Securities Industry Essentials Exam LICENSE EXAM MANUAL 3RD EDITION
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Securities Industry Essentials Exam
LICENSE EXAM MANUAL
3RD EDITION
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SIE Exam and Industry Introduction 1
What Is the SIE? 1
How the Exam Is Structured 1
How to Make an Exam Appointment 2
On the Day of You...
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, Contents
SIE Exam and Industry Introduction .......................................................... 1
What Is the SIE?........................................................................................................................ 1
How the Exam Is Structured ............................................................................................... 1
How to Make an Exam Appointment ............................................................................... 2
On the Day of Your Exam ...................................................................................................... 3
Knopman Marks Method ...................................................................................................... 4
Financial Industry Introduction ........................................................................................ 5
Regulatory Entities and Agencies .............................................................................................6
Market Participants ........................................................................................................................7
Section 1: Understanding Products and Their Risks ........... 11
1. Equity Securities ......................................................................................... 13
1.1 Common Stock ................................................................................................................ 14
1.1.1 Ownership Rights of Common Stock .......................................................................... 15
1.2 Classifying Common Stock ......................................................................................... 20
1.2.1 Classification by Investment Profile ........................................................................... 20
1.2.2 Penny Stocks ......................................................................................................................... 21
1.3 Risks of Owning Common Stock .............................................................................. 22
1.3.1 Systematic Risk.................................................................................................................... 22
1.3.2 Non-Systematic Risk ......................................................................................................... 22
1.4 Depositary Receipts ...................................................................................................... 23
1.4.1 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) ..................................................................... 23
1.5 Preferred Stock ............................................................................................................... 26
1.5.1 Features of Preferred Stock ........................................................................................... 26
1.5.2 Types of Preferred Stock ................................................................................................. 27
1.5.3 Preferred Stock Versus Common Stock .................................................................... 28
1.6 Negotiability of Equity Securities............................................................................ 29
1.6.1 Registrar and Transfer Agent ........................................................................................ 29
1.6.2 Stock Endorsements.......................................................................................................... 30
Contents 1.7 Dividend Procedures ................................................................................................... 30
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, 1.7.1 Cash Settlement................................................................................................................... 31
1.7.2 Ex-Dividend Date and Price ........................................................................................... 32
1.7.3 Forms of Dividend Payment .......................................................................................... 33
1.7.4 Stock Splits and Dividends ............................................................................................. 33
1.8 Short Sales........................................................................................................................ 35
2. Debt Securities ....................................................................................... 43
2.1 General Characteristics of Bonds............................................................................. 44
2.1.1 Forms of Ownership .......................................................................................................... 44
2.1.2 Par Value ................................................................................................................................ 45
2.1.3 Bond Quotation ................................................................................................................... 45
2.1.4 Coupon .................................................................................................................................... 46
2.1.5 Zero-Coupon Bonds ........................................................................................................... 47
2.1.6 Bond Pricing ......................................................................................................................... 48
2.1.7 Basis Points ........................................................................................................................... 49
2.1.8 Maturity .................................................................................................................................. 49
2.1.9 Call Feature ........................................................................................................................... 50
2.2 Bond Yields ....................................................................................................................... 54
2.2.1 Nominal Yield ....................................................................................................................... 54
2.2.2 Current Yield ........................................................................................................................ 54
2.2.3 Yield to Maturity ................................................................................................................. 55
2.2.4 Yield to Call............................................................................................................................ 55
2.2.5 Yield Relationships ............................................................................................................ 56
2.3 Bond Risks ........................................................................................................................ 57
2.3.1 Interest Rate Risk ............................................................................................................... 57
2.3.2 Call Risk .................................................................................................................................. 58
2.3.3 Reinvestment Rate Risk ................................................................................................... 58
2.3.4 Inflationary Risk ................................................................................................................. 58
2.3.5 Credit Risk ............................................................................................................................. 59
2.4 Accrued Interest ............................................................................................................. 60
2.5 Accretion and Amortization ...................................................................................... 63
3. Types of Bonds .......................................................................... 71
3.1 Corporate Bonds ............................................................................................................ 72
3.1.1 Trust Indenture Act of 1939 .......................................................................................... 72
3.1.2 Secured and Unsecured Corporate Bonds ............................................................... 72
3.1.3 Convertible Bonds .............................................................................................................. 73
3.1.4 Eurodollar Bonds................................................................................................................ 75
3.1.5 Secondary Market Trading ............................................................................................. 75
3.2 US Government Securities .......................................................................................... 75
3.2.1 Marketable US Government Securities ..................................................................... 76
3.2.2 Quoting Treasury Notes and Bonds............................................................................ 79
3.2.3 Quoting Treasury Bills ..................................................................................................... 79
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