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1.
Shorting stock involves _______.
Borrowing shares of stock, selling them, and intending to buy them back at a lower price. With shorting, you can actually profit when a stock drops in price.
2.
Financial planners and advisors get paid in one of three possible ways. Which of the following is not one of those ways?
None of the above. All of these are ways that planners and advisors get paid.
3.
Say you are relaxing at home a week after having bought some stock on margin, and the price of the stock has dropped immensely during those days. Suddenly your phone rings, and it is your broker. You know instinctively that this is _______.
A margin call. If the stock price drops deeply, your broker may worry that you wont be able to pay back the loan, and he or she will give you a margin call asking you to add more cash to your account.
4.
Full-service brokers typically _______.
Provide a lot of personal attention and advice. Though full-service brokers certainly charge large commissions, they do provide personal attention and advice, and they deserve to get paid for it. An inherent problem with paying for advice via commissions is that the advisor gets paid more the more you trade, and trading frequently is typically not in your best interests.
5.
If you choose a discount broker over a full-service broker, you may have to sacrifice certain services. Which of the following is not one of those services that might be sacrificed?
Trades. Trades are the one service that all brokers will offer, or else they would not be brokers at all. The other services are more likely to be offered by the full-service brokers.
6.
If you place a market order to buy 100 shares of fictional company Wolverines Sailboats Corp., at what price and when would the trade be executed?
The trade would be executed immediately at the best available price. A market order tells the broker to buy or sell at the best price available, and the trades are usually executed immediately, assuming the market is open.
