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Wiley Series 65 Exam Review + Test Bank: The Uniform Investment Advisor Law Examination The Uniform Investment Advisor Law Examination

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

31.12.2013

Herausgeber

The Securities Institute of America Inc

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

468

Maße (L/B/H)

27.4/21.6/2.8 cm

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1118 g

Auflage

2014.

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-71966-4

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Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

31.12.2013

Herausgeber

The Securities Institute of America Inc

Verlag

John Wiley & Sons

Seitenzahl

468

Maße (L/B/H)

27.4/21.6/2.8 cm

Gewicht

1118 g

Auflage

2014.

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-1-118-71966-4

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  • Produktbild: Wiley Series 65 Exam Review + Test Bank: The Uniform Investment Advisor Law Examination
  • ABOUT THE SERIES 65 EXAM XXI ABOUT THIS BOOK XXV ABOUT THE TEST BANK XXVII ABOUT THE SECURITIES INSTITUTE OF AMERICA XXIX CHAPTER 1 EQUITY SECURITIES 1 What Is a Security? 1 Equity = Stock 2 Common Stock 2 Corporate Time Line 2 Values of Common Stock 4 Book Value 4 Par Value 5 Rights of Common Stockholders 5 Preemptive Rights 5 Characteristics of a Rights Offering 6 Determining the Value of a Right Cum Rights 7 Determining the Value of a Right Ex Rights 7 Voting 8 Limited Liability 9 Freely Transferable 9 The Transfer Agent 10 The Registrar 10 CUSIP Numbers 11 Inspection of Books and Records 11 Residual Claim to Assets 11 Why Do People Buy Common Stock? 11 Income 11 What Are the Risks of Owning Common Stock? 12 How Does Someone Become a Stockholder? 12 Preferred Stock 14 Features of All Preferred Stock 14 Types of Preferred Stock 15 Callable Preferred 17 Types of Dividends 17 Dividend Distribution 18 Taxation of Dividends 20 Selling Dividends 20 Dividend Disbursement Process 21 Warrants 21 How Do People Get Warrants? 21 American Depositary Receipts (ADRs)/American Depositary Shares (ADSs) 22 Currency Risks 22 Functions of the Custodian Bank Issuing ADRs 23 Real Estate Investment Trusts/REITs 23 Direct Participation Programs and Limited Partnerships 23 Limited Partnerships 24 Tax Reporting for Direct Participation Programs 27 Limited Partnership Analysis 28 Tax Deductions vs. Tax Credits 28 Other Tax Considerations 28 Dissolving a Partnership 29 Pretest 31 CHAPTER 2 CORPORATE AND MUNICIPAL DEBT SECURITIES 35 Corporate Bonds 35 Types of Bond Issuance 36 Bond Pricing 37 Par Value 38 Discount 38 Premium 38 Corporate Bond Pricing 38 Bond Yields 39 Yield to Maturity: Premium Bond 40 Yield to Maturity: Discount Bond 41 Calculating the Yield to Maturity 41 Calculating the Yield to Call 42 Realized Compound Yield Returns 42 Yield Spreads 43 The Real Interest Rate 43 Bond Maturities 43 Series Issue 44 Types of Corporate Bonds 44 Guaranteed Bonds 46 Convertible Bonds 46 Converting Bonds into Common Stock 47 Parity Price 47 Advantages of Issuing Convertible Bonds 48 Disadvantages of Issuing Convertible Bonds 48 Convertible Bonds and Stock Splits 48 The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 49 Bond Indenture 49 Ratings Considerations 49 Exchange Traded Notes (ETNs) 50 Retiring Corporate Bonds 50 Municipal Bonds 52 Types of Municipal Bonds 53 Taxation of Municipal Bonds 57 Tax-Equivalent Yield 57 Purchasing a Municipal Bond Issued in the State in Which the Investor Resides 58 Triple Tax Free 58 Original Issue Discount (OID) and Secondary Market Discounts 58 Amortization of a Municipal Bond's Premium 59 Bond Swaps 59 Analyzing Municipal Bonds 59 Analyzing General Obligation Bonds 60 Duration 60 Convexity 61 Bond Portfolio Management 61 Pretest 63 CHAPTER 3 GOVERNMENT AND GOVERNMENT AGENCY ISSUES 67 Series EE Bonds 67 Series HH Bonds 68 Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds 68 Purchasing Treasury Bills 68 Treasury Notes 69 Treasury Bonds 69 Treasury Bond and Note Pricing 69 Treasury STRIPs 70 Treasury Receipts 70 Treasury Infl ation Protected Securities (TIPS) 71 Agency Issues 71 Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA) 71 Federal National Mortgage Association (FNM) 72 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC) 72 Federal Farm Credit System 73 Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) 73 CMOs and Interest Rates 73 Types of CMOs 74 Pretest 77 CHAPTER 4 INVESTMENT COMPANIES 79 Investment Company Philosophy 79 Types of Investment Companies 80 Open End vs. Closed End 81 Diversified vs. Nondiversified 82 Investment Company Registration 83 Registration Requirements 83 Investment Company Components 85 Mutual Fund Distribution 87 Selling Group Member 87 Distribution of No-Load Mutual Fund Shares 88 Distribution of Mutual Fund Shares 88 Mutual Fund Prospectus 88 Characteristics of Open-End Mutual Fund Shares 89 Mutual Fund Investment Objectives 90 Other Types of Funds 92 Bond Funds 92 Valuing Mutual Fund Shares 94 Sales Charges 95 Other Types of Sales Charges 97 Calculating a Mutual Fund's Sales Charge Percentage 97 Finding the Public Offering Price 98 Sales Charge Reductions 98 Breakpoint Schedule 99 Letter of Intent 99 Breakpoint Sales 100 Rights of Accumulation 100 Automatic Reinvestment of Distributions 101 Other Mutual Fund Features 101 Dollar Cost Averaging 102 Mutual Funds Voting Rights 104 Mutual Fund Yields 105 Portfolio Turnover 105 Pretest 107 CHAPTER 5 VARIABLE ANNUITIES AND RETIREMENT PLANS 111 Annuities 111 Bonus Annuity 113 Equity-Indexed Annuity 114 Annuity Purchase Options 115 Accumulation Units 116 Annuity Units 116 Annuity Payout Options 116 Factors Affecting the Size of the Annuity Payment 117 The Assumed Interest Rate (AIR) 118 Taxation 118 Types of Withdrawals 119 Annuitizing the Contract 119 Sales Charges 119 Investment Management Fees 120 Variable Annuity vs. Mutual Fund 120 Retirement Plans 120 Individual Plans 121 Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) 121 Corporate Plans 128 Types of Plans 129 Rolling Over a Pension Plan 131 Employee Stock Options 131 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) 132 Pretest 135 CHAPTER 6 FUNDAMENTAL AND TECHNICAL ANALYSIS 139 Fundamental Analysis 139 Balance Sheet 140 Capitalization 142 Changes in the Balance Sheet 142 The Income Statement 145 Industry Fundamentals 147 Technical Analysis 148 Market Theories and Indicators 152 Efficient Market Theory 152 Pretest 155 CHAPTER 7 ECONOMIC FUNDAMENTALS 157 Gross Domestic Product 157 Recession 159 Depression 159 Economic Indicators 159 Economic Policy 161 Tools of the Federal Reserve Board 161 Reserve Requirement 161 Changing the Discount Rate 162 Federal Open Market Committee 162 Money Supply 163 Disintermediation 163 Moral Suasion 164 Fiscal Policy 164 International Monetary Considerations 166 Pretest 167 CHAPTER 8 RECOMMENDATIONS, PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT, AND TAXATION 171 Professional Conduct by Investment Advisers 172 The Uniform Prudent Investors Act of 1994 172 Fair Dealings with Clients 173 Recommending Mutual Funds 177 Periodic Payment Plans 177 Disclosure of Client Information 178 Borrowing and Lending Money 178 Developing the Client Profi le 178 Types of Advisory Clients 179 Investment Objectives 180 Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) 182 Risk vs. Reward 183 Alpha 185 Beta 185 Expected Return 186 Time Value of Money 187 Modern Portfolio Theory 189 Tax Structure 190 Investment Taxation 190 Calculating Gains and Losses 190 Cost Base of Multiple Purchases 191 Deducting Capital Losses 192 Wash Sales 192 Taxation of Interest Income 193 Inherited and Gifted Securities 193 Donating Securities to Charity 194 Trusts 194 Gift Taxes 194 Estate Taxes 195 Withholding Tax 195 Corporate Dividend Exclusion 196 Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) 196 Taxes on Foreign Securities 196 Pretest 197 CHAPTER 9 SECURITIES INDUSTRY RULES AND REGULATIONS 201 The Securities Act of 1933 201 The Prospectus 202 The Final Prospectus 202 SEC Disclaimer 203 Misrepresentations 203 The Securities Exchange Act of 1934 203 The Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) 204 Extension of Credit 205 Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935 205 Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) 205 The Trust Indenture Act of 1939 206 Investment Advisers Act of 1940 206 Investment Company Act of 1940 206 FINRA Member Communications with the Public 207 FINRA Rule 2210 Communications with the Public 208 Corporate Websites 210 Blind Recruiting Ads 211 Generic Advertising 211 Tombstone Ads 211 Testimonials 212 Free Services 213 Misleading Communications 213 Securities Investor Protection Corporation Act of 1970 (SIPC) 213 Net Capital Requirement 214 Customer Coverage 214 Fidelity Bond 215 The Securities Acts Amendments of 1975 215 The Insider Trading and Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988 215 Firewall 216 The Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 216 Exemption from the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 217 National Securities Market Improvement Act of 1996 217 The Uniform Securities Act 218 Pretest 219 CHAPTER 10 TRADING SECURITIES 223 Types of Orders 223 The Exchanges 227 Priority of Exchange Orders 227 The Role of the Specialist/DMM 227 The Specialist/DMM Acting as a Principal 228 The Specialist/DMM Acting as an Agent 228 Crossing Stock 230 Do Not Reduce (DNR) 231 Adjustments for Stock Splits 231 Stopping Stock 232 Commission House Broker 233 Two-Dollar Broker 233 Registered Traders 233 Super Display Book (SDBK) 233 Short Sales 234 Regulation of Short Sales/Regulation SHO 234 Rule 200 Definitions and Order Marking 234 Rule 203 Security Borrowing and Delivery Requirements 235 Over the Counter/Nasdaq 236 Market Makers 237 Nasdaq Subscription Levels 237 Nasdaq Quotes 238 Nominal Nasdaq Quotes 239 Nasdaq Execution Systems 239 Nasdaq Market Center Execution System (NMCES) 239 Nasdaq Opening Cross 240 Non-Nasdaq OTCBB 240 Pink Sheets 240 Third Market 240 Fourth Market 241 Broker vs. Dealer 241 FINRA 5% Markup Policy 242 Markups/Markdowns when Acting as a Principal 242 Riskless Principal Transactions 243 Proceeds Transactions 244 Arbitrage 244 Pretest 245 CHAPTER 11 OPTIONS 249 Option Classification 249 Option Classes 250 Option Series 250 Bullish vs. Bearish 250 Possible Outcomes for an Option 251 Characteristics of All Options 252 Managing an Option Position 252 Buying Calls 253 Maximum Gain Long Calls 253 Maximum Loss Long Calls 253 Determining the Breakeven for Long Calls 254 Selling Calls 254 Buying Puts 256 Selling Puts 257 Option Premiums 259 In-the-Money Options 259 At-the-Money Options 259 Out-of-the-Money Options 260 Intrinsic Value and Time Value 260 Using Options as a Hedge 261 Long Stock Long Puts/Married Puts 261 Long Stock Short Calls/Covered Calls 263 Short Stock Long Calls 265 Short Stock Short Puts 268 Futures and Forwards 270 Correlation 271 Pretest 273 CHAPTER 12 DEFINITION OF TERMS 277 Security 277 Person 279 Broker Dealer 280 Agent 281 Issuer 281 Nonissuer 282 Investment Adviser 282 Pension Consultants 282 Form ADV 283 Investment Adviser Representative 284 Solicitor 284 Institutional Investor 284 Accredited Investor 285 Qualified Purchaser 285 Private Investment Company 285 Offer/Offer to Sell/Offer to Buy 285 Sale/Sell 286 Guarantee/Guaranteed 286 Contumacy 286 Federally Covered Exemption 286 Pretest 289 CHAPTER 13 REGISTRATION OF BROKER DEALERS, INVESTMENT ADVISERS, AND AGENTS 295 Registration of Broker Dealers and Agents 295 changes in an Agent's Employment 299 Mergers and Acquisitions of Firms 299 Renewing Registrations 299 Canadian Firms and Agents 300 Investment Adviser Registration 300 Advertising and Sales Literature 304 Brochure Delivery 305 The Role of the Investment Adviser 305 Additional Compensation for an Investment Adviser 305 Agency Cross Transactions 306 Disclosures by an Investment Adviser 306 Investment Adviser Contracts 308 Additional Roles of Investment Advisers 308 Private Investment Companies/Hedge Funds 308 Fulcrum Fees 309 Wrap Accounts 309 Soft Dollars 309 Pretest 311 CHAPTER 14 SECURITIES REGISTRATION, EXEMPT SECURITIES, AND EXEMPT TRANSACTIONS 317 Exempt Securities 317 Securities Registration 318 Exempt Securities/Federally Covered Exemption 321 Exempt Transactions 322 Private Placements/Regulation D Offerings 322 Transactions with Financial Institutions 323 Transactions with Fiduciaries 323 Transactions with Underwriters 323 Unsolicited Orders 324 Transactions in Mortgage-Backed Securities 324 Pledges 324 Offers to Existing Securities Holders 324 Preorganization Certifi cates 324 Isolated Nonissuer Transactions 325 Nonissuer Transactions 325 Pretest 327 CHAPTER 15 STATE SECURITIES ADMINISTRATOR: THE UNIFORM SECURITIES ACT 331 Actions by the State Securities Administrator 331 Cancelation of a Registration 332 Withdrawal of a Registration 333 Actions Against an Issuer of Securities 333 Rule Changes 333 Administrative Orders 333 Interpretive Opinions 334 Administrative Records 334 Investigations 334 Civil and Criminal Penalties 335 Jurisdiction of the State Securities Administrator 336 Administrator's Jurisdiction over Securities Transactions 336 Right of Rescission 338 Statute of Limitations 339 Pretest 341 ANSWER KEYS 347 GLOSSARY OF EXAM TERMS 361 INDEX 427