Finance Quizzes



Preferred-stock


August 16, 2010 | Corporate Finance

A share of stock whose fixed dividends — both past and current — must be paid in full prior to paying common stock dividends is known as what?




Quote-question

Putting the Community at Risk


Who said: It is always sound business to take any obtainable net gain, at any cost and at any risk to the rest of the community?



Money-pile

Shooting the Bull


In securities jargon, when someone is prepared to make a large purchase of a security or is bullish on a particlular stock, they are said to what?



Bank

Big Bank


According to the National Information Center of the Federal Reserve, which bank, with $2.3 trillion in assets, was the largest bank holding company in the United States as of March 31, 2010?



Now-and-then

Young Money


Which of the following entities was created last?



Futures

Underlying Value


What financial instrument is based on and gets its value from an underlying asset?



Quote-question

The Wickedest Things for the Greatest Good


Who said: Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone?



Treasury-note

Bonds, Bills and Notes


If the U.S. federal government needed to borrow money for 30 years, which of the following securities would it issue?



Quote-question

Lazy Landlords


Who said: As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed, and demand a rent even for its natural produce?



Dollars

The Buck Starts Here


What was the name of the first currency printed by the United States government?



Micro-loans

Average Microloan


According to the Mix Market, the average balance of a microloan across the 1,800+ microfinance institutions that it covers as of 2008 was approximately:






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