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  1.

    If a LEAP option is purchased and held for more than 12 months, is the tax treatment long term?

  2. What happens if I cannot pay a margin call?

  3. Is there ever a bad time to invest in gold?

  4. Where can I look for a financial planner?

  5. What is QE3 (quantitative easing)?

  6. If I am looking to get an Investment Banking job. What education do employers prefer? MBA or CFA?

  7. Can I still pass the CFA Level I if I do poorly in the ethics section?

  8. How does TARP affect the economy?

  9. Where can I purchase options?

  10. Suppose my garage collapsed onto my car. Are damages covered by my home insurance or auto insurance?

  11. How can I invest in a foreign exchange market?

  12. What are austerity measures?

  13. What is the relationship between inflation and interest rates?

  14. What is a derivative?

  15. What do the terms weak dollar and strong dollar mean?

  16. What is the correlation between American stock prices and the value of the U.S. dollar?

  17. What is the hard-to-borrow list?

  18. How do you make money trading money?

  19. How does margin trading in the forex market work?

  20. How do I convert dollars to pounds, euros to yen, or francs to dollars, etc.?

  21. What is the difference between trading currency futures and spot FX?

  22. Why is the U.S. dollar shown on the top of some currency pairs and on the bottom of others?

  23. What does it mean when there is "price action"?

  24. Can a company be state-run and publicly traded at the same time?

  25. Why is currency always quoted in pairs?

  26. How can I trade in cross currency pairs if my forex account is denominated in U.S. dollars?

  27. Where do most fund managers get their market information?

  28. If my mortgage lender goes bankrupt, do I still have to pay my mortgage?

  29. What are the rules for placing stop and limit orders in forex?

  30. Is it possible to trade forex options?

  31. I want to start buying stocks. Where do I start?

  32. How do I use an arbitrage strategy in forex trading?

  33. How are international exchange rates set?

  34. I don't understand how a stock has a trading price of 5.97, but when I buy it I have to pay the asking price of 6.04. How can I be paying more than what the stock is trading for?

  35. What impact does a higher non-farm payroll have on the forex market?

  36. Is there any way to check the historical rates of different currencies?

  37. Why can't I enter two sell orders on the same stock?

  38. What should I look for when choosing a forex trading platform?

  39. What is an overnight position in the forex market?

  40. What is a pip and what does it represent?

  41. How do open market operations affect the U.S. money supply?

  42. What does "outrights" mean in the context of the FX market?

  43. Is there a buy-and-hold strategy in forex, or is the only way to make money by trading?

  44. How do you lose money in the Forex market?

  45. Under the USA, registration as an IAR includes all of the following EXCEPT:

  46. What is the difference between LIBOR, LIBID and LIMEAN?

  47. Under the “Brochure” rule of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, which of these statements is true?

  48. How much money do I need to start trading?

  49. A sales representative is permitted to take all of the following actions EXCEPT:

  50. When was the Dow Jones Industrial Average first calculated?

  51. The maximum fine that can be assessed for a violation of the USA is what amount?

  52. How are bonds rated?

  53. Transactions are exempt from registration where …

  54. What is the difference between the bond market and the stock market?

  55. Does a shareholder lose all of their equity once a Chapter 11 bankruptcy is filed by the company?

  56. What is the difference between an options contract and a futures contract?

  57. After exercising a put option, can I still hold my option contract in order to sell it at a lower price?

  58. What is the difference between a Ponzi and a pyramid scheme?

  59. According to the USA, it is unlawful for a person to offer to sell a security in a state unless:

  60. An IA’s client has a primary goal of tax reduction and a secondary goal of current income. Which investment would be most appropriate?

  61. What are the requirements to be able to contribute to an HSA?

  62. What is a "wash sale"?

  63. What are some common hand signals on the trading floor?

  64. How quickly should my financial advisor sell a stock that I have asked him or her to sell for me?

  65. If I buy a stock at $45 and I put a stop limit in to sell at $40, will I be guaranteed a sell once the stock has reached this price?

  66. Is life insurance good for mortgage protection?

  67. Who was the first person charged by the SEC?

  68. Why is Game Theory useful in business?

  69. What is the difference between LIBID and LIBOR?

  70. How are oil reserves accounted for on an oil company's balance sheet?

  71. What was the Marshall Plan?

  72. What are the differences between AMEX and Nasdaq?

  73. What are the distribution options for an inherited annuity?

  74. What is a call rule?

  75. Do stimulus checks work?

  76. What is the McGinley Dynamic?

  77. What certification series does one need to be a bond broker?

  78. What's the difference between consumer confidence and consumer sentiment?

  79. My variable annuity account took a beating. Should I seek other alternatives?

  80. Does it make sense to convert a Traditional IRA to a Roth when the market’s down?

  81. What is a convertible insurance policy?

  82. Why would you want a monthly benefit versus a daily benefit?

  83. When did earnings conference calls become open to the public?

  84. Why is the 1982 AT&T breakup considered one of the most successful spinoffs in history?

  85. Which is not a process the Federal Reserve uses to control the level of business activity?

  86. Which two companies underwent the biggest corporate merger of the 1990s?

  87. What was the South Seas bubble?

  88. Who set the record loss for "rogue traders"?

  89. When holding an option through expiration date, are you automatically paid any profits, or do you have to sell the option and pay commissions?

  90. How do I choose which insurance company to use?

  91. How do I use the Nova/Ursa ratio?

  92. Does a company logo change require a material disclosable event?

  93. Which of the following BEST describes tax treatment of a long option that expires without exercise?

  94. What is the difference between systemic risk and systematic risk?

  95. In forex, what are the commodity pairs?

  96. Which is TRUE about Treasury bond futures?

  97. What are all of the securities markets in the U.S.A?

  98. How do I employ a cash-and-carry trade?

  99. What does "gather in the stops" mean?

  100. What is a V-shaped recovery and how is it different from other recoveries?

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  1.

    If a LEAP option is purchased and held for more than 12 months, is the tax treatment long term?

  2. What happens if I cannot pay a margin call?

  3. Is there ever a bad time to invest in gold?

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