FIN380 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE 2026 FULL
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Dutch. Answer: wall built around settlement area by this group of people to keep Native
Americans out
● Philadelphia. Answer: where was first American stock exchange founded
● Buttonwood Tree. Answer: where stocks were traded in the late 1700's
● overinflated. Answer: what happened to stocks right before stock market crash of 1929
● 2 day even followed by 2 weeks of falling stock prices. Answer: how the crash of 1929 was
similar to crash of 1987
● risk. Answer: term for the chance that one takes that all or part of the money put into an
investment can be lost
● time value of money. Answer: term that explains the concept that the more time individuals
have to save and invest, the more likely the money can increase
● rule of 72. Answer: term for the amount of time it will take for your money to double
● diversification. Answer: term for spreading out the risk between different forms of
investments and savings
● returns are higher. Answer: benefit of investing over saving
● dollar cost averaging. Answer: technique of investing the same fixed dollar amount in an
investment at regular intervals over a long period of time
● interest. Answer: term for the money that you receive when you put money into a savings
account
● dividends. Answer: term for the money that you receive as distribution of a company's profit
or earnings to the company's stockholders
● common. Answer: type of stock that allows the stockholder to vote in the election of
company officers and often receive dividends
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
● Dutch. Answer: wall built around settlement area by this group of people to keep Native
Americans out
● Philadelphia. Answer: where was first American stock exchange founded
● Buttonwood Tree. Answer: where stocks were traded in the late 1700's
● overinflated. Answer: what happened to stocks right before stock market crash of 1929
● 2 day even followed by 2 weeks of falling stock prices. Answer: how the crash of 1929 was
similar to crash of 1987
● risk. Answer: term for the chance that one takes that all or part of the money put into an
investment can be lost
● time value of money. Answer: term that explains the concept that the more time individuals
have to save and invest, the more likely the money can increase
● rule of 72. Answer: term for the amount of time it will take for your money to double
● diversification. Answer: term for spreading out the risk between different forms of
investments and savings
● returns are higher. Answer: benefit of investing over saving
● dollar cost averaging. Answer: technique of investing the same fixed dollar amount in an
investment at regular intervals over a long period of time
● interest. Answer: term for the money that you receive when you put money into a savings
account
● dividends. Answer: term for the money that you receive as distribution of a company's profit
or earnings to the company's stockholders
● common. Answer: type of stock that allows the stockholder to vote in the election of
company officers and often receive dividends
