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Buying on margin::

Precludes the advantage of using leverage.
Is not affected by limits on borrowing established by ERISA.
Minimizes losses if the price of a security declines.
Is possible by borrowing from a broker.

The highest denomination of U.S. currency is:

The $20 bill
The $100 bill
The $1,000 bill
The $100,000 bill

Since the mid-1920s inflation in the United States has averaged:

About 3 percent.
About 7 percent.
About 10 percent.
About 12 percent

For tax purposes, a capital gain is considered long term if the investment was held more than:

1 day.
1 month.
1 year.
10 years.

Mortgage payments:

Can be completely deducted from income for tax purposes.
Vary from month to month on a fixed rate loan.
Represent high principal payments early in the term of the loan.
Are typically tax deductible to the extent that they represent payment of interest.

Junk bonds:

Are bonds issued by junk yards.
Are sometimes called "high yield bonds."
Are less risky than government bonds.
Are not actually bonds.

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

Of the following, the safest type of investment is:

Under the mattress.
An FDIC-insured CD.
An international growth mutual fund.
An Internet stock.

 
   
   
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