Investments in CDs:

Are riskier than investments in stocks.
Are inferior to investments in 8-tracks and vinyl records.
Are always tax deferred.
Are insured by the FDIC, but have generally underperformed stock investments over the long run.

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.

Determining total return typically utilizes the:

Inflation-adjusted annual performance of all mutual-funds.
Annual capital gain plus dividend payout of a stock or fund.
Math skills learned in college-level calculus courses.
Dividend yield on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

A limit order:

Is used to protect a profit if it is a limit order to buy.
Is used to execute a sell at a specific price or lower if possible.
Is an order to buy or sell at a specific price or better and can be good till canceled.
Is an order to be executed at the best price available and is not known until after confirmation is received.

Of the following, the safest type of investment is:

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

A 35-year old individual with 4 young children and a spouse who doesn’t work should probably consider purchasing which of the following types of insurance:

Long-term care insurance.
Disability insurance.
Life insurance.
(b) and (c).

The number of stocks that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average is:

5,000.
500.
30.
10.

The term generally used to describe the market in which prices fully reflect all available information is:

The greater fool hypothesis.
Random walk hypothesis.
The size-effect hypothesis.
Efficient markets hypothesis.