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Busn 201 - Chap 19

Understanding Securities and Investments

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Independent dealers who own the securities that they buy and sell are traded: Over the counter market.
A ________ is a bond for which no specific property is pledged as collateral. Debenture.
________ are stocks and bonds representing secured, or asset-based, claims by investors against issuers. Securities.
Agreements to purchase specified amounts of commodities at a given price on a set future date are known as: Future contracts.
What types of investments would be most likely for a mutual fund with a safety strategy? Treasury Bills.
Which term identifies a period of upward moving stock prices? Bull market.
Before a corporation sells securities, that corporation is required by law to offer future investors the opportunity to read through a document, which contains complete information on both the new issue and the corporation called? Prospectus.
Which of the following statements about short selling is false? short selling involves selling a security that you do not own by borrowing it from your broker.
A(n) ________ is an order to a stock broker to sell a security if its price falls to or below a specified amount. Stop order.
The illegal practice of using special knowledge about a firm that is not available to the general public for making profits in the stock market is Insider trading.
What are securities? Stocks and bonds that can be bought and sold.
Secondary securities? The sale and purchase of previously issued stocks and bonds.
What is par value? The arbitrary value of stock set by the issuing companies board of directories and stated on stock certificates.
What is market value? The current price of one share of a stock in the secondary securities market.
What is book value? Value of a common stock expressed as total stockholders equity/ number of shares of stock.
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