A stock certificate:Is always issued to the individual investor.Represents a primary claim on the firm’s assets.Represents ownership in a corporation.Is handwritten.
If you call your broker to purchase a "round lot" you are:Buying a mutual fund of 100 different stocks.Authorizing him/her to decide how many shares to buy.Negotiating commissions on future purchases and sales.Purchasing 100 shares of a specific stock.
Since the mid-1920s inflation in the United States has averaged:About 3 percent.About 7 percent.About 10 percent.About 12 percent
The total stock market (S&P 500) return during the 1990s was:Predicted by most Wall Street analysts at the beginning of the decade.Lower than the historical averageThe highest of any decade in the 20th century.Approximately the same as the total return during the 1970s.
Dividends are taxed:At the investor’s marginal income tax rate.At a maximum rate of 15%.Only when the stock is sold.Dividends are never taxed.
Disability income insurance:Can cover part of your lost income while you are disabled.Pays medical expenses associated with a disability.Should only be purchased by star athletes.Is primarily for the unemployed.
Mortgage payments:Can be completely deducted from income for tax purposes.Vary from month to month on a fixed rate loan.Represent high principal payments early in the term of the loan.Are typically tax deductible to the extent that they represent payment of interest.
The January Effect:Is the influence on the market of the mutual funds’ performance reported in December.Is another name for the Superbowl anomaly believed to affect stock prices.Is the result of several studies regarding inexplicably higher returns during January.Supports the predictabilityof cyclical prices determined by chaos theory.(Portfolio Construction, Management and Protection by Robert A. Strong, p. 182.)
