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Sunday, Jun 06, 2004
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Investment World
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Investment Quotient Investment Quiz Nath Balakrishnan
Questions 1.Which Indian company is credited with having constructed the Bridge on the River Kwai for the movie under the same name made by David Lean? 2.It was started off by 19-year-old Jim Casey in Seattle, Washington as the American Messenger Company way back on 1907. How do we know it now as? 3.Roughly translated, its name stands for "Leave luck to heaven". It started with the business of manufacturing playing cards, though it is now a reputed name in an entirely different market segment. Which Japanese company are we talking about? 4.Born on August 30, 1930, he displayed a penchant for business and money at a young age. He was also rejected admission into the Harvard Business School on the pretext of being too young. Which famed investor are we speaking of? 5.If someone were to win the Bank of Sweden Prize, what prize would he have won? 6.A stock's dividend divided by its market price is a metric that is looked at to identify undervalued stocks. How do we know this parameter as? 7.What is the type of asset allocation strategy followed by most Indian balanced funds? 8.What is an underwater stock option? 9.Two Indian companies reported that they had crossed the $1-billion mark in consolidated earnings for the year ended March 2004. Reliance Industries was one. Which is the other? 10.Who has authored the book `Long-term secrets to short-term trading'?
Answers 1. Larsen & Toubro 2. United Parcel Service or UPS. 3. Video game manufacturer Nintendo. 4. The legendary Warren Buffett. 5. The Nobel Prize for Economics 6. Dividend yield 7. Constant asset allocation strategy 8. When the price at which the option can be exercised (the market price) is lower than the strike price, it is referred to as an underwater option 9. State Bank of India 10. Larry R Williams.
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