Exam 4: Financial Management: Derivative Instruments and Information Sources

Which index is a measure of the level of inflation in an economy?

Which is the largest market for currency futures trading?

ASX 24 operates 24-hour per-day,seven days per week.

Earnings information released by companies in Australia has evidence suggesting the existence of intra-industry information transfers.This research has been confirmed by the Australian researches:

The OTC market is much more formal than the exchange-based markets such as the SFE and CME.

Which source of share price information provides access to tick data on both formal and OTC exchanges?

The existence of intra-industry information transfer means that unexpected bad news is associated with a relative decline:

In the year ended December 2012,the largest exchange was .

What is the most heavily traded derivative on the ASX?

Which of the following is often used as a market indicator,rather than the S&P/ASX 200?

The Consumer Price Index (CPI)is designed to capture price movements in the general economy.

Forward rate agreements (FRA)allow parties to exchange interest rate exposures.

Capital expenditure is an example of market information.

Much of the security-specific information is publicly available through sources such as the ASX and the world wide web.

Which futures contract is generally used as an indicator of long-term interest rates?

Which of the following corporations has maintained databases on individual shares and market indices since the 70s?

Contracts for difference (CFDs)enable traders to participate in either bull or bear markets.

Which of the following is not a provider of share price information?

Which of the following is an average of a basket of currencies measured against the Australian dollar?

Which organisation has been established to work with derivative exchanges to reduce costs and incidences of fraud?