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Why is it important to perform an industry analysis when evaluating a stock?
How does the level of interest rates affect economic growth?
What is monetary policy? What is it used to influence?
What is fiscal policy? How does fiscal policy potentially impact economic growth?
What is economic growth? How is it measured? How does economic growth affect stock prices?
Define operating profit margin, net profit margin, return on assets, and return on equity.
Define inventory turnover, average collection period, and asset turnover ratio. Is it better when these measures are higher or lower in value? Explain.
Describe how the efficiency of a firm can be determined from the composition of its assets.
Define and discuss two ways to measure a firm’s financial leverage.
What is financial leverage? Why do some firms prefer to borrow funds rather than issue stock?
What is liquidity? What does it mean for a firm to have a high degree of liquidity? How is liquidity measured?
Describe the impact of a firm’s financial condition on its value and stock price.
What is an income statement? Describe its features.
What is a balance sheet? What are the two parts of the balance sheet and what do they indicate about the firm?
How do differences in stock valuation affect the volume of trading?
What is technical analysis? What is fundamental analysis?
What is the first step in the valuation process of a stock? What are you trying to determine through stock valuation? What two methods may be used to value a stock?
What does it mean to buy stock on margin?
Describe the characteristics associated with placing an order online.
Define an on-stop order, a buy-stop order, and a sell-stop order.
Define and differentiate between a market order and a limit order.
What do the terms board lot and odd lot mean in stock transactions?
How reliable are full-service broker and analyst recommendations? Explain.
Define and differentiate between a discount brokerage firm and a full-service brokerage firm.
What information does a stock quotation provide about a stock?
What is the over-the-counter (OTC) market? How is the OTC market different from an organized exchange?
What is demutualization?
Describe the New York Stock Exchange.
Define and describe the role of market makers.
What is a bid price? What is an ask price? What are the three characteristics of a high quality stock exchange?
Last year, Joban graduated from high school and received several thousand dollars from an uncle as a graduation gift. Joban is now in his first year of college. He just heard of a guy in his dorm who
Marcel, age 28, and Teresa, age 27, have just had their first child, Hanna. They have a combined income of $75 000 and rent a two-bedroom apartment. For the past several years Marcel and Teresa have
Outline the typical investment goals associated with each of the following financial planning life stages. Provide a recommended asset allocation for each life stage. Refer back to Exhibit 1.2 for a
Dawn decides to invest $2000 per year in stock at the beginning of each of the next five years. She believes that she can earn a nine percent return, compounded annually, over that time period. How
Emma bought 100 shares of stock a year ago for $53 per share. She received no dividends on the stock and sold the stock today for $38 per share. What is Emma’s annualized return on the stock?
Joel purchased 100 shares of stock for $20 per share. During the year, he received dividend cheques amounting to $150. After three years, Joel sold the stock for $32 per share. What was his holding
Olafanu owns shares in a stock where the market value of the firm is $500 million and the number of shares outstanding is 90 000. What is value of the stock on a per share basis?
How might your expectations of economic conditions influence your asset allocation? What is the problem with relying on your expectations of economic conditions to determine your asset allocation
Do all asset allocation strategies reduce risk to the same degree? Explain.
What is an income trust? What are the major categories of income trusts? What are real estate investment trusts (REITs)? What are some attractive characteristics of REITs?
Describe the concept of diversifying stocks across countries.
Describe the concept of diversifying stocks across industries. What are the limitations of industry diversification?
What is correlation? How do the correlations among investments impact the volatility of the overall portfolio?
How does the volatility of each individual investment impact the volatility of the overall portfolio?
What is a portfolio? How can a portfolio help you to reduce risk?
What is asset allocation? Why is it important to allocate your assets across many different types of investments?
Describe how investment decisions may vary with your personal situation.
Describe the return–risk trade-off among real estate investments.
What is a bond default? How do mutual fund investments help address the issues caused by a bond default?
Describe the return–risk trade-off among mutual funds composed of stocks.
Describe the return–risk trade-off among bonds.
Describe the return–risk trade-off among stocks.
Describe the return–risk trade-off? What is a risk premium? How do you calculate the risk premium?
Why do we use subjective measures of risk in addition to range of returns, standard deviation, and beta?
Define and describe beta.
Define and describe standard deviation.
Define and describe range of returns.
Define and differentiate between unsystematic risk and systematic risk.
How is your wealth influenced by your return on investment?
Explain how differing tax rates affect your return from different types of income.
How do you calculate the return on your investment? How does the calculation change when you also earn dividend income and/or interest income?
What are the two ways in which you earn a return on a real estate investment? Why is it difficult to measure the return that you earn on your home?
What is a mutual fund? What are the two ways in which you earn a return on a mutual fund investment?
What are bonds? What are the two ways in which you earn a return on a bond investment?
Define and differentiate between common stock and preferred stock.
What are the circumstances that determine the market price of a stock?
How do you calculate the price of a share of stock?
Define and describe an income stock.
Define and describe a value stock.
Define and describe a growth stock.
Describe the features of a dividend distribution.
What are the two ways in which you earn a return on a stock investment?
What is the difference between a day trader and other individual investors?
Define and describe an individual investor.
Define and describe an institutional investor.
Define and describe a secondary market.
What is the primary market? What is an initial public offering (IPO)?
Describe money market securities.
What should you do before investing any money? Explain.
1. Regarding Brad’s auto insurance decision, comment on:a. His plan to add different types of coverage to his auto insurance policy.b. The associated costs of adding different types of coverage to
Wendy and Frank Cotroni, ages 30 and 35, plan to purchase life insurance. Wendy does not have any coverage, while Frank has a $150 000 policy at work. The Cotronis have two children, ages three and
Adam and Heidi Larrsson were delighted when Adam landed a new job with a promotion and an increased salary, but disappointed to learn that he would not be eligible for group benefits for the first 90
The Balderson family has a basic health insurance plan that pays 80 percent of supplementary medical expenses after a deductible of $250 per person. If three family members have prescription drug and
Lei purchased a life insurance policy three years ago and mistakenly checked a box on her application that said she did not have high blood pressure. She does. Yesterday, she died of a heart attack.
a. Assuming that Abdel is otherwise healthy, do you think that the insurance company would issue a policy? Why or why not?b. If Abdel makes a claim, what are the potential problems he has created for
Mahood and Murtaz have jobs and contribute to the household expenses according to their income. Mahood contributes 75 percent of the expenses, and Murtaz contributes 25 percent. Currently, their
Pete’s group insurance policy specifies that he pays 30 percent of expenses associated with orthodontic treatment for his children. If Pete incurs expenses of $5000, how much would he owe?
Describe the features of the waiver of premium, guaranteed insurability, accidental death, child term, and term insurance riders.
What is a rider?
Explain what happens if you misstate your age or sex.
What is the incontestability date?
Describe the suicide clause.
Provide one reason as to why you may want to borrow from the cash value of your permanent insurance policy.
What type of life insurance policies have a premium schedule?
What are living benefits?
What should you keep in mind when naming beneficiaries?
Differentiate between the two classifications of life insurance policies?
What are non-forfeiture options? What are the non-forfeiture options within a permanent insurance policy?
Describe the similarities and differences between whole life insurance and universal life insurance.
Differentiate between the two cost of insurance options in a universal life insurance policy.

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