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100

Name the 3 main financial statements

Income Statement

Balance Sheet

Cash Flow Statement

100

What does DJIA stand for? 

Dow Jones Industrial Average

100

What do investors expect in return for taking high risks?

A larger return from their investments

100

What is it known as when investors sell a security with the intent of buying back the security at a lower price?

Shorting
100

What nation, as of January 31st, has officially left the European Union?

Britain, or United Kingdom

200

What does DCF stand for?

Discounted Cash Flow

200

What US-based security is typically used as the benchmark "risk-free" rate?

Treasury Bill, or Treasury Bond

200

Capital gains and losses are what?

A measurement of how far the value of an asset or investment deviates from its original price.

200

What is a bull and bear market?

Bull Market: A financial market of a group of securities where the securities are on the rise, or expected to increase in value.

Bear Market: The direct opposite; a market in decline.

200

This state-owned company recently had an IPO, quickly surpassing a $2 trillion valuation on its second day of trading.

Saudi Aramco 

300

On a loan, what are the restrictions the lender places on the borrower called?

Debt covenant

300

This market index measures the performance of the 500 largest companies listed on the stock market in the United States.

S&P 500

300

What does it mean to be liquid?

Assets that are easy to trade

300

What does NASDAQ stand for?

National Association of Security Dealers Automated Quotation System

300

What company, once valued as high as $47 billion, has announced a new CEO after its failed IPO?

WeWork

400
Calculation for Free Cash Flow 

EBIT*(1 - tax rate) + Depreciation/Amortization - Change in Net Working Capital - Capital Expenditure

400
What is the name of the rate that banks borrow from each other on an overnight basis? 

Federal Funds Rate, or Fed Funds Rate

400

What is amortization the process of?

Paying off debt in regular installments over a fixed period of time.

400

What is hedging?

A risk management strategy that utilizes financial instruments or market strategies to limit potential losses in investments.

400

What tech company, famous for its three-lettered company name, recently announced a new CEO?

IBM

500

Formula for WACC

Cost of Equity*E/(E+D) + Cost of Debt*(1 - tax rate)*D/(E+D)

500

What index is a popular measure of market volatility? (Hint: password for Stock Market Challenge)

The VIX, or CBOE Volatility Index
500

From most important to least important, what is the order in which companies pay their stakeholders when they declare bankruptcy?

Bondholders, preferred stockholders, stockholders

Bondholders, preferred stockholders, stockholders

500

What is an underwriter?

An investment bank that works with the issuer to determine share price, buys the security from the issuer, and sells the security to investors.

500

What two automakers have agreed to a merger valued at $50 billion? 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles & PSA Group