TEST BANK FOR FINANCIAL MARKETS AND INSTITUTIONS 8TH E
DITION ANTHONY SAUNDERS >> QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
2024 ALL CHAPTERS
1) What factors are encouraging financial institutions to offer overlapping financial services
such as banking, investment banking, brokerage, etc.? 1.I. Regulatory changes allowing
institutions to offer more services
2.II. Technological improvements reducing the cost of providing financial services
3.III. Increasing competition from full-service global financial institutions
4.IV. Reduction in the need to manage risk at financial institutions
A) I only
B) II and III only
C) I, II, and III only
D) I, II, and IV only
E) I, II, III, and IV
2) IBM creates and sells additional stock to the investment banker Morgan Stanley. Morgan
Stanley then resells the issue to the U.S. public through its mutual funds.
This transaction is an example of a(n):
A) primary market transaction.
B) asset transformation by Morgan Stanley.
C) money market transaction.
D) foreign exchange transaction.
E) forward transaction.
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,3) IBM creates and sells additional stock to the investment banker Morgan Stanley. Morgan
Stanley then resells the issue to the U.S. public through its mutual funds.
Morgan Stanley is acting as a(n)
A) asset transformer.
B) asset broker.
C) government regulator.
D) foreign service representative.
E) derivatives trader.
4) A corporation seeking to sell new equity securities to the public for the first time in order
to raise cash for capital investment would most likely:
A) conduct an IPO with the assistance of an investment banker.
B) engage in a secondary market sale of equity.
C) conduct a private placement to a large number of potential buyers.
D) place an ad in the Wall Street Journal soliciting retail suppliers of funds.
E) issue bonds with the assistance of a dealer.
5) The largest capital market security outstanding in 2019 measured by market value was:
A) securitized mortgages.
B) corporate bonds.
C) municipal bonds.
D) Treasury bonds.
E) corporate stocks.
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,6) The diagram below is a diagram of the:
A) secondary markets.
B) primary markets.
C) money markets.
D) derivatives markets.
E) commodities markets.
7) and allow a financial intermediary to offer safe liquid liabilities
such as deposits while investing the depositors' money in riskier illiquid assets.
A) Diversification; high equity returns
B) Price risk; collateral
C) Free riders; regulations
D) Monitoring; diversification
E) Primary markets; foreign exchange markets
8) Depository minstitutions minclude:
A) banks monly.
B) thrifts monly.
C) finance mcompanies monly.
D) banks mand mthrifts.
E) All mof mthese mchoices mare mcorrect.
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, 9) Match mthe mintermediary mwith mthe mcharacteristic mthat mbest mdescribes mits mfunction.
m 1.I. mProvide mprotection mfrom madverse mevents
2.II. mPool mfunds mof msmall msavers mand minvest min meither mmoney mor mcapital mmarkets
3.III. mProvide mconsumer mloans mand mreal mestate mloans mfunded mby mdeposits
4.IV. mAccumulate mand mtransfer mwealth mfrom mwork mperiod mto mretirement mperiod
5.V. mUnderwrite mand mtrade msecurities mand mprovide mbrokerage mservices
1. Thrifts
m2.Insurer
s
3. Pension mfunds
4. Securities mfirms mand minvestment mbanks
5. Mutual mfunds
A) 1, m3, m2, m5, m4
B) 4, m2, m3, m5, m1
C) 2, m5, m1, m3, m4
D) 2, m4, m5, m3, m1
E) 5, m1, m3, m2, m4
10) Secondary mmarkets mhelp msupport mprimary mmarkets mbecause msecondary mmarkets: m 1.I.
moffer mprimary mmarket mpurchasers mliquidity mfor mtheir mholdings.
2. II. mupdate mthe mprice mor mvalue mof mthe mprimary mmarket mclaims.
3. III. mreduce mthe mcost mof mtrading mthe mprimary mmarket m claims.
A) I monly
B) II monly
C) I mand mII monly
D) II mand mIII monly
E) I, mII, mand mIII
11) Financial mintermediaries m(FIs) mcan moffer msavers ma msafer, mmore mliquid minvestment
mthan ma mcapital mmarket msecurity, meven mthough mthe mintermediary minvests min mrisky milliquid
minstruments mbecause:
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