SIE Flashcards
ETN (Exchange Traded Notes)
-adversely impacted if issuers credit rating is downgraded
-debt Secuity
-issued by banks or financial institutions and typically track an index or benchmark
-can go long or short
-does NOT pay dividends or interest
-debt instrument
Treasury Notes
- interest is paid semiannually
-quoted by whole and fractional bond points
-1/32
Treasury Stock
- issued stock subsequently reacquired by a corporation
-par value
-it is authorized, issued, and owned but NOT outstanding
Credit risk=Default Risk
Market Risk is the highest for variable life
Market risk=liquidity risk
marketability ricst=liquidity risk
currency risk=non-systematic risk
Purchasing Power risk= inflation risk
risk
Securities Act of 1933
-All gov. agency issues are exempt
-Registration is required for ADRs
-registration is not required for securities by gov. muni bons, Eurodollar
-Registration is required for new issues
-registration Is listed it of non-expect new issues
-prohibit fraud and deceit in the marketing of securities
-financial statements certified by independent accountants
-registration not required for small business investment companies
Ginnie Mae (GNMA)
-interest payments on pass through are made monthly
- mortgage
-conservative investments that may be suitable for senior investor
-payment due T+1
-pass through certificate has no credit risk as it is backed by us gov
Hypothecation
-pledging of securities as collateral
-margin account
-make loans to banks
Treasury Bonds
-exposed to inflationary risk
-issued by US. gov. in book entry
Debenture
-unsecured bond
-promised by issuers promise to pay
-seeking income
DDP (Direct Participation Programs)
-provide exposure to non-correlated assets
-offers professional management
-high risk, high reward
-illiquid
-passive income
12b-1 Fee
-Sales and Advertising
-includes cost of marketing and distributing a mutual fund is collected
-expenses of selling, marketing, distributing fund
-salaries of fund salespeople
-Highest can be 1%
-No-load fund cannot be greater than .25%
-if fund has 12b-1 fee the max sales charge is 7.25%
Preferred Stock
-Cumulated, participating, convertible, callable, straight
-can be converted to common stock not bonds
HSA (Health Savings Account)
-funded w/ tax-deductible contribution
-established by corporate employees as part of their health insurance plans
-sponsored by employer so qualified
-plans w/ high deductibles
-$4,150 for 1, $8,300 for family
-tax deferred
-withdrawals for medical is tax-free
ODD (Options Disclosure Document)
-customer must be sent options agreement for signature and returned within 15 days of first options transaction
bust be sent at or prior to account opening
(REIT) Real Estate Investment Trusts
-non-exempt under Securities act 1933
-traded on stock exchange or OTC
GNP (Gross National Product)
- includes American companies doing business in other countries
GDP (Gross Domestic Product)
- business conducted between American boarders
Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIB)
UTMA (Uniform Transfers to Minors Act)
-opened under Tax ID of the minor
-owned by minor
FDIC (Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation)
- savings account at a bank is guaranteed by FDIC
Regulation D
-504, 506(b), 506(c)
-regulation dont need to be registered under 1933 if these rules are followed
-Private Offering
-no limit for accredited investors
-no more than 35 non accredited investors
-refers to private placements
-how restricted shares are normally acquired
Regulation T
-a 90-day restriction occurs when a customer opens and closes the same stock in a cash account without paying in full
-applies to corporate bonds OTC, common stock, and preferred stock OTC but NOT municipal bonds OTC
-max time peripd to collect monies owned by customer prior to extension request is 3 buisness days
-rules cover both cash accounts and margin accounts
-payment for trade must be made 3 business days after trade
-set by Fed
-broker to customer
-does NOT apply to us gov bonds
-exntension for payment is S+2
payments must be made in 3 days
apples to listed and unlisted securities
applies to non expempt securities
Regulation A-offering circular
- up to $75 Million
-can still be public offering
529
-potential deductibility of contributions from state taxes
-changes state to state
-must inform contribution must be deductible at state level
-tax-free Distrubutions
-amount contributed won’t be deductible from federal income tax but possibly state income tax
-donor and beneficiary can be the same person
-donor maintains control over assets