Distinguished-level:
Explain the meaning of Adam Smith’s term, invisible hand.
Question 6:
Hint/Suggestion IBM issuing $200 million of new common stock is an example of a
transaction in the Primary Market.
Proficient-level:
“Classify the following transactions as taking place in the primary or
secondary markets:
IBM issues $200 million of new common stock.
The New Company issues $50 million of common stock in an IPO.
IBM sells $5 million of GM preferred stock from its marketable
securities portfolio.
The Magellan Fund buys $100 million of previously issued IBM
bonds.
Prudential Insurance Co. sells $10 million of GM common
stock” (Cornett, Adair, &
Nofsinger, 2016, p. 154).
Distinguished-level:
Provide five correct responses.
Question 7: Hint/Suggestion-
Federal Funds is financial Instrument classified as a Money Market security.
Proficient-level: “Classify the following financial
instruments as money market securities or capital market securities:
Federal Funds.
Common Stock.
Corporate Bonds.
Mortgages.
Negotiable Certificates of Deposit.
U.S. Treasury Bills.
U.S. Treasury Notes.
U.S. Treasury Bonds.
State and Government Bonds” (Cornett, Adair, &
Nofsinger, 2016, p. 154).
Distinguished-level:
Provide nine correct responses.
Question 8: Hint/Suggestion
Make sure you respond to each of the 7 different types of financial
institutions reviewed in Table 6:3 of the M: Finance text
Proficient-level:
“What are the different types of financial institutions? Include a
description of the main services offered by each” (Cornett, Adair, &
Nofsinger, 2016, p. 154).
Distinguished-level:
Provide a definition of the term, liquidity.
Question 9:
Proficient-level: “List and provide the definitions of the
six factors that determine the nominal interest rate on a security”
(Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2016, p. 154).
Distinguished-level:
Identify the two factors common to all financial securities.
Question 10:
Proficient-level:
Define the concept, term structure of interest rates. List and describe the
three theories explaining the shape of the term structure of interest rates.
Distinguished-level:
Identify the slope of the most common yield curve for a U.S. Treasury security.
Question 11:
Finance is both an art and a science that involves managing
money and valuing things. Chapter 1 in the M: Finance textbook by
Cornett, Adair, and Nofsinger provides an introduction to finance and financial
management. Review Chapter 1, with particular emphasis on the “Finance in
Business and in Life,” and “The Financial Function” sections of
this chapter.
Define the term finance, in your own words.
Describe areas in which you currently make financial decisions.
Share an example or two of both good and bad financial decisions
you have observed.
Explain how the study of the principles of finance might improve
both your professional and personal financial decisions.
Note: Only use the
material in the book Finance by Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2016.