search markets - correct answer buyers and sellers locate each other on
their own



brokered markets - correct answer Third-party assistance in locating buyer or
seller



dealer markets - correct answer Third party acts as intermediate buyer/seller



auction markets - correct answer Brokers and dealers trade in one location

Trading is more or less continuous



market order - correct answer execute immediately at best price



bid price - correct answer the price at which a dealer or other trader is willing
to purchase a security

,ask price - correct answer the price at which a dealer or other trader will sell a
security



price contingent order - correct answer Buy/sell at specified price or better

Limit buy/sell order: specifies price at which investor will buy/sell

Stop order: not to be executed until price point hit



over-the-counter market (OTC) - correct answer informal network of
brokers/dealers who negotiate securities sales



specialists - correct answer makes market in shares of one or more firms;
maintains "fait and orderly market" by dealing personally



Algorithmic trading - correct answer the use of computer programs to make
rapid trading decisions



high frequency trading - correct answer a subset of algorithmic trading that
relies on computer programs to make very rapid trading decisions



dark pools - correct answer electronic trading networks where participants can
anonymously buy or sell large blocks of securities



Margin - correct answer potion of purchase price contributed by the investor
(Equity value/value of stock)



buying on margin - correct answer describes securities purchased with money
borrowed in part from broker



Maintenance margin requirement - correct answer minimum percentage
margin before additional funds must be put into account; exchange mandate minimum 25%

, margin call - correct answer Notification from broker that you must put up
additional funds or have position liquidated



short sales - correct answer the sale of shares not owned by the investor but
borrowed through a broker and later purchased to replace the loan



In securities markets, there should be a risk-return trade-off with higher-risk assets having _________
expected returns than lower-risk assets



a. higher

b. lower

c. the same

d. The answer cannot be determined from the information given. - correct answer
a. higher



A T-bill quote sheet has 90-day T-bill quotes with a 4.92 bid and a 4.86 ask. If the bill has a $10,000 face
value, an investor could buy this bill for _____.

a. $10,000

b. $9,878.50

c. $9,877

d. $9,880.16 - correct answer b



You purchased 200 shares of ABC common stock on margin at $50 per share. Assume the initial margin
is 50% and the maintenance margin is 30%. You will get a margin call if the stock drops below ________.
(Assume the stock pays no dividends, and ignore interest on the margin loan.)

a. $26.55

b. $35.71

c. $28.95

d. $30.77 - correct answer b



Investment companies - correct answer Financial intermediaries that facilitate

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