Saturday, November 20, 2010

Securities Licensing Exam - Chapter 12

Ay yi yi. The poor testing continues. I am hoping it is just the way this book is wording things that is tripping me up and not the actual material.

I got 7 questions wrong again, even though I felt like I comprehended the material. Really is not like me to test so poorly. 8/15, questions missed were #s 1, 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 15.

Question 11 was bogus, since there was nothing I read on ex dividends. #8 i knew the answer to but missed due to misreading the choices (75 - 75.25, 800 - 600) means buy, ask, buyer, seller.

In order to trade on NYSE a co must have 100k shares traded over the past 6mos, min 1.1M common shares, Earnings 2.5M, no fewer than 2000 shareholders at 100 shares each.

NYSE can delist you for fewer than 1200 shareholders at 100 shares person, fewer 600k outstanding shares, total market value less than $5M. i answered that their losses would also cause them delisted, but upon realizing I got the question wrong, I do remember reading that NYSE knows companies can weather bad years and get back on track.

specialists maintain a market of certain NYSE exchange securities.

buy stop orders and the scenario surrounding them (usually a short position).

S&P 500 tracks stocks of 500 companies (not necessarily NYSE) and provides a more accurate picture of the market than the Dow.

1 comment:

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