Bloomberg Market Concepts Certification Questions and Answers Graded A+

Bloomberg Market Concepts Certification Questions and Answers Graded A+ A luxury cell phone maker has a high fixed-cost base and a lot of debt. Which stakeholder in the company would you rather be? a shareholder in a booming economy Assume that an investor in the S&P 500 reinvests his dividends. According to the chart, what approximate return would this investor have reaped from the early 2009 (1,000) trough to the endpoint (3,400)? 340% At its peak at the end of 1999, Microsoft has a market cap of $600B. PC sales were booming and most PCs ran on Microsoft software..... The decline in the P/E ratio more than offset earnings growth and this pushed the market cap down. Below is a table for the steel producers Dashboard, which shows the sources of demand for steel products globally. Given the data, which of the following would be of most interest to prospective investors in steel? The impact of China's recession on the commercial real estate market Company A pays a dividend of 2%. Company B's stock price increases by 1% plus the inflation rate every year. Company C pays 3% dividends, and its stock price decreases every year by 2%. Company D pays 0% dividends, and its stock price does not increase year over year. If the companies are otherwise identical, which would you invest in? Company B Company X was expected to have earnings per share of $0.52 for the upcoming quarter. On the day of the results, the company reported earnings per share of $0.83. What happened to the share price when the stock market opened? There is not enough information to tell. Engines are the most expensive, heavy component on an aircraft and are designed with detailed specifications. Which of the following would likely be the best theme for a Rolls-Royce analyst research note to help a portfolio manager decide between investing in Rolls-Royce or United Technologies? A comparison of the commercial prospects of new aircraft models Here is a chart of the Nasdaq Composite, the world's main technology index. It peaked in the dotcom bubble on March 10, 2000. The P/E.... Earnings grew substantially, meaning that the P/E ratio in early 2015 was only around 30.3x. Here is a table from the Bloomberg Intelligence copper dashboard which shows the different end-uses of aluminum in China. Which of the following headlines would be of most interest to an aluminum trader in China? China's Aluminum Demand Weathers Real-Estate Slowdown So Far Here is the capital structure of Microsoft. What part of the $117.67 share price (to the nearest dollar) is represented by cash? $17 How is enterprise value calculated? Enterprise