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Question 1. Name three ways capital is transferred between savers and borrowers.
Question 2. Why are efficient capital markets necessary for economic growth?
Question 3. Distinguish between physical asset markets and financial asset markets.
Question 4. What's the difference between spot markets and futures markets?
Question 5. Distinguish between money markets and capital markets.
Question 6. What's the difference between primary markets and secondary markets?
Question 7. Differentiate between private and public markets.
Question 8. Why are financial markets essential for a healthy economy and economic growth?
Question 9. What's the difference between a commercial bank and an investment bank?
Question 10. List the major types of financial institutions, and briefly describe the primary function of each.
Question 11. What are some important differences between mutual funds, Exchange Traded Funds, and hedge funds? How are they similar?
Question 12. What are the differences between the physical location exchanges and the NASDAQ stock market?
Question 13. What is the bid-ask spread?
Question 14. Differentiate between primary and secondary markets.
Question 15. What is an IPO?
Question 16. Would you expect a portfolio that consisted of the NYSE stocks to be more or less risky than a portfolio of NASDAQ stocks?
Question 17. What does it mean for a market to be "efficient"?
Question 18. Is the market for all stocks equally efficient? Explain.
Question 19. Why is it good for the economy that markets be efficient?
Question 20. Is it possible that the market for individual stocks could be highly efficient, but the market for whole companies could be less efficient? Explain.
Question 21. What is behavioral finance? What are the implications of behavioral finance for market efficiency?