TRADING VS. INVESTING
The name of the $3 micro-cap stock featured in the unsolicited email scam.
Maxnet
In real life, modeling assumptions are described as not being this.
Absolute
A high volume of information on the internet does not guarantee these two traits
What are quality or truthfulness?
What is the tallest building in the world?
The Burj Khalifa in Dubai
The stock price per share that the unsolicited email guaranteed Maxnet Inc. would reach.
$50
The main reason assumptions are used when studying investing in the classroom
teach concepts
When evaluating any online financial information, investors must always question this about the author.
What is the author's incentive?
In The Odyssey, what is the name of Odysseus's wife?
Penelope
The final share price of Maxnet Inc. after the promoters secretly dumped their shares at a profit
0
Name two of the three key modeling variables mentioned in Slide 5 that can alter investment outputs.
investment amounts, interest rates, time, inflation
Two examples of objective financial sources listed on
SEC Filings (10-K, Prospectuses), audited financial statements, or non-biased journalism?
Which country in Africa has the highest population?
Nigeria
The term for a fraudulent scheme where promoters artificially inflate a stock price with hype before selling off their shares
What is a pump-and-dump scheme?
Changing the assumed rate of return or inflation rate produces this effect on financial modeling
changes the output of the investments
The full professional title represented by the designation CFA.
What is Chartered Financial Analyst?
What is the longest side of a right triangle called?
hypotenuse
The core reason short-term traders are more vulnerable to information manipulation than long-term fundamental investors.
What is traders focus on short-term price movements and market momentum rather than underlying business fundamentals?
The term for general economic price increases that must be factored into modeling assumptions alongside returns and contribution amounts.
inflation
The full professional titles represented by the designations CFP®, CPA, and ChFC
What are Certified Financial Planner, Certified Public Accountant, and Chartered Financial Consultant?
Which US president spoke English as a second language?
Martin Van Buren