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Investment Quiz

Questions

1. Considered an authority in the area of competitive strategy, he has also founded a consulting outfit called Monitor. Who is being referred to here?

2. We have all heard of technology-heavy exchange called the Nasdaq. What does the acronym Nasdaq stand for?

3. Sabeer Bhatia, along with his colleague, conceived the idea of a free e-mail service on the Web. The question: Name the colleague and not the service?

4. With which gizmo would you associate the name Ken Kutaragi with?

5. Keeping in sync with the change in name that most global consulting outfits sought recourse to, what did KPMG Consulting rename itself as?

6. Which flamboyant business personality's autobiography is titled "Losing my Virginity"?

7. With which airline did easyJet merge with in August 2002 to create Europe's leading low-cost airline?

8. Which financial services brand has the ad line, "The right relationship is everything"?

9. How are variables that affect option prices, such as theta and vega, to name a couple, known as?

10. Name the two companies that are to acquire AT&T's stake in Idea Cellular?

Answers

1. Michael Porter

2. National Association of Securities

Dealers Automated Quotation.

3. Jack Smith

4. Sony PlayStation.

5. BearingPoint

6. Richard Branson

7. Go

8. Chase

9. Greeks

10. Singapore Technologies Telemedia and Telekom Malaysia

Nath Balakrishnan

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