If you call your broker to purchase a "round lot" you are:Buying a mutual fund of 100 different stocks.Authorizing him/her to decide how many shares to buy.Negotiating commissions on future purchases and sales.Purchasing 100 shares of a specific stock.
A 35-year old individual with 4 young children and a spouse who doesn’t work should probably consider purchasing which of the following types of insurance:Long-term care insurance.Disability insurance.Life insurance.(b) and (c).
The number of stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average is:5,000.500.30.10.
Gold may be a good investment if:Inflation is expected to increase.You like the color.World peace comes to pass.Foreign governments sell their gold reserves.
A benchmark asset, commonly considered by investors to be risk-free:Treasury Bill (T-Bill).Share of preferred stock.A EurobondA junk bond.
The net asset value (NAV) of a bond fund:Cannot be determined.Changes as interest rates change.Is determined by the average coupon rates of the bonds in the fund.Will not change as bonds in the fund are bought or sold.
Long-term care insurance:Is only for the very elderly.Can help protect assets from the cost of a nursing home stay.Is not necessary since Medicare always covers long-term care.Is always available regardless of your past health history.
The total stock market (S&P 500) return during the 1990s was:Predicted by most Wall Street analysts at the beginning of the decade.Lower than the historical averageThe highest of any decade in the 20th century.Approximately the same as the total return during the 1970s.
