1. Which of the following is NOT one of the reasons companies decide to go public? (Read the SEC webpage linked under the "Why go public? Or not." section)

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a. To raise capital and create opportunity for future access to capital.

b. To enable the company's owners, employees and early investors to sell their stock.

c. To create publicity, brand awareness, or prestige for a company.

d. To increase flexibility in managerial decision making.

e. To attract and compensate employees with public company stock and stock-options.

2. Sort the following sectors based on dividend yield, from highest to lowest. (Based on data from the table at the bottom of "Important dividend stats")

a.Technology

b. Energy

c. Consumer Defensive

d. Consumer Cylical

3. Legally, stockholders are a corporation's ______ claimants, meaning that they are at the very bottom of the cash flow right hierarchy.