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