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Introduction to Financial Markets
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Introductory quiz on financial markets
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1
What am I? I am a lower-to-medium risk loan made to a government or larger corporations
Equity
Trade Credit
Bank Loan
Bond
2
What is a
mortgage
?
A loan given to people with a poor credit history
A loan where property is used as collateral
A loan to a business in danger of collapsing
A loan to churches and undertakers
3
In economics, what is a bail out?
not turning up to a date because you are really nervous
state aid to a business to save it from collapse
emergency parachute descent from an aircraft.
getting shareholders to put in new capital
4
What is the most accurate definition of
hedging
?
A strategy used to reduce risk
A technique to reduce market volatility of food and energy prices
A technique used to trim trees and bushes
A strategy employed to avoid a business going bankrupt
5
What is a
green bond
?
A bond whose credit rating makes other borrowers envious
A bond used to finance solar farms and wind turbines only
A bond sold to inexperienced investors
A bond to raise money for climate and environmental projects
6
Which of the following would be counted as examples of a trading in a financial market?
Trading in insurance deals (swaps)
Trading commodities such as coffee and cocoa
Trading in crypto-currencies
Trading stocks & shares
7
Which of the following might be described as a new "challenger" bank in the UK?
Monzo
Metro Bank
HSBC
Barclays
8
This is a recent share price chart for which global business?
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Carnival Cruises
Eton X
American Airlines
9
A
sub-prime
mortgage is best defined as
A mortgage given to people with poor credit scores
A mortgage given to older people who have retired
A mortgage that is uncompetitive in terms of its interest rate
A mortgage that is repaid over many years
10
Which one of these companies' business prospects is
most closely linked
to the macroeconomic cycle?
New home construction
Food retailing (Supermarkets)
Funeral industry
Manufacturing of toilet paper
11
Which of these is a crypto-currency?
Batcoin
Ethereum
Tezos
Bozo
12
What is the precise name for items
owned
by an individual such as property and savings
Assets
Liabilities
Family Silver
Investments
13
Which of the following are registered shareholders in the
Royal Mail
?
Royal Mail Employees
DPD
Ocado
Schroder Investment Management
14
What is meant by the term
liquidity
?
How many months you have left before your house is repossessed
How much money you have in your wallet to buy a round of drinks
How easily you can persuade the Bank of Mum and Dad to lend you cash
How quickly an asset can be traded and turned into cash
15
What colour describes a well established business regarded as relatively safe by investors?
White Chip
Blue Chip
Green Chip
Black Chip
16
What is the highest credit rating that can be given for a bond or company?
BBB
AAA
A*A*A*
Junk Status
17
Which one of the following would be counted as
soft commodities
traded in markets?
Cobalt and zinc
Copper and lead
Coffee and cocoa
Gold and silver
18
What word describes a market where
stock prices are falling
and
investors are pessimistic?
Brittle Market
Bear Market
Bull Market
Battleground Market
19
Which of the following are registered shareholders in
Apple
?
BlackRock
Bill Gates
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Berkshire Hathaway
20
Where is the biggest centre in the world for trading foreign currencies and interest rate derivatives?
Frankfurt
New York
Hartlepool
London
