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.
Junk bonds:Are bonds issued by junk yards.Are sometimes called "high yield bonds."Are less risky than government bonds.Are not actually bonds.
The term generally used to describe the market in which prices fully reflect all available information is:The greater fool hypothesis.Random walk hypothesis.The size-effect hypothesis.Efficient markets hypothesis.
Technical analysis is a technique based on factors that are inherent to the market and include:Number of shares sold on a specific day.Number of consecutive days of price increases of a stock.Changes in the direction of movement of a market index.All of the above
For most Americans, taxes are due on:January 1.April 1.April 15.December 31.
Of the following, the safest type of investment is:Under the mattress.An FDIC-insured CD.An international growth mutual fund.An Internet stock.
A benchmark asset, commonly considered by investors to be risk-free:Treasury Bill (T-Bill).Share of preferred stock.A EurobondA junk bond.
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.