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