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Understanding Business 12th Edition William Nickels, James McHugh, Susan McHugh - Solutions
What does the Clayton Act add?
What does the Sherman Act cover?
What are the possible consequences if a contract is violated?
What makes a contract enforceable under the law?
What does Article 3 of the UCC cover?
What does Article 2 of the UCC cover?
What are patents and copyrights?
What is negligence?
What is an intentional tort?
What are administrative agencies?
What is deregulation? Give examples of successful and unsuccessful deregulation.
Describe the different bankruptcy provisions under Chapters 7, 11, and 13.
What is the primary purpose of antitrust law?
What are the six conditions for a legally binding contract? What can happen if a contract is breached?
What are the four elements of a negotiable instrument specified in the UCC?
What is the purpose of the Universal Commercial Code (UCC)?Compare express and implied warranties.
How many years is a patent protected from infringement?
What is product liability? What is strict product liability?
What is tort law?
What is an administrative agency?
What’s the difference between statutory and common law?
What is business law?
Explain the role of deregulation as a tool to encourage competition.
Distinguish among the various types of bankruptcy as outlined by the Bankruptcy Code.
Explain the role of tax laws in generating income for the government and as a method of discouraging or encouraging certain behaviors among taxpayers.
Summarize several laws that regulate competition and protect consumers in the United States.
List and describe the conditions necessary to make a legally enforceable contract, and describe the possible consequences if such a contract is violated.
Describe warranties and negotiable instruments as covered in the Uniform Commercial Code.
Identify the purposes and conditions of patents, copyrights, and trademarks.
Define tort law and explain the role of product liability in tort law.
Define business law, distinguish between statutory and common law, and explain the role of administrative agencies.
Given what you’ve read in this text and from other sources, would you recommend that your fellow students’ first investment be in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, real estate, or some other investments? Why?
Should you totally rely on Morningstar or any other investment advice service or should you search out several sources of advice? How can you know what advice is best?
Are you confident about investing in stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ETFs, and other investments? What sources of information would you use to make a decision about investments?
Go to the website of Charles Schwab (schwab.com), E*Trade (etrade.com), or Interactive Brokers (interactivebrokers.com) and find two IPOs offered in the past year or two.Track the performance of each from its introduction to its present market price. Report your observations and conclusions about
See whether anyone in class is interested in forming an investment group. If so, each member should choose one stock and one mutual fund or ETF. Record each student’s selections and the corresponding prices. In three weeks measure the percentage of change in the investments and discuss the
U.S. government bonds compete with corporations for investors’ dollars. Check out the different types of bonds the federal government offers and list the types most appealing to you. (Hint: See treasurydirect.gov.) Be sure to check out TIPs and be able to explain how they work.
Visit MSN Money or Yahoo! Finance and select six stocks for your portfolio—three from the NYSE and three from the NASDAQ. Track the stocks daily for three weeks using the graphs provided on the websites to see how market trends and information affected your stocks’ performance. Report your
Go to the websites of Charles Schwab (schwab.com), E*Trade (etrade.com), and Interactive Brokers (interactivebrokers.com). Investigate each of these brokerage companies to compare their fees and what they offer in terms of research and advice. Which firm seems most appropriate to your investment
If you bought 100 shares of each of these stocks five years ago, how much would you have invested? How much would those stock holdings be worth today (if you didn’t reinvest dividends)? (Hint: Click on “Historical Data,” then “Time Period,” then “5Y.” Select monthly frequency. Base
Find what financial analysts recommend for each of these stocks by clicking the Analysis tab. Do analysts recommend buying, holding, or selling each of your picks?
Identify three stocks that pay a 5 percent or more dividend. To learn more about each stock, click on its ticker symbol. What is the dividend rate (yield) of each?
If you were thinking about investing in the securities market, would you prefer individual stocks, mutual funds, or ETFs? Explain your choice by comparing the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Why do companies like callable bonds? Why are investors generally not very fond of them?
If you are considering investing in the bond market, how could information provided by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings help you?
What are ETFs?
How can mutual funds help individuals diversify their investments?
What is the difference between a bond selling at a discount and a bond selling at a premium?
What type of information do stock quotations give you?
What does buying on margin mean?
What does it mean when a stock splits?
A limit order?
What is a market order?
What is diversification?
What are the criteria for selecting investments?
How do investors normally make purchases in securities markets?
What are the different types of bonds?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of issuing bonds?
What are the differences between common and preferred stock?
What are the advantages and disadvantages to a firm of selling stock?
What is insider trading?
How are securities exchanges regulated?
What is the over-the-counter (OTC) market?
What are the different exchanges?
What are stock exchanges?
What role do investment bankers play in securities markets?
What opportunities do securities markets provide businesses and individual investors?
Explain program trading and the problems it can create.
Why do the 30 companies comprising the Dow change periodically?
What does the Dow Jones Industrial Average measure? Why is it important?
What is the key benefit to investors in investing in a mutual fund or ETF?
What are mutual funds and ETFs? How are they different?
What does buying stock on margin mean?
What is a stock split? Why do companies sometimes split their stock?
What is the primary purpose of diversifying
What are three key factors to remember in establishing your investment strategy?
What is the key advantage of investing through online brokers? What is the primary disadvantage?
Why are convertible bonds attractive to investors?
Explain the difference between an unsecured and a secured bond.
What does it mean if a firm issues a 9 percent debenture bond due in 2028?
Why are bonds considered a form of debt financing?
What are the major differences between common stock and preferred stock?
Name at least two advantages and two disadvantages of a company’s issuing stock as a form of equity financing.
What government agency oversees the securities industry? What is a prospectus?
What does NASDAQ stand for? How does this exchange work?
What are the two primary purposes of a securities exchange?
Describe how indicators like the Dow Jones Industrial Average affect the market.
Explain the investment opportunities in mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
Analyze the opportunities bonds offer as investments.
Analyze the opportunities stocks offer as investments.
Explain how to invest in securities markets and set investment objectives such as long-term growth, income, cash, and protection from inflation.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of obtaining debt financing by issuing bonds, and identify the classes and features of bonds.
Compare the advantages and disadvantages of equity financing by issuing stock, and detail the differences between common and preferred stock.
Identify the stock exchanges where securities are traded.
Describe the role of securities markets and of investment bankers.
1. 3. What major forces impact Electra (or any global producer) in trading in global markets?
1. 2. When Electra produced its bikes in Taiwan, did the company have to follow the laws of Taiwan or the laws of the United States?
1. 1. What major advantages did Electra gain by using a contract manufacturer in Taiwan to produce its bikes?
1. 4. How would you justify the use of revenue or protective tariffs in today’s global market?
1. 3. What can businesses do to prevent unexpected problems in dealing with sociocultural, economic and financial, legal and regulatory, and physical and environmental forces in global markets?
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