Matt Jacobs Is Single and 24

question 16

Multiple Choice

Matt Jacobs is single and 24.He has just graduated from college and obtained a job making $26,400 a year.He would like to establish a long-term investment program.Which of the following investments would you recommend for his investment program?

• A)growth stocks
• B)government bonds
• C)corporate bonds
• D)commodities
• E)a money-market fund

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Definitions:

Celler-Kefauver Act

A U.S. law enacted in 1950 aimed at preventing anti-competitive mergers and acquisitions that could lead to decreased competition.

Civil Aeronautics Board

A former federal agency in the United States responsible for regulating the air transport industry until its deregulation in the early 1980s.

Sherman Act

An 1890 United States antitrust law that outlaws monopolistic practices and promotes competition.

Price-fixing

An illegal agreement among competitors to set prices at a certain level, rather than competing naturally in the market.