Amy Farmer just received a legal form in the mail from a firm in which she owns stock. This form lists the issues to be decided at the annual stockholders' meeting and asks her to give written permission for someone else to vote for her if she cannot attend. What form has she received in the mail? (Points : 1) equity proxy voting rights dividends call option

Question 2. 2. Acme Widget, Inc. has one million shares of common stock outstanding at a price per share of $85. The company earned $5 million after taxes. The annual dividend is $3.50 per share. The firm has assets of $125,000,000 and liabilities of $25,000,000. What is the dividend yield? (Points : 1)

3.50 percent 1.43 percent 5.00 percent 4.12 percent 3.44 percent

Question 3. 3. A stock that remains stable during declines in the economy is called a(n) ____________ stock. (Points : 1)

defensive cyclical growth income blue-chip

Question 4. 4. Which type of risk affects only a specific company or a specific industry? (Points : 1)

interest rate systematic unsystematic economic inflation

Question 5. 5. The management fee for most mutual funds ranges between ______ percent. (Points : 1)

0.25 to 1.5 1.5 to 3 3 to 4 5 to 6 1/2 7 to 8 1/2

Question 6. 6. Which one of these is not an example of systematic risk? (Points : 1)

recession inflation political upheaval such as war decline in the auto industry decline in national economy

Question 7. 7. Which type of mutual fund invests primarily in high-yield, high-risk corporate bonds? (Points : 1)

junk bond fund intermediate corporate bond fund municipal bond fund short-term government bond fund world bond fund

Question 8. 8. Which one of the following statements is true? (Points : 1)

All local newspapers contain information on bond prices. In bond quotations, prices are given as a percentage of the bond's face value. The face value for most corporate bonds is $5,000. To find the market price of a corporate bond, you must contact the corporation that originally issued the bond. To find the market price of a corporate bond, you must call a stockbroker.

Question 9. 9. Jeff Goldblum has just purchased a security which has no maturity date and no promised payments. He can recoup his investment by either selling the security to another individual or to the issuer, if the issuer ever makes an offer to buy it. What type of security did Jeff purchase? (Points : 1)

stock option corporate bond government bond preferred stock common stock