Know Your NM
This Term is one of four pillars NM's Products are built on and represents how we share in profits and success w/ our policyowners instead of shareholders.
What is Mutuality?
This crypto- currency trading firm declared bankruptcy in 2022/2023 after a 60% decline in crypto-currency values.
Who is FTX?
The US Men's National (USMNT) team lost to this team in the quarterfinals of the 2026 World Cups.
Who is Belgium?
This term describes securities that move in the opposite direction of an economic cycle.
What is Countercyclical?
These two components of the dividend make up nearly 65% of the dividend payout.
What are mortality and expense?
This catastrophic Wisconsin accident in 1859 killed two NM policyholdres and nearly bankrupt the company but also signified the commitment to doing the right thing for the client.
What was a train collision?
In 2009 this person pled guilty to perpetrating the largest private Ponzi scheme in history.
Who is Bernie Madoff?
This movie won 6 Oscars, including Best Picture at this years Academy Awards.
What is One Battle After Another?
This two word term describes the optimal risk versus return tradeoff of a portfolio(s).
What is the Efficient Frontier?
What was the year that Northwestern Mutual first paid out dividends?
What is 1872?
In 2021 NM passed this $ milestone for in-force death benefit.
What is $2 Trillion?
This venerable Wall Street firm declared bankruptcy in 2007 triggering the financial crisis of 2008.
What is Lehman Brothers?
American rock climber Alex Honnold (40) climbs 1,667-foot-tall skyscraper in this country, which was also livesteamed on Netflix?
What is Taiwan?
The average length of past bear markets (rounded to the nearest year).
What is 1 year? (289 days)
When a client logs on to their Client Portal and see fluctuations in their Accumulated Value (Cash value) on a day-to-day basis, this phenomenon is referred to as.
What is the Lightning Effect?
NM's industry share of the US personal life insurance market in 2025 (+/- 1%).
What is 7.5% (6 or 8%)
Fraudulent accounting practices led to this energy firm's bankruptcy in 2001, the 2nd largest in US history.
What is Enron?
In June, SpaceX made history with its IPO, raising this much money.
What is $75 Billion (note answers between $70-80B will be accepted)
The price of this type of security is derived from one or more underlying assets.
What is a Derivative?
The 2025 Dividend payout of $9.2B which was this many times higher than our nearest competitor?
What is 3 times?
NM's 2025 rank in the Fortune 500 (+/- 3 spots)
What is 109th? (106 to 112 accepted)
This crisis was triggered by a combination of predatory lending practices, securitization of subprime mortgages, and a housing market bubble.
What is the Subprime mortgage crisis (2007-2008)?
The S&P500 had the highest monthly gain during this month of 2026.
What is April?
Former Fed chair Alan Greenspan used this two-word term to describe the growing internet stock price "bubble" in the late 1990s.
What is Irrational Exuberance?
As of 2025, Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. has north of this number in Assets Under Management.
What is $400 Billion? (404B)