Economics 101
Securities & Exchanges
Evaluating Corporate Structure
Financial Statements & Ratios
Reporting Requirements
100

A country has a trade ___ if it has a higher credit balance and exports more than it imports

Surplus

100

These types of bonds are quoted in 1/8th increments

Corporate bonds

100

The IRS requires REITS must invest at least this percentage of their total assets in real estate (for equity REITS)

75%

100

(Current assets – inventory) / Current liabilities

Quick Ratio (acid test)

100

This form must be filled out to begin the registration process for a new FINRA representative

U-4

200

In a deflationary environment, the purchasing power of a fixed income investment would ____

Increase

200

A company has a market cap of $290,978,427.69 typically falls under this “size” classification

Micro-Cap

200

SEC defines anyone with beneficial ownership of at least this percentage of a company’s voting shares

10%

200

Market Risk Premium

(Rm - Rf)

200

This important SEC bylaw provides the conditions for public companies who wish to raise funds through a private placement

Regulation D

300

Derivatives and bonds are most typically traded through this type of exchange

OTC

300

These represent ownership in the shares of a non-US company that trades in U.S. financial markets

American Depositary Receipts

300

An individual with financial assets of $33MM would be classified as which of the following: poor net worth; large net worth; high net worth; very high net worth, or ultra high net worth;

Very high net worth

300

NOI / Annual Debt Payment

Debt Coverage Ratio

300

Form S-4 is a filing by publicly traded companies used to register any material information related to these types of business activities

Mergers & Acquisitions

400

Examples of this type of economic indicator include GDP, industrial production index, and capacity utilization index

Coincident indicator

400

Dividend Payment process – arrange the following dates in the correct order: Record Date; Ex-Dividend Date; Declaration Date; Payable Date

  • Declaration date
  • Ex-dividend rate
  • Record Date
  • Payable Date
400

Qualified Institutional Buyers include insurance companies, investment companies, employee benefit plans, investment advisors, investment companies and trust funds holding at least $_______ MM of securities

$100MM

400

This financial formula is used to derive return on equity, serving an important purpose in DCF analysis

CAPM

400

This form is used to notify the public of current events within the company

Form 8-K

500

_____ _____ is a tactic used to influence and pressure, but not force, banks into adhering to policy

Moral Suasion

500

Equation for Yield to Maturity

YTM = 

(annual interest + (discount or premium/Years to Maturity))

/

(Par value + Market Price)/2

500

A reverse triangular merger is the formation of a new company that occurs when an acquiring company creates a subsidiary, the subsidiary purchases the target company and the subsidiary is then absorbed by the target company.  As long as at least ___% of the consideration is paid in stock, the selling shareholders are only taxed on the cash portion of the consideration

80%

500

EBIT – Taxes + Depreciation + Amortization - CAPEX + Change in Working Capital

Free cash flow

500

In order to qualify for the Rule 147 intrastate offerings exemption, this percentage of the company’s gross revenues, assets, and offering proceeds must be domiciled within the state

80%

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