ANALYZING FINANCIAL REPORTS WALL STREET FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION

ANALYZING FINANCIAL REPORTS WALL STREET FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE 2025/2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED CORRECT SOLUTIONS || 100% GUARANTEED PASS RECENT VERSION 1. Wall Street - ANSWER Public trading of companies in Manhattan, New York. 2. Bear market - ANSWER Stock market drop of 20% or more, indicating falling trends. 3. Bull market - ANSWER Upward trend in financial markets, with strong economic indicators and investor optimism. 4. Blue chip stocks - ANSWER Well-established companies with stable performance and strong financial position. 5. Mutual funds - ANSWER Pooled money from multiple investors to invest in a diversified portfolio, managed by professionals. 6. Bonds - ANSWER Debt securities issued by governments to raise capital, with regular interest payments. 7. Hedge funds - ANSWER Investment funds using various strategies to generate returns, often using complex financial instruments. 8. Dividends - ANSWER Portion of company's earnings distributed to shareholders as a return on investment. 9. IPO - ANSWER First sale of stock by a private company to the public, often to fund expansion. 10. NASDAQ - ANSWER Global marketplace for buying and selling stocks, options, and other financial instruments. 11. S&P 500 - ANSWER Index measuring performance of 500 largest publicly traded US companies, serving as a benchmark for the stock market. 12. Cryptocurrency - ANSWER Digital or virtual currency using cryptography and blockchain technology. 13. New York Stock Exchange - ANSWER Largest and oldest stock exchange in the world, listing large and well-established companies. 14. Common stock - ANSWER Ownership in a corporation with voting rights and participation in company's success. 15. Commodities - ANSWER Physical goods or raw materials traded on commodity exchanges. 16. Stock split - ANSWER Corporate action dividing existing shares into multiple shares to lower share price and increase number of outstanding shares. 17. AMEX - ANSWER Financial marketplace for trading equities, options, and exchange-traded funds. 18. SEC - ANSWER Securities and Exchange Commission, overseeing and enforcing securities laws to protect investors. 19. Capital gains - ANSWER Profits earned from sale of capital assets, resulting from appreciation in value over time. 20. Options - ANSWER Financial instrument based on value of stocks, indexes, and exchange-traded funds, allowing buyer to buy or sell assets. 21. Dow Jones Industrial Average - ANSWER Stock market index tracking 30 blue-chip companies, reflecting economic trends. 22. Insider trading - ANSWER Buying or selling stock with non-public knowledge, regulated by SEC. 23. Bitcoin - ANSWER Virtual currency operating on decentralized networks, highest valued cryptocurrency. 24. PE ratio - ANSWER Ratio valuing a company by comparing its current share price to its earnings per share. 25. Leverage - ANSWER Use of debt to amplify returns from investments or projects. 26. Does Google provide this GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliation in its latest 10-K? - ANSWER no 27. It is 4/18/2014. What is Google's latest available actual share count (include both classes)? Please provide your answer without comma separator or decimal (Ex: ) - ANSWER Answer: 280,844,569 + 55,800,053 = - date is March 17, 2014, per the March 28 2014 proxy. 28. It is 1/15/2014. What is Apple's latest available actual share count? Please provide your answer without comma separator or decimal (Ex: ) - ANSWER 892,553,950 - Source filing: 1/10/14 DEF 14A 29. It is 4/18/2014. What is Google's latest available number of exercisable stock options? Please provide your answer without comma separator or decimal (Ex: ) - ANSWER 3,795,911 - per the company's 2013 10-K, p. 80 30. It is 4/18/2014. What is Tesla's latest available number of exercisable stock options? Please provide your answer without comma separator or decimal (Ex: ) - ANSWER 10,714,106 - per the company's 2013 10 K, p. 114 31. What is the date and name of the first filing Facebook made in relation to its acquisition of ? - ANSWER 8-K, February 19, 2014 32. How much cash consideration (not including Facebook shares or RSUs) is to be provided to according to the first document filed with the SEC regarding the acquisition? Please provide your answer in billions, without comma separator or decimal (Ex: 13) - ANSWER $4 billion - Source filing: FB 2/19/14 8-K 33. It is 1/15/2014. What is the latest reported number of AAPL shares beneficially owned by BlackRock, Inc.? Please provide your answer without comma separator or decimal (Ex: ) - ANSWER 49,807,372 - Source filing: 1/10/14 DEF 14A 34. True or false: 10-Q's must be filed four times a year for publicly traded companies. - ANSWER False; only 3x a year 35. True or False: Both the 10-K and 10-Q filings are audited. - ANSWER False; only 10-K filings are audited 36. True or false: All publicly traded companies and private companies with revenues greater than $850m must file 10-K's annually with the SEC. - ANSWER False 37. True or false: For large accelerated filers, 10-K's must be filed no later than 90 days after the fiscal year-end date. - ANSWER False; for large accelerated filers, 10-Ks must be filed not later than 60 days after the fiscal year-end date. 38. 10-K - ANSWER -annual financial statements -latest share count on front cover -selected financial data, detailed footnotes, MD&A -most detailed overview of companies' financial operations and regulations governing them 39. 10-Q - ANSWER -less detailed footnotes and MD&A than 10-K -less details about stock options -usually missing critical information on options tranches requiring the use of a prior 10-K to calculate diluted shares 40. 8-K - ANSWER -issued 4 times a year; the first glimpse into a company's financial statements -earnings press releases are less detailed than 10-K/10-Q's with the exception of potentially fuller GAAP vs Non-GAAP reconciliations, and arrive several weeks before those filings -often contain key terms of the deal, announcement data, and other relevant information for acquisitions 41. Proxy - ANSWER -if it is the most recent filing from the ones listed above, it will contain the latest basic share count -contains management compensation and major shareholders -useful when analyzing an acquisition because companies provide shareholders a lot of technical details regarding the deal when soliciting shareholder approval 42. 20-F - ANSWER -annual report filed by certain foreign issuers of securities trading in the U.S. 43. Primary filings for common analyses - ANSWER 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, Proxy, 20-F 44. Primary filings for M&A analysis - ANSWER 10-K, 10-Q, earnings release 8-Ks, Proxy, S-4, 14-D, S-1 45. S-4 - ANSWER -registration statement -required when two existing public companies merge and securities are to be issued in connection with the merger