Which of the Following Statements About Financial Markets and Securities

question 125

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about financial markets and securities is true?

• A) A bond is a long-term security that promises to make periodic payments called dividends to the firm's residual claimants.
• B) A debt instrument is intermediate term if its maturity is less than one year.
• C) A debt instrument is intermediate term if its maturity is ten years or longer.
• D) The maturity of a debt instrument is the number of years (term) to that instrument's expiration date.

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Definitions:

Perfect Complements

Goods that are consumed together in fixed proportions because their use together enhances their combined utility.

Indifference Curves

Graphical representations used in microeconomics to show different combinations of two goods between which a consumer is indifferent, signifying equal levels of utility.

Bliss Point

The optimal quantity of consumption where any further increase or decrease would lead to lower satisfaction or utility.

Absolute Values

A mathematical operation that measures the distance of a number from zero on the number line, disregarding direction.