The style of fund management that requires a great degree of research and attempts to beat the market.
What is active management?
100
Warren Buffett is known as on of the best American investors of all time. He is also acting CEO of this company.
What is Berkshire Hathaway?
100
This man, most commonly known for his role as the Federal Reserve Chairman, has been in the news recently warning that the impending fiscal cliff could lead the U.S. back into recession.
Who is Ben Bernanke?
100
This man is the current prime minister of Israel. He has been in the news recently due to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza.
Who is Benjamin Netanyahu?
100
This actor is playing Abe Lincoln in the recently released Steven Speilberg film.
Who is Daniel Day Lewis?
200
The ability of an asset to be turned to cash.
What is liquidity?
200
Current CEO of technology giant formerly led by Steve Jobs.
Who is Tim Cook?
200
This company was just awarded the patent for the virtual page turn.
What is Apple?
200
China's recent power transition has resulted in a shift of power from Hu Jintao to this new leader.
Who is Xi Jinping?
200
This Boston Celtics guard is chasing a double-digit assist record with a current streak of 34 games. He is third in NBA history behind John Stockton (37) and Magic Johnson (46).
Who is Rajon Rondo?
300
The average movement in the price of data over a period of time, adjusted so more weight is put on recent data.
What is exponential moving average?
300
This British entrepreneur runs a portfolio of companies ranging from airlines to music.
Who is Sir Richard Branson?
300
This company has recently been in negotiations with the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco and Grain Millers Union due to union strikes. (Hint: Think Twinkies.)
What is Hostess?
300
This city, Brazil's largest, has been in the news recently due to an increase in violent crime. (Hint: It is also a rare city in that outdoor advertising is banned here.)
What is Sao Paulo?
300
This singer just wont artist of the year at the American Music Awards. (The shows viewership also fell 21% from 2011 to a historical low.)
Who is Justin Beiber?
400
The financial ratio that measures company profitability or how much profit is generated by shareholder investment.
What is return on equity?
400
Robert A. Iger leads this American entertainment icon. In his time managing he has overseen many acquisitions, most recently including the 2009 take-over of the Marvel brand.
What is the Walt Disney Company?
400
This company claims they were misinformed regarding their $11.1 billion acquisition of UK software maker Autonomy. CEO Meg Whitman says Autonomy's revenue and profit numbers were inflated during the negotiation. The problems have resulted in a large quarterly loss.
What is Hewlett-Packard?
400
Ma Ying-jeou, leader of this country, was first elected in 2008. Since then his popular satisfaction rating has plummeted to a record low 13%. (Hint: Exports account for 70% of GDP here.)
400
Kevin Clash, most well-known as the voice of this lovable character in an iconic kids' show, resigned this week after a lawsuit accusing him of an inappropriate sexual relationship.
Who is Elmo?
500
The number that correlates to the volatility of an asset, where 1.2 means a stock is 20% more volatile than the market.
What is beta?
500
Marissa Mayer, former Google executive, is now the acting CEO at this technology company. The company was #483 on the Fortune 500 list last year.
What is Yahoo?
500
This hedge fund company has been in the news due to a pending insider trading case rooted in losses avoided by access to clinical trial results of an Alzheimer drug.
What is SAC Capital Advisors?
500
Economists speculate this country is slowly heading toward crisis. The public debt is at 90% of GDP, but it is the world's 5th biggest economy.
What is France?
500
This upcoming film based on a novel of the same name will be released later this month. It tells the story of a young man who survives an accident and finds himself on a lifeboat with strange company including a zebra and bengal tiger.