Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications
Sunday, May 02, 2004
Financial Daily from THE HINDU group of publications Sunday, May 02, 2004 |
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Investment World
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Investment Quotient Quiz Nath Balakrishnan
1.Which listed company was India's first online brokerage house? 2. Who is the author of the widely-acclaimed investment classic, "Common Stocks, Uncommon Profits"? 3. In international markets, prices quoted for gold are per troy ounce. How many grams make up a troy ounce? 4. If the Nifty represents the index of the Indian equity market, to which country does the All Ordinaries index belong to? 5. If Sandoz is the generic arm of Novartis, of which company is Irex the generic arm of? 6. We've heard of the Vespa brand of scooters. What does it mean in Italian? 7. With what invention would you associate Ray Tomlinson? 8. In marketing parlance, what does BOGOF stand for? 9. CalPERS was in the news recently for its decision to invest in the Indian market. What does CalPERS stand for? 10. A sitter to finish with. The terms deep discount, junk and zero coupon are associated with which financial instrument?
Answers: 1. Geojit 2. Philip Fisher 3. 31.1 grams 4. Australia 5. Sanofi Synthelabo, which has been in the news recently for its acquisition of Aventis. 6. It's Italian for wasp. 7. e-mail. 8. Buy one, get one free. 9. California Public Employees' Retirement System. 10. Bonds.
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