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The part of a financial system concerned with raising capital by dealing in shares, bonds, and other long-term investments.
What is Capital Markets
100
what is the Nickname for the U.S. dollar?
Greenback
100
What company announced a cyber-security breach, which it claims to have occurred between mid-May and July 2017?
Equifax -Equifax Inc. is a consumer credit reporting agency. Equifax collects and aggregates information on over 800 million individual consumers and more than 88 million businesses worldwide. Founded in 1899 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, it is the oldest of the three largest credit agencies along with Experian and TransUnion (known as the “Big Three”).Equifax has US$ 3.1 billion in annual revenue and 9,000+ employees in 14 countries. It is listed on the NYSE as EFX.
100
What is the basis that commodities futures and derivitives are traded on?
What is Margin
100
A limited partnership of investors that uses high risk methods, such as investing with borrowed money, in hopes of realizing large capital gains.
What is a Hedge fund
200
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA)?
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is a price-weighted average of 30 significant stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the NASDAQ. The DJIA was invented by Charles Dow back in 1896.
200
The exchange currency trades on?
What is FOREX(FX)
200
Trump plans to make the corporate tax rate _________ % from the current 35%.
What is 20%
200
The price of __________ is the oposite of Gold in where it may rise on positive economic data (mainly from China) and tends to fall during a global financial crisis or a chain of negative economic data from China
What is Crude Oil
200
In general, if interest rates go down, then bond prices…
Go up Justification: The cardinal rule of bonds: When interest rates fall, bond prices rise, and when interest rates rise, bond prices fall. This is because as interest rates go up, newer bonds come to market paying higher interest yields than older bonds already in the hands of investors, making the older bonds worth less.
300
What kind of trading did DOD frank get rid of?
What is Proprietary Trading
300
The Nickname for the Canadian dollar
What is The Loonie
300
What two countries have said no to Cryptocurrencies?
What is Korea and China
300
On the day of entering into the contract, what is the difference of the entry value and closing price for that day called? (In case of carry forward position, it is the difference of the market price less yesterday's closing price.)
What is Market to Market (MTM)
300
The CBOE's Volatility Index, known by its ticker symbol VIX, is a popular measure of the volatility of S&P 500 index options, calculated and published by the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE). It is colloquially referred to as the __________________
What is The Fear Guage or Fear Index
400
Why is it called a bull and bear market?
The terms "bear" and "bull" are thought to derive from the way in which each animal attacks its opponents. That is, a bull will thrust its horns up into the air, while a bear will swipe down. These actions were then related metaphorically to the movement of a market: if the trend was up, it was considered a bull market; if the trend was down, it was a bear market.
400
How does the FOREX market differ from other markets?
Unlike stocks, futures or options, currency trading does not take place on a regulated exchange. There are no clearing houses to garentee the trades. No arbitration Committees. All transactions are made on credit Agreements.
400
What major Spanish city voted to break away from Spain because they believe that Spain's central government has siphoned the region’s wealth via an unfair tax system?
What is Catalonia
400
A benchmark crude or marker crude is a crude oil that serves as a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil. What are the three primary benchmarks?
What is West Texas Intermediate (WTI), Brent Blend, and Dubai Crude.
400
TWO OF THE MOST studied capital market phenomena are the relation between an asset’s return and the ratio of its “long-run” (or book) value relative to its current market value, termed the____________ effect, and the relation between an asset’s return and its recent relative performance history, termed the _____________ effect.
What is Value and Momentum
500
Who Owns the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX)?
CME Group - The corporation was formed by the 2007 merger of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) and the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
500
Th Nickname for the New Zealand dollar
What is Kiwi
500
America imposed a preliminary 220% tariff on imports of _____'s C-Series jets. The commerce department ruled that the Canadian company benefited from improper government subsidies.
What is Bombardier
500
How much of what is traded on the CBOT actually gets delivered?
4%
500
Who is most notable for market plays including shorting MBIA's bonds during the 2008 financial crisis, his proxy battle with Canadian pacific railway, as well as his stakes into the Target Corporation, Valeant Pharmaceuticals, and Chipotle Mexican Grill?
Bill Ackman
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