Chapter 2 (Investment)
Chapter 2 (Investment)
Chapter 2 (Investment)
Fundamentals of Investing,
Chapter 2 Securities Markets and Transactions
1) Stocks, bonds and mutual fund shares are bought and sold in the capital market.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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2) Capital markets deal exclusively in stock. Money markets deal exclusively in debt
instruments.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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3) Primary markets deal in the stocks of larger, well-known companies; secondary markets deal
in the stocks of smaller, less well-known companies.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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1) Underwriters are responsible for promoting and facilitating the sale of securities.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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3) The purpose of the "quiet period" a company must observe from the time it files a
registration statement with the SEC until after an IPO is complete is to assure that all investors
receive the same information.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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4) IPOs are typically underpriced so that the price rises during the first few days of trading.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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6) The price of stock sold in an IPO is set by bids submitted in the month before trading begins.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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7) Which one of the following statements concerning the primary market is correct?
A) A transaction in the primary market is between two private stockholders.
B) The first public sale of a company's stock in the primary market is called a seasoned new
issue.
C) The first public sale of a company's stock is called an IPO.
D) A rights offering is a direct sale of stock to an institution that participates in the primary
market.
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10) The document that describes the issuer of a security's management and financial position is
known as a
A) balance sheet.
B) 10-K report.
C) prospectus.
D) red herring.
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11) Companies offering their stock to the public for the first time usually seek the assistance of
A) investment bankers.
B) the Securities and Exchange Commission.
C) the Federal Reserve Bank.
D) prospectors.
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13) Investment bankers who join together to share the financial risk associated with buying an
entire issue of new securities and reselling them to the public is called a(n)
A) selling group.
B) tombstone group.
C) underwriting syndicate.
D) primary market group.
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14) Describe the initial public offering (IPO) process and explain the role of the underwriter,
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and the red herring.
Answer: The underwriter is responsible for promoting the stock and facilitating the sale of the
company's IPO shares. The SEC approves the registration statement including the prospectus.
This statement includes the key aspects of the issue, the issuer, the company management, and
the financial position of the company. The SEC does NOT recommend the investment nor offer
an opinion on the value of the stock. The red herring is the preliminary prospectus issued on
tentative offerings. The prospectus has red lettering on the front cover.
15) Explain the role of investment bankers and brokerage firms in the issuance of new
securities.
Answer: An investment banker assumes the role of the underwriter and bears the risk of
reselling the securities purchased from an issuing corporation. The investment banker earns a
profit by reselling at a price higher than the price paid to the issuer. Brokerage firms form a
selling group with each firm accepting responsibility for selling a portion of the newly issued
securities. The brokerage firms also earn a profit if they can resell the shares at a price higher
than their purchase price.
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3) Firms that list their stock on an exchange can be delisted for failing to meet the requirements
of the exchange.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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4) The NYSE is part of the world's largest international trading network known as NYSE
Euronext.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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5) Exchange traded funds (ETFs) perform like a broad market index but are bought and sold like
individual stocks.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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7) Securities that trade in the over-the-counter market are called unlisted securities.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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10) Federal laws that control the sale of securities are called blue sky laws.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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11) Federal securities laws are designed to protect financial institutions.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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12) Stocks of many large foreign companies such as Toyota trade on the NYSE as well as on
exchanges in their own country.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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15) Which one of the following statements about the NYSE is correct?
A) Each member of the exchange owns a trading post.
B) Any listed stock may be traded at any of 20 trading posts.
C) Brokerage firms are only permitted to have one individual trading on the floor of the
exchange.
D) Buy orders are filled at the lowest price and sell orders are filled at the highest price.
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16) In recent years, trading in secondary markets has increasingly become a function of
A) securities exchanges.
B) dealer markets.
C) technology that by-passes both brokers and dealers.
D) broker-dealer markets using consolidated venues and technologies.
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18) Which of the following are correct statements concerning the NYSE?
I. Each stock has a designated location, called a post, at which its shares are traded.
II. The NYSE is a dealer market.
III. Supply and demand determines the price of each security.
IV. A specialist buys and sells to maintain a market for a particular security.
A) I and II only
B) I and III only
C) I, III and IV only
D) I, II, III and IV
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19) A market where securities are are bought from or sold to a market maker is known as a
A) broker market.
B) dealer market.
C) exchange floor.
D) board of exchange.
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21) Which of the following is currently a requirement for a stock to be listed on the NYSE?
A) A price of at least $10 per share.
B) Three consecutive years of profitable operations.
C) Gross revenue of at least $15,000,000.
D) Total value of shares available for public trading (float) of $15,000,000.
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22) The dominant exchange for trading options contracts is the ________. The dominant
player in the trading of futures contracts is ________.
A) NYSE; Nasdaq OMX BX
B) PHLX; CBOE
C) CBOE; CME Group
D) ISE; CBOT
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23) Exchange traded funds are
A) mutual funds that trade on the Big Board.
B) baskets of securities that trade like a single stock.
C) index funds that trade on the NYSE.
D) groups of securities that trade only on regional exchanges.
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25) The NYSE Euronext includes exchanges in all of the following cities EXCEPT
A) Amsterdam.
B) Brussels.
C) Paris.
D) Tokyo.
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26) The purpose of the Intermarket Trading System is to link major exchanges and dealer
markets to
A) eliminate competition between brokers and dealers.
B) allow brokers and dealers to make transactions at the best price.
C) allow individual to compare the prices offered by various dealers and brokers.
D) allow individual investors to traded directly with each other.
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28) The automated system for trading highly active OTC securities is the
A) Big Board.
B) Kansas City Board.
C) Chicago Board of Trade.
D) NASDAQ.
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31) The price an individual investor will pay to purchase a stock in the OTC market is the
A) spread.
B) ask price.
C) bid price.
D) broker price.
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I. investor pessimism
II. government stimulus
III. economic recovery
IV. low inflation
A) I and II only
B) II and III only
C) I, II and III only
D) II, III and IV only
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I. investor pessimism
II. rising profits
III. economic slowdown
IV. rising security price
A) I and III only
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B) II and III only
C) I, II and III only
D) II, III and IV only
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34) There are many differences between broker markets and dealer markets. These differences
include such things as membership, location, regulation, and several other characteristics.
Discuss at least five key differences between these two markets.
Answer: BROKER MARKETS—listing requirements, central physical location, members own
seats, transactions occur through an auction process, specialists maintain fair and orderly
markets, limited securities traded, limited number of securities traded, brokers charge
commission to execute trades; largest in terms of dollar volume.
DEALER MARKETS—unlisted securities, most bonds traded here, primary and secondary
market, decentralized locations, NASD membership required to trade; dealers make profit from
bid/ask spread; largest in terms of number of companies.
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3) Participation in foreign stock markets is complicated and expensive for American investors.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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4) The U.S. stock markets tend to produce the highest rate of return each year.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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D) limits the diversification amongst industries.
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I. Brazil
II. China
III. Russia
IV. South Korea
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11) Assume the foreign exchange rate for the euro was U.S. $1.00 = .91 euro last month. This
month, the exchange rate is U.S. $1.00 = .88 euro. This information indicates that over the past
month the
A) U.S. dollar remained unchanged relative to the euro.
B) U.S. dollar appreciated relative to all foreign currencies.
C) euro appreciated relative to the dollar.
D) euro depreciated relative to the dollar.
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12) Assume the foreign exchange rate for the euro was U.S. $1.00 = .91 euro last month. This
month, the exchange rate is U.S. $1.00 = .88 euro. All things equal, the dollar value of
European stocks
A) decreased.
B) increased.
C) stayed the same.
D) would vary depending on the country.
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15) Kayla invested $3,000 and purchased shares of a German corporation when the exchange
rate was $1.00 = .91 euro. After six months, she sold all of the shares for 3,180 euros, when the
exchange rate was $1.00 = .88 euro. No dividends were paid during the time Heidi owned the
shares of stock. What is the amount of Kayla's gain or loss on this investment?
A) $613.64 loss
B) $613.64 gain
C) $497.60 loss
D) $497.60 gain
1) After hours markets tend to be less volatile and more liquid than the regular trading sessions.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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2) SEC regulations strictly prohibit trading outside the normal hours of 9:30 A.m. to 4:00 P.M.
EST.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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4) Research indicates that investors are more likely to overreact to news when trading after
hours.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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5) Insider trading is the use of nonpublic information about a security to gain a profit.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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6) The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 strengthens accounting disclosure requirements and ethical
guidelines for financial officers.
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Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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7) Which of the following characteristics apply to trading before and after regular hours?
I. Most after hours trades match a bid price to a corresponding offer price.
II. Most brokerage firms require individual investors to place only market orders for after-
hours trades.
III. Electronic Communications Networks (ECNs) play a key role in after hours trading.
IV. After-hours trading begins at 4:00 P.M. and ends at 9:30 A.M. eastern time.
A) II and IV only
B) I, II and III only
C) I and IV only
D) I, III and IV only
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10) An act explicitly defining and prohibiting insider trading was passed in
A) 1934.
B) 1975.
C) 1988.
D) 2002.
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11) Which of the following are provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002?
A) II and IV only
B) I, II and III only
C) I and IV only
D) I, II and IV only
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13) Which of the following practices is prohibited by the Insider Trading and Fraud Act of
1988?
A) the use of nonpublic information to make profitable stock transactions
B) selling of stock by officers of the company
C) the granting of stock options to corporate executives in lieu of salaries
D) private sales of stock between executives of the company
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4) Short selling involves the sale of depreciated stock at a price below the amount borrowed on
margin.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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5) When a person sells a common stock short, she or he is betting that the price of the stock will
fall.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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6) Losses on a stock purchase are limited to the price of the stock, but losses on a short sale are
potentially unlimited.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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7) The minimum initial margin requirement for both long and short positions is set by the
Federal Reserve Board and currently is 50%.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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8) A brokerage firm may set a higher margin requirement than that set by the Federal Reserve
Board.
Answer: TRUE or FALSE
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9) The purchase of stock with cash in the hope of earning a capital gain is known as taking a
A) long position in the stock.
B) short position in the stock.
C) long, margined position in the stock.
D) short, margined position in the stock.
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10) Which one of the following statements about margin trading is correct?
A) The Federal Reserve sets the minimum margin requirement for margin trading.
B) If Fred buys $1,000 worth of stock using 60% margin, he will need to pay $400 in cash to
make the purchase.
C) Purchasing stocks on margin is less risky than purchasing stocks by paying cash for the
entire purchase.
D) Margin trading increases the potential profits while lowering the potential losses on a
percentage basis.
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11) Which one of the following statements about margin trading is correct?
A) The Securities Exchange Commission sets the minimum margin requirement for margin
trading.
B) If Fred buys $1,000 worth of stock using 60% margin, he will need to pay $600 in cash to
make the purchase.
C) Margin traders are willing to accept lower return to reduce their risk.
D) Margin traders are pessimistic about the future price of the stock.
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12) Megan bought 200 shares of stock at a price of $10 a share. She used her 70% margin
account to make the purchase. Megan sold her stock after a year for $12 a share. Ignoring
margin interest and trading costs, what is Megan's return on investor's equity for this
investment?
A) 67%
B) 29%
C) 14%
D) 10%
13) Joseph bought 100 shares of stock at a price of $24 a share. He used his 70% margin
account to make the purchase. Joseph sold his stock after a year for $20 a share. Ignoring
margin interest and trading costs, what is Joseph's return on investor's equity for this
investment?
A) -17%
B) -24%
C) 24%
D) -56%
14) Michael purchased 1000 shares of stock at a price of $16 a share. He utilized his 50%
margin account to make the purchase. What is Michael's initial equity in this investment?
A) -$16,000
B) $16,000
C) $8,000
D) -$8,000
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15) Jessica purchased 200 shares of stock at $38 using her 70% margin account. Her
maintenance margin is 40%. Jessica has no other securities in her account. At what price will
she receive a margin call?
A) $26.60
B) $19.00
C) $11.40
D) $7.60
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17) Emily bought 200 shares of ABC Co. stock for $29.00 per share on 60% margin. Assume
she holds the stock for one year and that her interest costs will be $80 over the holding period.
Ignoring commissions, what is her percentage return (loss) on invested capital if the stock price
went down 10%?
A) -32%
B) -19%
C) -16%
D) -10%
18) Gerry bought 100 shares of stock for $30.00 per share on 70% margin. Assume Gerry holds
the stock for one year and that his interest costs will be $45 over the holding period. Gerry also
received dividends amounting to $0.30 per share. Ignoring commissions, what is his percentage
return on invested capital if he sells the stock for $34 a share?
A) 106.17%
B) 20.48%
C) 18.33
D) 9.16%
19) Justin just made a margin purchase of 100 shares of DEF Corp. for $22.50 per share. The
initial margin is 70%. The maintenance margin is 30%. How low can the price of each share of
DEF be before Justin will have to add equity to his account?
A) $4.73
B) $5.25
C) $6.75
D) $9.64
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21) If an investor does not respond to a margin call, the broker will
A) sell enough of the investor's holdings that the margin account can be closed.
B) sell some of the investor's holdings to cover the margin call.
C) notify the Federal Reserve so they can cover the call.
D) sell all of the investor's holdings and close their brokerage account.
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A) I and II only
B) III and IV only
C) I, II and IV only
D) I, II, III only
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24) Jocelyn sells short 1000 shares of JKLO stock at $31.25 per share and six months later
purchases the shares at $29.00 each. Ignoring margin interest and brokerage fees, Nancy will
A) earn a total profit of $3,125.
B) lose a total of $2,900.
C) earn a total profit of $2,250.
D) Lose a total of $2,250.
25) Which of the following statements about short selling is (are) true?
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26) Last week, Seward Company stock was selling at $66 a share when Ryan sold 300 shares
of the stock short. Today Ryan bought 300 shares of the same stock at a price of $70.00 share
to cover his position. Ignoring trading costs, what is the dollar return on Ryan's investment?
A) $1,200
B) -$400
C) $400
D) $-1,200
27) Aria has heard a rumor that a major food company will be forced to recall millions of jars
of peanut butter. due to contamination If the rumors are true, the company's stock price will
decline sharply. Which one of the following strategies would allow Jennifer to earn a profit if
the rumor proves to be true?
A) Take a long position in the stock today.
B) Sell the stock short today.
C) Buy the stock on margin today.
D) Take a long position in the stock one month from today.
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