U-Finance
Who is the external director of U-Finance?
Grant
What are 4 of the 8 iCore classes? (letters and numbers required)
As of today - MKTG 3001, IDSC 3001, ACCT 3001, BA 3001, FINA 3001, MGMT 3004, SCO 3001, and HRIR 3021.
What does the I stand for in EBIT?
Within 1 - how many majors are offered at Carlson? (undergrad)
10
Accounting, Entrepreneurial Management, Finance, Finance & Risk Management Insurance, Human Resources and Industrial Relations, International Business, Management Information Systems, Marketing, Public & Nonprofit Management, Supply Chain and Operations Management
Reflecting its headquarters at Love Field in Dallas, as well as an old marketing campaign in which in-flight snacks were called "love bites" and "love potions," LUV is the stock-ticker symbol of what directionally named airline?
Southwest
Who is the internal director of U-Finance?
Carter
Why do the stairs at Carlson start wide and get increasingly more narrow? (urban legend? idk)
Represents the best of the best coming out on top.
What credit card company adopted a gladiator or centurion into their logo in 1958?
American Express
About one third of the U.S. government's revenue came from liquor and alcohol until a 1913 Constitutional amendment allowed for a tax on what?
Income
As of 2018, the two countries hogging the most slots of the ten largest banks by assets under management are the U.S. and what European country?
Switzerland
Name 4 restaurants we cater for meetings.
Canes, Noodles, Dominos, Jimmy Johns, and Chik-fil-a can all be accepted.
Within 5 years - when was Carlson named?
1986
A 401(k) is a type of tax-advantage defined-contribution account designed to help you save for what?
Retirement
What multinational financial services company, founded by its namesake investor in 1971 in San Francisco, offers banking and wealth management services, as well as a stock trading platform? It advertises its quality advice, with commercials stating “talk to Chuck.”
Charles Schwab
Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Michael Lewis, what 2015 film stars Christian Bale and Steve Carell as financiers who play the market in the years leading to the 2007 housing-market crash?
The Big Short
Who is the head of member engagement?
Kayla
What room are we in?
CSOM 1-127
Which type of stock is higher-up on the chain of claim than common stock, but not as high up as bonds?
Preferred Stock
In the insurance business, what is the name for a person whose job it is to analyze statistics to calculate risks and price premiums accordingly?
Actuary
On September 12, 2008 a collection of high-powered financiers gathered to (unsuccessfully) find an acquirer for what New York bank whose collapse accelerated the onset of the financial crisis?
Lehman Brothers
Name 1 former treasurer of U-Finance
Carter, Jordan, or Thiago
Within 5 - how many breakout rooms are in Carlson?
35
The emerging technology known as DeFi intends to place power into the hands of users without the need of Financial Institutions such as banks or exchanges. What is the full two-word name of DeFi?
Decentralized Finance
1. What does IB stand for?
2. What does NOPAT stand for?
Investment Banking
Net Operating Profit After Taxes
What is the 3rd largest retailer in the US? Hint: Think red
Costco