Please provide answer to all ques

1.

What caused the decrease in asset-backed securities issues between 2001 and 2017?

Multiple Choice

• Inefficiency in foreign markets

• Liquidity demands by shareholders

• Sale of new derivatives in foreign countries

• Loss of investor confidence

2.

Security markets provide liquidity:

Multiple Choice

• by allowing corporations to raise funds by selling new issues.

• by providing the widest range of information to investors.

• by allowing investors access to low-risk investments.

• by maintaining confidence in corporate governance of listed firms.

3.

In 2008 the world dealt with the most dramatic financial crisis since the depression and bank failures of the 1930's. This crisis occurred because of all the following except:

Multiple Choice

• increased leverage based on increasing property values in the subprime mortgage business.

• financial institutions accepted questionable credit instruments.

• there was a lack of effective oversight by the regulatory bodies.

• an increase in global interest rates.