Managing Government Operating Funds
This type of account is typically used by a government entity to manage daily operating expenses.
What is a general fund?
This is the state agency responsible for overseeing compliance with the Utah Money Management Act.
What is the Utah State Treasurer’s Office/Utah Money Management Council.
This movie shows a group of people predicting the 2008 housing crash and making money from it.
What is The Big Short?
This global health crisis in 2020 caused lockdowns and major economic disruptions worldwide.
What is the COVID-19 pandemic?
The Fed's first mandate is employment, which is measure by this rate.
What the Unemployment Rate?
This document outlines allowable investments for a government entity.
What is an Investment Policy?
This conservative investment vehicle is commonly used by municipalities to earn interest on idle cash while preserving liquidity.
What is a money market fund/PTIF?
This group, created by the Utah Money Management Act, establishes rules and approves public investment options.
What is the Money Management Council?
In this classic film, a rich stockbroker says “Greed is good.”
What is Wall Street?
This 2008 crisis began with the collapse of the U.S. housing market and spread globally, causing a severe recession.
What is the Global Financial Crisis?
The Fed's focus has been on the "transitory" second mandate.
What is inflation?
Public entities often use this to ensure that funds are protected above FDIC limits.
What is collateralization?
This acronym refers to a set of standards used in governmental accounting and financial reporting.
What is GAAP?
This report is due on a bi-annual basis and is submitted to the Utah treasurer's website.
What is the Deposit and Investment Report/D&I Report.
This movie is about a company trying to stop a financial disaster in one night.
What is Margin Call?
In 1987, this sudden and steep stock market drop shocked investors worldwide on one day known as what?
What is Black Monday?
The FOMC has cut this rate by 1% beginning in September of 2024, and the market is expecting two more cuts by the end of the calendar year.
What is the Fed Funds Rates?
This financial practice is key to spreading risk amongst different sectors and issuers in public fund investing.
What is diversification?
This type of risk refers to the potential loss of purchasing power due to rising prices over time, impacting fund performance.
What is inflation risk?
This type of account is required for public treasurers to deposit public funds.
What is a qualified depository account?
This movie is about a wild stockbroker who makes a lot of money illegally.
What is The Wolf of Wall Street?
This early 2000s event saw the rapid rise and fall of internet company stocks, leading to a major market crash.
What is the dot-com bubble burst?
In April of 2025, President Trump stated this form of tax would usher in liberation day for the United States.
What are tariffs?
This County went bankrupt in 1994 due to leverage in their in investments and other bad practices.
Who is Orange County?
These are the three primary objectives in an investment policy for government investment programs.
What are safety, liquidity, and yield?
This term refers to public entities being able to convert investments into cash within a short time frame.
What is liquidity?
In this funny movie, two men switch lives as part of a bet by rich investors.
What is Trading Places?
This 1929 event is known for triggering the start of the Great Depression in the United States.
What is the Stock Market Crash of 1929?
While this curve has been inverted for longer than 2 years, it is generally upward slopping, with shorter dated rates yielding less than longer dated rates.
What is the Yield Curve?
What financial strategy balances the timing of expenses with the timing of revenue?
What is Cash flow matching?