1. Finance 101
Which financial metric is calculated by dividing a company's market capitalization by its net income?
P/E
Which investment bank collapsed in September 2008, filing what was then the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history?
Lehman Brothers
Is Warren Buffett technically the founder of Berkshire Hathaway?
No. It existed long before he acquired control.
Which Canadian prime minister appears on the current $5 banknote?
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
What Company had the most MRIC interns
KPMG
Which financial statement records a company's assets, liabilities, and shareholders' equity?
Balance Sheet
Which investor made approximately $1 billion betting against the British pound in 1992?
George Soros
Which 17th-century trading company is widely regarded as the first company to issue publicly traded shares on a modern stock exchange?
Dutch East India Company
How many months have 28 days?
all 12
Which sector currently has the most analysts?
Diversified
What ratio measures excess return per unit of total portfolio volatility?
Sharpe Ratio
Which mathematician founded Renaissance Technologies, a quantitative hedge fund famous for its Medallion Fund?
Jim Simons
Under common investment banking modelling conventions, hardcoded numerical assumptions are displayed in this font colour.
Blue
Two people are born on the same day, same year, and from the same mother, but they aren't twins. How?
They're triplets (or another multiple birth).
what stock did we pitch at open house
Lyft
In a DCF valuation, increasing the WACC while holding everything else constant has what effect on enterprise value?
Decreases it
Which American company was the first to achieve a market capitalization of $1 trillion during intraday trading in August 2018?
Apple
Can a company increase EPS without increasing its total net income?
Yes. By reducing its weighted-average shares outstanding through buybacks
In The Wolf of Wall Street, what is the name of the brokerage firm founded by Jordan Belfort?
Stratton Oakmont
who is the oldest member
AJ
A company has a beta of 1.4. The risk-free rate is 4%, and the expected market return is 9%. Using CAPM, what is its cost of equity?
11%
Which famous economist wrote The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money in 1936?
John Maynard Keynes
Can a company have positive EBITDA but negative operating cash flow?
Yes. Working-capital requirements, interest, taxes, and other cash items can contribute.
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
Hydrogen
who is the most rowdy memeber?
TANVIR