Technical analysis is a technique based on factors that are inherent to the market and include:Number of shares sold on a specific day.Number of consecutive days of price increases of a stock.Changes in the direction of movement of a market index.All of the above
Variable life insurance:Offers tax deferral.May provide higher return potential and greater risk than a whole life policy.Allows you to invest a portion of the premium in various subaccounts.All of the above.
The financial pyramid implies that:An investment near the top of the pyramid has a higher potential return, but also carries higher risk.Egyptian pharoahs were astute investors.Eating nutritious meals from the "food pyramid" will make you a better investor."Pyramid" or "Ponzi" schemes are good investments.
The total stock market (S&P 500) return during the 1990s was:Predicted by most Wall Street analysts at the beginning of the decade.Lower than the historical averageThe highest of any decade in the 20th century.Approximately the same as the total return during the 1970s.
If you call your broker to purchase a "round lot" you are:Buying a mutual fund of 100 different stocks.Authorizing him/her to decide how many shares to buy.Negotiating commissions on future purchases and sales.Purchasing 100 shares of a specific stock.
The P/E ratio:Is the same for all firms in a given industry.Does not change over time.Is typically higher for firms whose earnings are expected to grow rapidly.Is the same as the dividend yield.
The strength of economic growth in the United States is reported as changes in the:The Gross Domestic Product (GDP).The National Association of Securities Dealers Index (NASDAQ).The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).The Wealth Index of Investments and Inflation (WIII).
Beta is commonly used as a relative measure of risk. It measures:Standard deviation of a stock’s price.The expected total returns of a diversified portfolio.The unsystematic risk component of an investment.The risk of a security or portfolio relative to the overall market.