Exercise 2.
1. callable bond, 2. certificate of deposit, 3. credit quality, 4. high grade, 5. long term debt, 6. maturity, 7. municipal bond, 8. stock buyback, 9. Treasury Bills, 10. Treasury Bonds, 11. Treasury Notes, 12. yield, 13. yield curveExercise 4.
downside, budget surplus, emerging markets, profitable, in the black, downgrade, private sector, institutional investors, secondary market, underperformExercise 5.
bonds, stocks, performance, volatility, portfolio strategy, asset, individual investors, rewards, money market, financial, cash, parameters, allocation, equity-only, equity market, growth, objectives, capital, income, return, Wall Street, weighted, conservative, fixed-income, holdings, dividends, supplement, deregulation, appreciation, competitive, funds, buybacks, course, foreseeable, trend, incentives, diversified, stream, flexibility, interestLesson 31
Exercise 2.
1. bridge financing, 2. caveat emptor, 3. Chinese Wall, 4. conflict of interests, 5. Glass Steagall Act, 6. investment analyst, 7. joint and several liability, 8. lead manager, 9. market maker, 10. oversubscribing, 11. syndicate, 12. underwritingExercise 3.
сapital, household, issues, IPOs, conditions, returns, transparency, governance, funds, public, equity, profile, listing, attracting, holdings, consumer, exposure, demand, multiples, priced, weighting, oversubscribed, NYSE, floated, range, traded, opening, closed, offer, overseas, analyst, road show, securities, Big Board, leveraging, awarded, disclosed, prospectus, involvement, announced, stock, international, acquired, stake, goods, commitment, player, ChairmanLesson 32
Exercise 2.
1. bear market, 2. bull market, 3. futures contract, 4. going long, 5. going short, 6. limit order, 7. option, 8 rally, 9. stop loss order, 10. whipsawExercise 4.
appreciating, depreciating, attitudes, bull, uptrend, economy, employment, bear, downward, laying, stock, demand, supply, share, sell, buy, individuals, fundamental, performance, profit, equities, fixed income, confidence, decline, trading, exchanges, record, consumers, valuates, drives, determinant, trend, correction, determine, tendency, reversal, multiple, decisions, stagnation, flatLesson 33
Exercise 2.
1. basis point, 2. blue chip, 3. capital expenditures, 4. country risk, 5. debt, 6. Eurobond, 7. IAS, 8. market capitalization, 9. premium, 10. spreadExercise 4.
profit, income, earningsExercise 5.
opportunity, invested, institutional, gains, mutual, retail, block, volume, exchanges, worth, earnings, market, research, piggybacking, focus, upside, pros, valuation, premium, peers, prospects, watch, winners, dynamic, performance, bullishness, insurance, purchase, portfolio, break-even, gain, trading, damage, game, rebounds, forecast, deal, bargain, falling, average, current, indexes, accumulation, distributionLesson 34
Exercise 2.
1. CUSIP number, 2. DCF, 3. EBIT, 4. lease, 5. operating cash flow, 6. par value, 7. profit, 8. risk premium, 9. terminal value, 10. unleveraged sharesExercise 4. t
arget, upgrade, recommendation, operating, performance, disposable, capita, consumption, schedules, raise, turnover, projections, year-on-year, discount, risk-free, WACC, P/E, posted, trades, peers, multiplesLesson 35
Exercise 2.
1. compound interest, 2. diversification, 3. efficient market, 4. gearing, 5. ROE, 6. risk taker, 7. standard deviation, 8. systematic risk, 9. unsystematic riskExercise 4.
high-yield bond, risk averse, protectionism, depreciation, bid price, bear market, equity financing, liabilities, sell-side, independent directorsExercise 5.
fund, environment, advice, fundamental, income, fair, bargain-priced, overpriced, superior, portfolios, upside, undervalued, screening, criteria, sentiment, value, returns, stream, practices, outlook, hold, diversification, performance, asset, dimensionLeeson 36
Exercise 2.
1. asset, 2. balance sheet, 3. collection period ratio, 4. corporate finance, 5. cost of goods sold, 6. current assets, 7. dividend, 8. inventory, 9. leverage, 10. payables, 11. receivables, 12. stock buyback, 13. term loanExercise 3.
time value, investments, interest, cash flows, present, future, adjusting, mechanism, compounded, discounted, stream, annuities, model, pattern, inflows, outlay, alternative, valuationLesson 37
Exercise 1.
acid-test ratio, fixed assets, preference shares, gearing, leverage trading, par value, stocks, unlevered firm, profit and loss statement, exercise priceLesson 38
Exercise 2.
The following statements are not correct: 2, 4, 7, 8.Exercise 3.
1. civil law, 2. tort, 3. fraud, 4. remedy, 5. judge, 6. plea, 7. attorney, 8. lawsuit, 9. freeze.