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Wall Street Journal Quiz #1 with Correct Answers 100% Pass When does the NYSE close? - 4:00 PM The NYSE, a unit of Intercontinental Exchange Inc., plans to prevent firms from issuing news releases for up to _____ minutes after closing time, according to a regulatory notice that came out this we...

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When does the NYSE close? - ✔✔4:00 PM


The NYSE, a unit of Intercontinental Exchange Inc., plans to prevent firms from issuing news releases for

up to _____ minutes after closing time, according to a regulatory notice that came out this week. - ✔✔5

minutes


Why does the NYSE want to delay news releases? - ✔✔To protect NYSE's closing auctions from

sophisticated trading algorithms that scan English-language text in search of signals to buy or sell stocks.


Both "significant investor confusion" and bursts of volatility are a result of... - ✔✔Companies releasing

important news just after 4 p.m. but before the exchange has published their stock's closing price.


Eric Noll, former chief executive of brokerage Convergex says... - ✔✔"They're building in a buffer so the

closing auction isn't impacted by rapid-fire trades coming into the market"


How old is the NYSE? - ✔✔225 years old


The NYSE still runs an old-fashioned trading floor, with _______ _________ called designated market

makers, or DMMS, who oversee closing auctions. - ✔✔Human traders


All-electronic exchanges such as ___________ can conduct the closing auction nearly instantly, but at

NYSE it often takes longer. - ✔✔Nasdaq


Those who invested in tail-risk funds at their peak in September 2011 would have lost _____ of their

money by now. - ✔✔55%




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, ____________ ____________ __________ popularized the term "black swan events" to describe extreme

events that are difficult to predict and more likely to happen than forecast. - ✔✔Nassim Nicholas Taleb


Fear of such "black-swan" events drove some investors into _____ ______ that offered protection should

markets plunge. - ✔✔Hedge funds


What are 3 factors that some money managers believe make a black-swan event more likely than at any

time since the financial crisis? - ✔✔1). Historically high stock valuations


2). Increased consumer leverage


3). Extraordinary central-bank stimulus


As the crisis peaked in 2008, Universa Investments LP made returns of above ______ for its clients. -

✔✔100%


Mark Spitznagel owns the fund ______ _______________ _______ ______ ______ ________. - ✔✔CBOE

Eurekahedge Tail Risk Hedge Fund


Tail-risk funds also invest in ________ and other assets perceived as safe that usually rally when other

markets collapse. - ✔✔gold


The CBOE Volatility Index is known as Wall Street's "______ ______," fell to its lowest intraday level ever

in July and remains near historic lows. - ✔✔Fear gauge


Tail-risk funds are down ______ this year through July, according to data group eVestment. - ✔✔6.3%


London hedge fund Man Group PLC launched the AHL Tail Protect Fund in 2009 and has lost _____

since then. - ✔✔45%


Capula Investment Management LLP's Tail Risk Fund, one of the biggest in the sector with $3.7 billion

under management, is down _____ this year. - ✔✔6.7%




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