Questions from General Investment

Q: Explain how margin trading is conducted in the futures market.

Explain how margin trading is conducted in the futures market. a. What is the difference between an initial margin and a maintenance margin? b. Are investors ever required to put up additional margin?...

Q: List and briefly define five essential parts of a commodities contract.

List and briefly define five essential parts of a commodities contract. Which parts have a direct bearing on the price behavior of the contract?

Q: Briefly define each of the following: a. Settlement price

Briefly define each of the following: a. Settlement price b. Daily price limit c. Volume d. Maximum daily price range e. Delivery month

Q: The Minnesota-based industrial conglomerate 3M has been paying dividends and

The Minnesota-based industrial conglomerate 3M has been paying dividends and increasing them for a long time. In 1970 3M shareholders received dividends per share of $1.10, and 47 years later in 2017...

Q: What measure is used to calculate the return on a commodities contract

What measure is used to calculate the return on a commodities contract?

Q: Note several approaches to investing in commodities and explain the investment objectives

Note several approaches to investing in commodities and explain the investment objectives of each.

Q: Define a preferred stock. What types of prior claims do preferred

Define a preferred stock. What types of prior claims do preferred shareholders enjoy? How do trust preferreds differ from traditional preferreds?

Q: In what ways is a preferred stock like equity? In what

In what ways is a preferred stock like equity? In what ways is it like a bond?

Q: What are the advantages and the disadvantages of investing in preferreds?

What are the advantages and the disadvantages of investing in preferreds?

Q: Distinguish a cumulative preferred share from a callable preferred share. Do

Distinguish a cumulative preferred share from a callable preferred share. Do cumulative dividend provisions and call features affect the investment merits of preferred issues? Explain.