The net asset value (NAV) of a bond fund:

Cannot be determined.
Changes as interest rates change.
Is determined by the average coupon rates of the bonds in the fund.
Will not change as bonds in the fund are bought or sold.

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

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

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

5,000.
500.
30.
10.

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.

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.

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 stock certificate:

Is always issued to the individual investor.
Represents a primary claim on the firm’s assets.
Represents ownership in a corporation.
Is handwritten.

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).