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FIN 437 Test 1
Question | Answer |
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What happened to Goldman Sachs in 2008 | Converted to a bank holding company |
What happened to Bear Stearns in 2008 | Acquired by JP Morgan Chase |
What happened to Morgan Stanley in 2008 | Converted to a bank holding company |
What happened to Lehman Brothers in 2008 | Allowed to fail |
What happened to Merrill Lynch in 2008 | Acquired by Bank of America |
Which act separated commercial banking, investment banking and insurance into three separate industries? | Glass-Steagall Act |
Which act limited the activities a company could engage in if it owned a bank | Bank Holding Company Act |
Which of the following mortgage types were offered to subprime borrowers | Interest only, and optional adjustable-rate |
The U.S. government took all of the following actions to address the credit crisis in 2008 except: | Created the Keep Banks Solvent agency |
At the end of 2008, which of the following investment banks remained "independent" | Goldman Sachs |
In 2008, the US Department of the Treasury supported financial institutions by: | Purchasing troubled assets, buying preferred stock in some institutions, issuing guarantees on money market funds, and increasing the deposit insurance limit |
Banks with __________ in assets are typically community banks | less than $1 billion |
An "independent bank" is: | not controlled by a multi-bank holding company or any other outside interest |