Please complete the following investment questions:

1. Strong Corp's earnings are due to be released on 12/21/20. In order to use options to speculate on the earnings which expiration date would you chose? (multiple choice)

(A) 12/18/2020 (B) 01/07/2021

2. ABC Corp stock is priced at $20 and has a beta of 1.5. If the stock market increases by 10% XYZ Corp is expected to increase to:?

3. If the market has a price/earnings ratio of 20 (20/1), its earnings yield is ?

4. What are the two most important things when valuing any income-producing asset (select two)?

(A) The market (B) Interest rate (C) The economy (D) Cash flows