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Corporate bond issuers go bankrupt more frequently than governments, as they do not have a tax base to fall back on in hard times - answer-Why did the corporate spread significantly widen during the 2008 market crash? what does it mean when a company's corporate spread tightens? - answer-the company's bonds are outperforming the benchmark yield what are the three main transmission mechanisms by which the yield curve affects the economy? - answer-corporate impact, global impact, consumer ...

Which Bloomberg Excel tool, wishing the Real-TIme/Historical wizard, would you select to download historical weekly close data on a rolling basis of a security - answer-Historical End of Day What function allows you to create custom news pages for the topics, regions and markets that are important to you? - answer-MYN <Go> Where can you find important contact information and support resources for Bloomberg in one place? - answer-<Cancel> key While on a function like WEI <...

How accurately do GDP portray the economy and why? - answer-Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change. Consider the formula GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP? - answer-It went down what is the meaning of each letter in the GDP formula, C+I+G+(X-M)....

A luxury cell phone maker has a high fixed-cost base and a lot of debt. Which stakeholder in the company would you rather be? - A shareholder in a booming economy A rise in which of the following inputs will increase an absolute valuation? - Earnings estimate Assume that an investor in the S&P 500 reinvests his dividends. According to the chart, what approximate return would this investor have reaped from the early 2009 trough to the endpoint of the chart? - 340% At its peak at the end of ...

How accurately do GDP statistics portray the economy and why? - Answer-Just because they are official and numerical does not mean they are accurate. The term "domestic" in GDP unambiguously links to a nation state. Why is economic data helpful in the investment process? - Answer-If an economy is doing well then certain companies will sell more of their product as household budgets also increase. What 5 data inputs matters most to investors? - Answer-Economic growth, inflation, unemploymen...

gross domestic product (GDP) - market value of all final goods and services produced within a country GDP = C + I + G + (X-M) C= personal consumption I = private investment G = government spending X = exports M = imports (C = 2/3 of US GDP) provides backdrop for investing bc is a measure of all economic activity "actual GDP growth has entirely lost its capacity to surprise... leading indicators... PMI garners disproportionate attention" nominal GDP vs real GDP - nominal GDP = $ amo...

bloomberg market concepts exam practice questions and answers 100% pass How accurately do GDP portray the economy and why? - Correct Answer ️️ - Inaccurately because the scope of GDP measurements can change. Consider the formula GDP = C+I+G+(X-M). A country is undergoing a boom in consumption of domestic and foreign luxury goods. In one year, the dollar growth in imports is greater than the dollar growth in domestic consumption. Assuming nothing else has changed, what happened to GDP?...

Bloomberg Market Concepts: Equities and Economic Indicators Exam Questions and Answers How do companies usually list on the stock exchange? - Correct Answer ️️ -Through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) What makes the stock market more appealing than the bond market for some investors? - Correct Answer ️️ -The opportunity to earn a huge return Based on the attached SPX GICS Sector table from the WEI function below, which sector contributed the largest daily decrease to the SPX Inde...

Bloomberg ESG Certification - Introduction to ESG and Sustainable Finance Questions and Answers 100% Pass Why do traditional valuation models, like discounted cash flow, fail at capturing the full range of risks companies face today? Choose one. A. They do not consider compliance risk. B. They offer limited, deterministic and potentially misleading insights. C. They are outdated. D. They do not consider reputational risk. - Correct Answer ️️ -B. They offer limited, deterministic and ...

Bloomberg Market Concepts: Portfolio Management Exam Practice Questions and Answers 100% Pass What could you type into the command line to learn what an index is? - Correct Answer ️️ -index Look at the description pages for two different companies. Based on P/E and dividend yield data alone, which of the following is most likely true about the nature of these stocks? - Correct Answer ️️ -Harley-Davidson is a value stock compared to Zynga A passive fund manager would be most likely...