TRADING VS. INVESTING
FINANCIAL MODELING & ASSUMPTIONS
NAVIGATING INFORMATION & CREDENTIALS
FUN
100

 The name of the $3 micro-cap stock featured in the unsolicited email scam.  

Maxnet

100

In real life, modeling assumptions are described as not being this.  

Absolute

100

A high volume of information on the internet does not guarantee these two traits

What are quality or truthfulness?

100

What is the tallest building in the world?

The Burj Khalifa in Dubai

200

The stock price per share that the unsolicited email guaranteed Maxnet Inc. would reach.

$50

200

 The main reason assumptions are used when studying investing in the classroom

teach concepts

200

When evaluating any online financial information, investors must always question this about the author.

 What is the author's incentive?

200

In The Odyssey, what is the name of Odysseus's wife?

Penelope

300

The final share price of Maxnet Inc. after the promoters secretly dumped their shares at a profit

0

300

 Name two of the three key modeling variables mentioned in Slide 5 that can alter investment outputs.

investment amounts, interest rates, time, inflation

300

Two examples of objective financial sources listed on

 SEC Filings (10-K, Prospectuses), audited financial statements, or non-biased journalism?

300

Which country in Africa has the highest population?

Nigeria

400

The term for a fraudulent scheme where promoters artificially inflate a stock price with hype before selling off their shares

 What is a pump-and-dump scheme?  

400

Changing the assumed rate of return or inflation rate produces this effect on financial modeling

changes the output of the investments

400

The full professional title represented by the designation CFA.  

What is Chartered Financial Analyst?

400

What is the longest side of a right triangle called?

hypotenuse

500

 The core reason short-term traders are more vulnerable to information manipulation than long-term fundamental investors.

What is traders focus on short-term price movements and market momentum rather than underlying business fundamentals?

500

The term for general economic price increases that must be factored into modeling assumptions alongside returns and contribution amounts.  

inflation

500

The full professional titles represented by the designations CFP®, CPA, and ChFC

What are Certified Financial Planner, Certified Public Accountant, and Chartered Financial Consultant?

500

Which US president spoke English as a second language?

Martin Van Buren