a.
Actually, none of the given choices
b.
Investment Banking
c.
Venture Capital
d.
Cost of Capital
e.
Leverage Capital
Working to eliminate diseases, and help raise standards of living, and quality of life, this organization is primarily responsible for financing economic development and improving productivity by lending money to developing nations. Yet, despite its efforts it still faces criticism from many global forces. This institution is called?
a.
The World Bank
b.
Actually, all of the given choices are correct
c.
The International Monetary Fund
d.
The World Trade Organization
Sally purchased 100 shares Facebook stock when it went public for the first time at $30.00 per share and recently she decided to sell all of her 100 shares for $200.00 per share. Her profit amounts to $17,000. This amount of money, $17,000 is referred to as a?
a.
Actually, all of the given choices are correct
b.
Capital Gain
c.
Dividend
d.
Return on Capital
e.
Interest Income
(TRUE or FALSE) Savings and Loan Associations (also called S&L’s) are nonprofit, member-owned financial cooperatives that offer the full variety of banking services to their members.
a.
TRUE
b.
FALSE
(TRUE or FALSE) Although bonds are considered relatively safe investments, some investors look for higher returns through riskier high-yield bonds, which Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s rating services define as “those with high risk and high default rates” and which are ironically referred to as Junk Bonds.
a.
FALSE
b.
TRUE
(TRUE or FALSE) Simply stated, liquidity is what a business owes to others–its debts. It can be classified as short-term liquidity or long-term liquidity.
a.
FALSE
b.
TRUE
1. (TRUE or FALSE) Julio has a very successful limousine service in Staten Island. In fact even with ten (10) cars on the road, he still has to turn away calls for rides. So he approaches his bank for a $500,000 loan in order to buy ten (10) more cars. However, in order to initiate this secured loan the bank needs to lower the risk of being repaid, so Julio agrees to allow the bank place a legal lien on his garage building which is worth $1 million, so if Julio does not repay the loan, then the bank will in fact legally own the garage. In banking terms this legal transaction is referred to as collateral?
2.
This agency of the Federal Government, created in 1934, has the responsibility for regulating the various stock exchanges. Companies trading on national exchanges must register with this agency and provide it with annual updates. This agency is called?
a.
National Association of Securities Dealers
b.
Actually, all of the given choices are correct
c.
Securities and Exchange Commission
d.
Federal Trade Commission
3.
Currently in terms of trillions of dollars, the Federal Reserve along with the U.S. Treasury can create this, which is the amount of money available for people to buy goods and services. It is called?
a.
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
b.
Electronic Funds Transfer
c.
Money Supply
d.
Discount Rate
e.
Barter
4.
Money that was invested in new or emerging companies (like Intel, Apple, Facebook and Google) or newly formed companies of this 2020 era, that are perceived as having great growth and profit potential is called?
a.
Actually, none of the given choices
b.
Investment Banking
c.
Venture Capital
d.
Cost of Capital
e.
Leverage Capital
5.
Working to eliminate diseases, and help raise standards of living, and quality of life, this organization is primarily responsible for financing economic development and improving productivity by lending money to developing nations. Yet, despite its efforts it still faces criticism from many global forces. This institution is called?
a.
The World Bank
b.
Actually, all of the given choices are correct
c.
The International Monetary Fund
d.
The World Trade Organization