2008 Financial Crisis
What was the 2008 financial crisis?
a. The collapse of the US
b. Contraction of liquidity in financial markets
c. All of the above
c. All of the above
Venture Capital can best be defined as
a. Capital invested in startups
b. Capital invested in public companies
c. The process of bringing a company public
a. Capital invested in startups
Which two financiers went head to head in 2013 over Herbalife share prices?
a. Bill Ackman
b. Ray Dalio
c. Warren Buffet
d. Carl Icahn
a. Bill Ackman & d. Carl Icahn
Wall St. is famous for its
a. Tech companies
b. Large brokerages and investment banks
c. Large law firms
b. Large brokerages and investment banks
How much did the global economy lose in the 2008 Financial crisis?
a. $2.9 Trillion
b. $4.0 Trillion
c. $2.0 Trillion
c. $2.0 Trillion
Which valuation method is used to value the method of an investment?
a. Discounted Cash Flow
b. Type 2 valuation model
c. Comparable Companies model
a. Discounted Cash Flow
The financial crisis spread to other countries because
a. Foreign banks held securities based on US subprime mortgages
b. Foreign banks held millions of derivative contracts based on US companies
c. Foreign countries raised federal fund rates to prevent a global crisis but in turn, failed house prices
a. Foreign banks held securities based on us subprime mortgages
The very first round of funding in venture capital is commonly known as
a. Angel Investing
b. Crowdfunding stage
c. Seed stage
c. Seed stage
Which Wall St. investor is famous for betting against Tesla?
a. George Soros
b. Kenneth fisher
c. David Einhorn
c. David Einhorn
What is the daily trading value on Wall St.
a. $200B
b. $112B
c. $900MM
a. $200B
Which large financial firm filed for Bankruptcy in 2008?
a. Lehman Brothers
b. CIT Group
c. Morgan Stanley
a. Lehman Brothers
The Average Life Cycle of a private equity fund is around?
a. 10 years
b. 2 months
c. 1 year
a. 10 years
What did the federal reserve do that resulted in adjustable mortgage interest rates skyrocketing?
a. Decreased federal fund rates
b. Raised federal fund rates
c. Issued 100,000 subprime mortgages
b. Raised federal fund rates
Which source will bring the most capital to a startup?
a. Business incubators
b. Venture capital firms
c. Angel Investors
b. Venture capital firms
Jim Simmons is best known for his?
a. Value trading strategies
b. Quantitative trading strategies
c. Risky betting strategies
b. Quantitative trading strategies
The security with interests and principal separated that the US government began issuing in 1985 is known as
a. Strips
b. Bonds
c. Dividends
a. Strips
In which Market Crash did the Dow Jones drop around 1000 points?
a. 2008 Financial crisis
b. 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic crash
c. Flash Crash of 2010
c. Flash Crash of 2010
Most Private Equity funds are set up legally as?
a. Sole Proprietorship
b. Corporations
c. Limited Partnerships
c. Limited Partnerships