Fin 421 – fall 2020 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Midterm Exam FIN 421 Fall 2020 Name: Student ID: Section: 70853 (T/TH 1:30pm) 85577 (T/TH 3pm) Part I / 60 Part II / 40 Total / 100 • You have 80 minutes to complete this exam: 60 minutes for answering questions and 20 minutes for uploading solutions. • You are allowed to use a calculator. A formula sheet is provided on the last page. • You are to answer these questions without consulting anyone or anything besides the formula sheet, your calculator, and your own knowledg...

FIN 421 MIDTERM EXAM FALL 2020 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS : ARISONA STATES UNIVERSITY

Lecture 1: Financial Markets FIN 421 – Fall 2020 Professor Michael Barnett Outline 1 The finance industry 2 Types and characteristics of financial assets 3 Trading basics The Financial System Basic Functions of the Financial System Financial assets contribute indirectly to the productive capacity of the economy by providing: • Efficient allocation of funds. • Consumption timing (saving for retirement, college borrowing, buying a house) • ’Good ideas’ are able to attr...

Lecture 1: Financial Markets FIN 421 – Fall 2020 Professor Michael Barnett Outline 1 The finance industry 2 Types and characteristics of financial assets 3 Trading basics 2 / 30The Financial System 3 / 30Basic Functions of the Financial System Financial assets contribute indirectly to the productive capacity of the economy by providing: • Effcient allocation of funds. • Consumption timing (saving for retirement, college borrowing, buying a house) • ’Good ideas’ are able...

MIDTERM EXAM FIN 421 FALL 2020 NAME: STUDENT ID: SECTION: 70853 (T/TH 1:30PM) 85577 (T/TH 3PM) Part I Part II / 60 / 40 Total / 100 • You have 80 minutes to complete this exam: 60 minutes for answering questions and 20 minutes for uploading solutions. • You are allowed to use a calculator. A formula sheet is provided on the last page. • You are to answer these questions without consulting anyone or anything besides the formul...