Please help with the following;

1. If a stock is trading at $50 and has a quarterly dividend of $0.55, the dividend yield on the stock is

A. 1.1%.

B. 5.0%.

C. 5.5%.

D. 4.4%.

2. If a company has 3.5 million shares outstanding at $26 per share, what is its market capitalization?

A. $26 million

B. $91.0 million

C. $3.5 million

D. $182 million

3. A written agreement that gives your common stock voting rights to someone else is known as a

A. voting assignment.

B. preemptive right.

C. proxy.

D. forfeit agreement.

4. Which of the following is false regarding earnings per share (EPS)?

A. Better-than-expected EPS will usually cause the stock price to rise.

B. Companies with higher EPS are better investments than those with lower EPS.

C. EPS provides a rough measure of a company's profitability.

D. Investors commonly use EPS in their analysis of stock investments.

5. When a stock split occurs,

A. owners of stock end up with a lower number of shares.

B. the price of the share decreases.

C. owners of stock end up with a higher number of shares.

D. the price of the share increases.

6. When you buy bonds issued by a company, you become a(n)_______ of the company.

A. partner

B. owner

C. lender

D. shareholder

7. The annual rate of return on a zero-coupon bond investment comes from the

A. interest yield and the capital gain yield.

B. interest yield.

C. tax savings.

D. capital gain yield.

8. Which of the following statements regarding bonds and inflation risk is true?

A. Rising inflation will generally cause bond prices to also rise.

B. Bonds are less influenced by inflation risk than are common stocks.

C. Long-term bonds have less inflation risk than short-term bonds.

D. Bond investors will require higher yields on bonds if inflation rises.

9. Bonds that are rated BBB or better by Standard & Poor's are referred to as

A. junk bonds.

B. recession-proof bonds.

D. investment-grade bonds.

D. risk-free bonds.

10. Nancy knows that the price of a company's preferred stock is $120, and she knows that the dividend is $23 per year. What is her dividend yield?

A. 1.9%

B. 5.2%

C. 19.2%

D. 20.8%

11. The ________ value is an arbitrary initial value assigned to the preferred stock shares at issuance.

A. par

B. call

C. perpetuity

D. coupon

12. Issuers of public securities are required to fully disclose detailed financial reports on their performance to the SEC, in a report commonly referred to as the

A. bluesky reports.

B. F1040.

C. prospectus.

D. 10-K.

13. Which stock order is likely to have the most rapid execution?

A. Market order

B. Limit order

C. Stop order

D. Margin order

14. The primary objective of ________ funds is capital appreciation.

A. target-date

B. value

C. growth

D. life-cycle

15. An example of a(n)________ fund is one that invests exclusively in securities from Europe, Australasia, and Far East.

A. SRI

B. global

C. target-date

D. international

16. Since mutual funds are investment companies, federal regulations

A. require less disclosure and reporting than is required of regular corporations.

B. require similar disclosure and reporting that is required of regular corporations.

C. does have similar disclosure rules but not require the same reporting information as regular corporations.

D. does not require financial disclosure and reporting.

17. By law, a REIT must have a(n) __________ strategy and have at least _______ stockholders.

A. buy-and-hold; 100

B. actively managed; 1,000

C. buy-and-hold; 1,000

D. actively managed; 10,000

18. Assets minus liabilities, per share, is known as the

A. return index.

B. net asset value.

C. open-end value.

D. unit investment.

19. The primary objective of a growth fund is

A. capital appreciation.

B. tax-exempt income.

C. undervalued investments.

D. income.

20. When a single company operates several separately managed mutual funds with different investment objectives, this is called a(n)

A. share class.

B. fund family.

C. fund portfolio.

D. asset class.

21. David Palmer has decided to take control of his financial life and go through his mutual fund statements. He notices his funds pay him a few pennies a month per share, but he has not seen a check for any of that money. He also notices a small fraction of a share purchased each month as well. What common feature of mutual funds is this scenario exhibiting?

A. Beneficiary designations

B. Liquidity

C. Withdrawal options

D. Dividend reinvestment

22. If a mutual fund offers more than one share class, this means:

A. this is a fund family.

B. the mutual fund is more diversified.

C. share classes differ in load and expenses.

D. each share class invests in different securities.

23. A more actively managed mutual fund will generally have a_____ expense ratio than a fund that is ____ active.

A. higher; more

B. lower; not

C. higher; less

D. lower; less

24. Financing the purchase of investment real estate with a mortgage is using

A. diversification.

B. price appreciation.

C. leverage.

D. asset allocation.

25. Which of the following are considered to be speculative investments?

A. Baa3 rated preferred stock

B. BBB- rated corporate bonds

C. Platinum

D. Blue-chip stocks