Financial markets – Practice 1

 

Choose the correct answer:
  1. A money market security issued by large banks and corporations is 
  2. A foreign exchange agreement between two parties to exchange a given amount of one currency for another and, after a specified period of time, to give back the original amounts swapped is called 
  3. A debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and is obliged to repay the principal and interest (the coupon) at a later date, termed maturity is 
  4. The right abbreviation used for foreign exchange rates or market is 
  5. An agent who buys or sells for a principal on a commission basis without having title to the property is 
  6. The risk of loss due to a debtor's non-payment of a loan or other line of credit (either the principal or interest (coupon) or both) is called 
  7. The practice of creating economic value in a firm by using financial instruments to manage exposure to risk is called
  8. A dividend is the income received from 
  9. The financial instruments whose price and value derive from the value of assets underlying them are 
  10. Markets which are characterized by optimism, investor confidence and expectations that strong results will continue are called