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Fundamentals Of Investing
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Fundamentals of Investing

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Fundamentals of Investing, 13e (Smart)
Chapter 2 Securities Markets and Transactions

2.1 Learning Goal 1

1) Stocks, bonds and mutual fund shares are bought and sold in the capital market.
Answer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

2) Capital markets deal exclusively in stock. Money markets deal exclusively in debt
instruments.
Answer: FALSE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

3) Primary markets deal in the stocks of larger, well-known companies; secondary markets deal
in the stocks of smaller, less well-known companies.
Answer: FALSE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

4) Short-term securities are bought and sold in the A) capital market.
B) primary market.
C) money market.
D) stock market.
Answer: C
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)

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Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1
5) The governmental agency that oversees the capital markets is the A)
Federal Trade Commission.
B) Federal Reserve.
C) Securities and Exchange Commission.
D) Fair Trade and Banking Agency.
Answer: C
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

6) Stocks purchased in the secondary market are purchased A)
directly from the issuing corporation.
B) from other investors.
C) from small, little-known brokerages.
D) indirectly through financial institutions.
Answer: B
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

7) Stocks and bonds are traded in A)
securities and exchange commissions.
B) money markets.
C) federal trade commissions.
D) capital markets.
Answer: D
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

8) The primary market tends to be more active when
A) the economy is slowing and stock prices are falling.

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B) the economy is expanding and stock prices are rising.
C) interest rates are rising.
D) early in the calendar year.
Answer: B
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: New Question
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 1

2.2 Learning Goal 2

1) Underwriters are responsible for promoting and facilitating the sale of securities.
Answer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

2) The preliminary version of a prospectus is called a red herring.
Answer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

3) The purpose of the "quiet period" a company must observe from the time it files a registration
statement with the SEC until after an IPO is complete is to assure that all investors receive the
same information.
Answer: TRUE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: New Question
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

4) IPOs are typically underpriced so that the price rises during the first few days of trading.
Answer: TRUE
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Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

5) IPOs are relatively safe investments.
Answer: FALSE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

6) The price of stock sold in an IPO is set by bids submitted in the month before trading begins.
Answer: FALSE
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: New Question
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

7) Which one of the following statements concerning the primary market is correct? A) A
transaction in the primary market is between two private stockholders.
B) The first public sale of a company's stock in the primary market is called a seasoned new
issue.
C) The first public sale of a company's stock is called an IPO.
D) A rights offering is a direct sale of stock to an institution that participates in the primary
market. Answer: C
Learning Outcome: F-01 Describe the different financial markets and the role of the financial
managers
AACSB: 8 Application of knowledge (Able to translate knowledge of business and management
into practice)
Question Status: Previous Edition
Learning Goal: Learning Goal 2

8) A rights offering is the
A) initial offering of securities to the public.
B) offering of new securities to current shareholders on a pro-rata basis.
C) sale of newly issued shares of stock to the general public.
D) sale of securities directly to a select group of investors.
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