Test 2 Terms

Test 2 Terms.

Business Cycle, Deficit, Surpluses, Discount Rate, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Peak, Trough.

Leading, Lagging and Coincident indicators

Pure Competition, Oligopoly, Monopoly

Bottom-Up Approach, Top-Down Approach.

Beta, General Dividend Valuation Model, Dividend Growth Model, Equity Risk Premium, Earnings Valuation Model (P/E), Growth Companies, Growth Stock, Price-Earnings Ratio, Required Rate of Return, Risk-Free Rate, Valuation.

In addition to the terms listed above, be familiar with the following:

The stock listing in the Wall Street Journal.

Preferred Stocks and their characteristics

Count on calculations dealing with: the Required Rate of Return, Price-Earnings Ratio, Dividend Yield. You will NOT have to find the price of a stock using the dividend discount model. The models are fair game for questions.

Return on Assets

Return on Equity