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1. Which one of the following statements related to common stock is correct?         Corporations are required to pay annual dividends to its common stockholders.        Corporations have the right to discontinue paying dividends.        Corporations pay dividends at the discretion of the firm's president.        Common stock is a form of corporate debt.        Common stock has a pre-defined liquidation value.

Question 2.2. Rose wants to invest in a bond fund. She is a very conservative investor with a high marginal tax rate. Which one of the following types of bond funds might be most suited for her situation?         High-yield corporate        Long-term world        Short-term municipal        Single-state corporate        Mortgage

Question 3.3. You purchased a stock for $29.40 a share, received a dividend of $0.72 per share, and sold the stock after one year for $31.30 a share. What was your dividend yield on this investment?         2.30 percent        2.38 percent        2.45 percent        2.67 percent        2.80 percent

Question 4.4. Which one of the following best describes the term "initial margin"?         Amount of money that must be deposited to open a margin account with a broker        Amount of cash that must be paid to purchase a security on margin        Amount of cash that must be paid when a broker issues a margin call        Amount of money borrowed when a security is purchased        Total loan amount offered to a customer by a brokerage firm to cover future purchases

Question 5.5. The turnover for a mutual fund refers to ______________.         the length of time an average investor holds fund shares        a measure of trading activity        replacing the fund's investment manager        the annual change in the number of shares outstanding        the percentage change in the ownership of fund shares

Question 6.6. An investment company that will repurchase shares at any time is called a(n) _____ fund.         hedge        closed-end        open-end        public        exchange traded

Question 7.7. Riverside Metals recently issued some debt that had an original maturity of nine months. This debt is best classified as a(n) __________________.        option contract        money market instrument        fixed-income security        derivative security        futures contract

Question 8.8. Brooke has decided to invest 55 percent of her money in large company stocks, 40 percent in small company stocks, and 5 percent in cash. This is a(n) _____ decision.        market timing        security selection        tax-advantaged        active strategy        asset allocation

Question 9.9. Market timing is the ________________________.         placing of an order within the last half-hour of trading for a day        period of time between the placement of a short sale and the covering of that sale        buying and selling of securities in anticipation of the overall direction of the market        staggering of either buy or sell orders to mask the total size of a large transaction        placing of trades within the last half-hour prior to the commencement of daily trading

Question 10.10. A brokerage account in which purchases can be made using credit is referred to as which type of account?         Clearing        Funds available        Cash        Call        Margin