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| 06-Feb-05 |
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30% |
What was the total dollar cost, measured in loss
of economic productivity, of Americans deleting
spam last year?
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| 01-Feb-05 |
-- |
15% |
How much does a
Super
Bowl
contribute
on average
to
the local
economy
of
a host city?
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| 24-Jan-05 |
-- |
16% |
How does the number of restated financial filings
for
public
companies
in 2004 compare to the number
from
2003?
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| 17-Jan-05 |
-- |
16% |
How many high-income taxpayers (individuals earning
over
$100,000
a
year)
were audited by the IRS
in
2004?
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| 10-Jan-05 |
-- |
20% |
In 2003, which state received the most in federal
spending
compared
to the federal taxes collected
within
the state?
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| 03-Jan-05 |
-- |
9% |
What percentage of employees are looking for a
new
job?
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| 28-Dec-04 |
-- |
58% |
As of 2001, how many eligible employees made the
maximum
contribution to their 401(k) plan?
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| 21-Dec-04 |
-- |
12% |
Which gift from The Twelve Days of Christmas
depreciated the most from 2003-2004?
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| 12-Dec-04 |
-- |
30% |
What is the historic average of the insider sell
to
buy
ratio?
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| 07-Dec-04 |
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49% |
How much time do salespeople actually spend selling?
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| 29-Nov-04 |
-- |
23% |
For every dollar that a US company spends on outsourcing
a
service
job
to
India,
how
much
net
value
is
returned
to
the
US?
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| 21-Nov-04 |
-- |
17% |
How much does a pack of cigarettes cost a 24 year
old
smoker
if
you
include
future
costs
(reduced
life
expectancy,
second
hand
smoke,
etc.)?
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| 15-Nov-04 |
-- |
77% |
Which group makes up a larger segment of the home-buying
market?
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| 08-Nov-04 |
-- |
21% |
What is the estimated percentage of U.S. corporations
that
paid
no
federal taxes between 1996 and 2000?
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| 01-Nov-04 |
-- |
13% |
What percentage of privately held companies are
majority
owned
by
women?
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| 25-Oct-04 |
-- |
21% |
All the gold ever mined is equal in size to which
of the following?
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| 18-Oct-04 |
-- |
68% |
U.S. markets have had the best returns during the
administrations of Presidents from which political party?
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| 12-Oct-04 |
-- |
22% |
What percentage of the U.S. population does not
have
a bank account?
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| 03-Oct-04 |
-- |
28% |
How much does fantasy football cost businesses
each day in terms of lost productivity?
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| 26-Sep-04 |
-- |
24% |
According to a recent study, how did the IPO's
of "commercially successful" companies
perform against benchmarks of comparable stocks
in the first 3 years after their IPO?
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| 19-Sep-04 |
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34% |
In 2003, how much money did individual citizens
donate
to the US Treasury to help reduce the public
debt?
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| 12-Sep-04 |
-- |
32% |
In 2003, what was the estimated
value of 'unclaimed
assets'
(lost
&
found
items)
held
by states
waiting
to be
claimed
by
individuals?
|
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| 08-Sep-04 |
-- |
34% |
When a company allows top executives the use of
corporate
aircraft
for
personal
use,
how
does
it
affect
the
company's
stock
price
compared
to
its
market
benchmark?
|
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| 29-Aug-04 |
-- |
50% |
From 2002-2003, which of the following
investments
produced
the
best
return before transaction costs?
|
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| 19-Aug-04 |
-- |
40% |
How much more money per year per inch do tall people
earn
than
their
shorter colleagues?
|
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| 06-Aug-04 |
-- |
5% |
Which of the following remodeling projects is most
likely to provide the best return when a homeowner
decides to sell?
|
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| 29-Jul-04 |
-- |
34% |
What is the estimated value of all
the unused
vacation
days
that
will
be
lost
by
employees
in
2004?
|
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| 23-Jul-04 |
-- |
20% |
Which of the following is considered the least
corrupt
country
in
the
world?
|
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| 15-Jul-04 |
-- |
25% |
Which of the following products is NOT sold by
a
company
that
is
one of the top ten IPO gainers
in
the
last
year?
|
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| 07-Jul-04 |
-- |
23% |
During 2003, how did the average stock analyst's
recommendations
perform
compared
to
his
or her
benchmark?
|
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| 01-Jun-04 |
-- |
38% |
When the market for a stock gets "cornered,"
who
loses
the
most?
|
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| 27-May-04 |
-- |
36% |
A penny saved is how many earned?
|
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| 24-May-04 |
-- |
10% |
For which of these decades were stock market returns
most
determined by investor sentiment, rather
than
fundamentals?
|
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| 20-May-04 |
-- |
21% |
Bob and Jim retired in 1972 with $1 million each,
100%
invested
in
the
S&P
500.
Each
year
thereafter,
Bob
withdrew
$10,000
and
Jim
withdrew
$30,000;
withdrawals
were
adjusted
for
inflation.
By
2001,
how
did
their
portfolios
compare?
|
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| 17-May-04 |
-- |
46% |
The "Rule of 72" estimates the time it
would
take
principal
to double at a given interest
rate.
What
else
is it good for?
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| 13-May-04 |
-- |
29% |
Which of these investors in the South Sea speculative
craze
during
the 1720s in England actually wound
up
with
a capital gain?
|
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| 10-May-04 |
-- |
31% |
In the short term, what erroneous conclusion might
a
stock's
"bid-ask
bounce"
tempt
you
to
make?
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| 06-May-04 |
-- |
48% |
Bob and Jane start with $1 each, and each average
a
pretax
annual
return
of
20%.
But
Bob
trades
annually
(incurring
ordinary
income
taxes)
while
Jane
buys
and
holds.
After 40
years, how
do
their portfolios
compare,
after
taxes?
|
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| 03-May-04 |
-- |
16% |
Before there were "Dutch auctions" over
the
internet,
how
did
one
company
accept
bids
from
small investors
for
shares
of
its
IPO?
|
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| 29-Apr-04 |
-- |
44% |
Say Company X announces unexpectedly high earnings
on
Monday
and
the
stock jumps 10%. What's the
least
likely
reason
that
the stock still has room
to
climb?
|
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| 26-Apr-04 |
-- |
21% |
Which group faced the highest interest rates for
unsecured
borrowing?
|
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| 22-Apr-04 |
-- |
43% |
How did a market-cap weighted index of the 400
largest companies that are "socially
responsible"
in
their
environmental
and other
practices perform
from
May
18, 2001
to April 21,
2004?
|
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| 12-Apr-04 |
-- |
34% |
From 1989-2002, if the Fed made an unexpected 25-basis-point
cut
in
the
Federal
Funds
rate, what immediate
effect
did
that
have
on
the stock market?
|
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| 08-Apr-04 |
-- |
22% |
Which of the following are you most likely to be
unable
to
force
your
children
to
do,
in
order
to
get
their
inheritance?
|
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| 05-Apr-04 |
-- |
49% |
Which of these news story headlines expressed sentiment
that
was
most
contrary
to
what
actually
happened
in
the
stock
market
over
the
12
months
following
publication?
|
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| 01-Apr-04 |
-- |
28% |
In the period 1953-2003, which of the following
earned
the
highest
compound
annual
return,
before
transaction
costs
and
expenses?
|
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| 29-Mar-04 |
-- |
42% |
In U.S. real estate investing, what is "boot?"
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| 25-Mar-04 |
-- |
16% |
Which
of
the
following was largest in 2001? (Value consumer time spent handling income taxes at
$15/hr.)
|
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| 15-Mar-04 |
-- |
34% |
Which of these states potentially offers the most protection for your assets in the event of bankruptcy or a court judgement?
|
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| 11-Mar-04 |
-- |
5% |
In the 1994, the book *Built to
Last*
featured
18
large
"visionary"
companies.
How
has
a
dollar-weighted
portfolio
of
those
companies
performed
since
1994,
as
of
March
10,
2004?
|
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| 08-Mar-04 |
-- |
31% |
For 1982-2002, leading economists were asked twice
a
year
to
forecast
the level and direction of interest
rates
in
the
next 6 months. How often did their
average
forecast
get
at least the direction of
interest
changes
right?
|
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| 04-Mar-04 |
-- |
18% |
If you're overweight, which of the following expenses
is
most
likely
to be allowed as a deduction by
the
IRS
this
year?
|
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| 01-Mar-04 |
-- |
26% |
From 1985-1996, which kind of Hollywood motion
pictures
were
most
likely
to
earn
box office receipts three
times
the
size
of
their
production budgets?
|
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| 26-Feb-04 |
-- |
12% |
In the determination of initial Social Security
benefits,
how
are
the earning years of
a
U.S.
worker's
lifetime
treated
(as
of
2004)?
|
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| 19-Feb-04 |
-- |
6% |
As of 1992, which activity made a U.S. household
most
likely
to
own
stocks and mutual funds outside
of retirement
accounts,
with
all other
things
(like wealth)
being
equal?
|
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| 17-Feb-04 |
-- |
15% |
In 2001, what proportion of the 6,836 U.S. individual
tax
returns
reporting more than 10 million dollars
of
adjusted
gross income paid no U.S. income taxes
at
all?
|
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| 12-Feb-04 |
-- |
51% |
What's the most likely reason that someone who
has
created
a
revocable
living
trust
would
also need a will?
|
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| 09-Feb-04 |
-- |
21% |
Which of these factors alone, by one estimate,
will
make
a
U.S.
tax filer most likely to face paying
Alternative
Minimum
Tax
in
2005?
|
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| 05-Feb-04 |
-- |
22% |
For 1881 to 1989, Nancy decided to invest in stocks
only
when
the
S&P
500
PE
ratio
was
20 or higher.
How
many
of
her
(16)
purchases
would
go
on to
enjoy
a
10-year
real
compound
return
of
more
than 5%?
|
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| 02-Feb-04 |
-- |
32% |
By what percentage did credit card debt for U.S.
households
increase,
1968-2000,
adjusting for
inflation?
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| 29-Jan-04 |
-- |
13% |
According to one 2003 estimate, what % of U.S.
married
couples
with
2
kids
filing
a
joint AGI
of $75-100,000
will
be
subject
to
the
Alternative
Minimum
Tax
in
2005?
|
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| 22-Jan-04 |
-- |
25% |
The typical U.S. family in the 1970s had one wage
earner.
As
of
2000,
it
had
two.
What
family
expense
increased
the
most
in
this
period,
as
a
percent
change?
|
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| 19-Jan-04 |
-- |
24% |
What did a typical U.S. family of four in 2000
spend
more
on per month than a typical U.S. family
in
1973,
adjusting for inflation?
|
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| 12-Jan-04 |
-- |
18% |
Prior to 1971, what letter was used to abbreviate
British
pence,
and
what
did
that letter stand for?
|
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| 08-Jan-04 |
-- |
26% |
In 1995, what % of U.S. single-earner households
headed
by
a
35-44 year old male could afford the
median-priced
single
family
home in their area?
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| 05-Jan-04 |
-- |
29% |
At the Dojima rice exchange in 18th-century Japan,
what happened
to
traders
who
tried
to trade
after the daily
close?
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| 02-Jan-04 |
-- |
21% |
As of 2000, what proportion of millionaires reported
regularly
rising
each
weekday
morning after
6:25
A.M?
|
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| 29-Dec-03 |
-- |
25% |
As of 1999, what was the estimated value of the
average
U.S.
millionaire's
home?
|
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| 22-Dec-03 |
-- |
23% |
How much greater was the U.S. cost of living in
1914
than
it
was in 1865?
|
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| 18-Dec-03 |
-- |
64% |
Which of these charitable giving options allows
you
the
least influence over how the assets you
contribute
are
invested?
|
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| 15-Dec-03 |
-- |
46% |
Complete the old Wall Street rhyme about the market's
performance
at the end of December: "If
Santa
Claus
should
fail
to
call..."
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| 08-Dec-03 |
-- |
25% |
According to one recent analysis, how much have late trading and market timing been costing all mutual fund investors a year, as a percent of all mutual fund assets? |
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| 04-Dec-03 |
-- |
29% |
Net of fees, how did reported hedge fund returns in the period 1994-2003(Oct) compare to the total return for the S&P 500 over the same period? |
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| 01-Dec-03 |
-- |
22% |
To assess the priciness of two stocks (in standard financial theory), a simple comparison of their PEG ratios will be accurate even if the stocks have different... |
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| 27-Nov-03 |
-- |
47% |
Multiply your age by your household income. Divide
by
10.
What
does
the
resulting
number mean?
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| 24-Nov-03 |
-- |
31% |
What proportion of the dollars on deposit domestically with FDIC member banks and institutions is not covered by FDIC insurance, as of June 30, 2003? |
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| 20-Nov-03 |
-- |
7% |
As of October 2003, how much could a married person arrange to deposit in CDs at a small bank and still have it be insured by the FDIC? |
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| 17-Nov-03 |
-- |
15% |
How did the number of U.S. personal bankruptcy filings for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 2003 compare to that for the quarter ending Sept. 30, 1994? |
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| 13-Nov-03 |
-- |
45% |
Why might a homeowner not notice that their standard homeowner's coverage (HO-3) is inadequate? |
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| 06-Nov-03 |
-- |
11% |
The U.S. economy (GDP) grew approximately at an annualized, real rate of 7.2% in Q3 2003. For the quarters 1947-2003Q3, how often has it grown at least this fast? |
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| 27-Oct-03 |
-- |
22% |
For 1885-2002, what percent of down years for the S&P 500 have been followed by another down year? |
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| 23-Oct-03 |
-- |
41% |
Which of the following is always included in a mortgage's APR? |
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| 20-Oct-03 |
-- |
55% |
For 1927-1998, during which kind of U.S. presidential administration did the stock market perform best? |
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| 16-Oct-03 |
-- |
50% |
In which kind of account might it be smartest, tax-wise, to hold risky stocks? |
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| 13-Oct-03 |
-- |
24% |
For 1997-1999, how did the typical 1-Year Target Price differ from the price of the stock it covered? |
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| 09-Oct-03 |
-- |
56% |
Nancy and Audrey both owe $3,000 on identical 11% APR credit cards whose minimum monthly payments are 2% of the balance or $10, whichever is greater. Nancy pays the minimum each month; Audrey pays a flat $60. Assuming no further spending on their cards, when will they pay off their balances? |
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| 06-Oct-03 |
-- |
34% |
For 1983-1996, how would staying invested in the top 10% of Fortune Magazine's ""Most Admired Companies"" have performed over 5 years vs. the stock market average, before expenses? |
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| 02-Oct-03 |
-- |
14% |
Which U.S. state had the highest average homeowners insurance premiums for a typical (HO-3) policy in 1999? |
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| 28-Sep-03 |
-- |
47% |
Which kind of damage is least likely to be covered by the typical homeowner's insurance policy (HO-3)? |
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| 18-Sep-03 |
-- |
21% |
In how many of the years 1986-2001 did a strategy of owning only stocks most favored by Wall Street analysts outperform a strategy of owning only stocks least favored by Wall Street analysts? |
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| 15-Sep-03 |
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38% |
From 1950-2001, which calendar month had the lowest average return for the Dow and S&P 500? |
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| 08-Sep-03 |
-- |
60% |
For which kinds of companies is the P/E ratio most likely to give an incomplete picture of that company's market valuation? |
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| 21-Aug-03 |
-- |
39% |
Which of the following would never affect your credit score? |
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| 14-Aug-03 |
-- |
16% |
For 1977-1997, Bob had 100% in U.S. stocks, while Jim had 76% in U.S. stocks and 24% in developed foreign country stocks. How did their portfolio returns and risk (volatilty of annual returns) compare? |
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| 28-Jul-03 |
-- |
28% |
From April 1971 to June 2003, what was the size of the typical monthly change, in basis points, of the average 30-year U.S. fixed mortgage rate? |
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| 21-Jul-03 |
-- |
31% |
For any year in 1926-1982, how did the top-performing 10% of U.S. stocks in the previous three years perform in the next three years? |
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| 14-Jul-03 |
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35% |
Nancy and Sally each invest $1,000 in 1901, 50% in US bonds and 50% in the S&P 500. Sally rebalances annually to maintain a 50-50 target allocation into stocks and bonds. Nancy never rebalances. Ignoring taxes, at the end of 2001 how do their investments compare? |
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| 10-Jul-03 |
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25% |
Can a homeowner with a mortgage sell his home and use his old mortgage to buy a new home? |
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| 26-Jun-03 |
-- |
11% |
On September 1, 1990, Bob invested $1,000 in stocks
with
minimal
shareholder
rights,
and
Jack
put
$1,000
in
stocks
with
maximum
shareholder
rights.
Ten
years
later,
whose
investment
was
worth
more?
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| 19-Jun-03 |
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25% |
For U.S. tax year 2000, the weighted average effective income tax rate was 16.1%. Which taxpayers actually paid this much or more, based on their Adjusted Gross Income (""AGI"")? |
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| 09-Jun-03 |
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14% |
Mr. and Mrs. Doe had 2001 household income of $128,500, which was higher than 95% of U.S. households. How much net worth would they have needed to be wealthier than 95% of U.S. households? |
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| 27-May-03 |
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27% |
In 2001, where the head of a U.S. household was 35-44 years old, what was the typical net worth for that household? |
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| 12-May-03 |
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25% |
What proportion of the top-performing 10% of equity mutual funds in the period 1970-1980 were also among the top-performing 10% of equity funds in the decade 1980-90? |
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| 05-May-03 |
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34% |
If you have an extra $10,000, which is most likely to earn you the highest return? |
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| 21-Apr-03 |
-- |
45% |
For which of these items was there not a futures contract available for trading, as of April 2003? |
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| 31-Mar-03 |
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7% |
Which of the following U.S. military conflicts has the highest direct costs, measured as % of annual U.S. GDP during the period? |
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| 20-Mar-03 |
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24% |
Which of these nations was reported to hold the largest amount of U.S. federal debt, as of December 2002? |
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| 27-Feb-03 |
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40% |
In the period 1995-2002, which of the following experienced the highest cumulative return (CAGR)? |
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