Financial IQ Test  
What is your financial IQ? Take this 8-question quiz to find out! If you don’t like the results, try again. You will be asked a different set of questions.
     


A zero coupon bond:

Is sold at a discount to face value.
Is worthless.
Matures immediately.
Always has a call feature.

If you call your broker to purchase a "round lot" you are:

Buying a mutual fund of 100 different stocks.
Authorizing him/her to decide how many shares to buy.
Negotiating commissions on future purchases and sales.
Purchasing 100 shares of a specific stock.

Long-term care insurance:

Is only for the very elderly.
Can help protect assets from the cost of a nursing home stay.
Is not necessary since Medicare always covers long-term care.
Is always available regardless of your past health history.

Of the following, the safest type of investment is:

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

Stocks whose returns are tied closely to the overall national economy are typically called:

Blue Chip stocks.
Defensive stocks.
Speculative stocks.
Cyclical stocks.

The strength of economic growth in the United States is reported as changes in the:

The Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
The National Association of Securities Dealers Index (NASDAQ).
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA).
The Wealth Index of Investments and Inflation (WIII).

If a mutual fund manager increases his/her cash position, it can be said:

The manager is anticipating a bear market.
The manager is anticipating a bull market.
The manager is trying to reduce the fund’s taxable gains.
The manager is aggressive.

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.

 
   
   
Keyes & Shipps Financial Group
Jeffrey Keyes, CLU, ChFC
Cell: (315) 345-9262
Email: jkeyes@keyesshippsfg.com

Lawrence Shipps, CLU, ChFC
Cell: (315) 415-6691
Email: lshipps@keyesshippsfg.com

Leslie Shipps, CLU, CLTC
Cell: (315) 382-5375
Email: lbshipps@keyesshippsfg.com

Syracuse Office:
6390 Fly Road
East Syracuse, NY 13057

Fax: (315) 463-8219

Directions to our Syracuse Office

Lake Placid Office:
2038 Saranac Avenue
Lake Placid, NY 14946

Fax: (518) 523-8105

Directions to our Lake Placid Office

New England Financial is the registered mark for New England Life Insurance Company, Boston, MA and New England Securities.

Securities products offered by New England Securities Corp (NES), Member FINRA, SIPC. Investment advisory services offered by Investment Adviser Representatives of NES, a Registered Investment Advisor.

| Privacy Policy | NEF Corporate Site | Legal Notice |