Fact Pattern 42-2A (Questions A13-A14 Apply)

question 42

Multiple Choice

Fact Pattern 42-2A (Questions A13-A14 apply)
Dhani,an accountant for Eureka,Inc.,learns of undisclosed com?pany plan?s to market a new laptop.Dhani buys 1,000 shares of Eureka stock.He re?veals the company plans to Fay,who buys 500 shares.Fay tells Geoff,who tells Hu,each of whom buy 100 shares.They knows that Fay got her informa?tion from Dhani.When Eureka publicly an?nounces its new laptop,Dhani,Fay,Geoff,and Hu sell their stock for a profit.
-Refer to Fact Pattern 42-2A.If Dhani is liable under the Securities Ex?change Act of 1934,it will be because the infor?mation on which he based his purchase of Eureka stock was

• A)a forward-looking forecast.
• B)not material.
• C)not yet public.
• D)not yet true.

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Marginal Benefit

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Beneficiaries

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Pigouvian Tax

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