Financial Markets and Institutions, 6e (Mishkin/Eakins)
Chapter 11 The Stock Market
11.1 Multiple Choice
1) (I) A share of common stock in a firm represents an ownership interest in that firm. (II) A
share of preferred stock is as much like a bond as it is like common stock.
A) (I) is true, (II) false.
B) (I) is false, (II) true.
C) Both are true.
D) Both are false.
2) Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of
A) both common stockholders and bondholders.
B) neither common stockholders nor bondholders.
C) common stockholders, but after that of bondholders.
D) bondholders, but after that of common stockholders.
3) (I) Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of common
stockholders, but after that of bondholders. (II) Firms issue preferred stock in far greater
amounts than common stock.
A) (I) is true, (II) false.
B) (I) is false, (II) true.
C) Both are true.
D) Both are false.
4) (I) Preferred stockholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of common
stockholders. (II) Bondholders hold a claim on assets that has priority over the claims of
preferred stockholders.
A) (I) is true, (II) false.
B) (I) is false, (II) true.
C) Both are true.
D) Both are false.
5) (I) Firms issue common stock in far greater amounts than preferred stock. (II) The total
volume of stock issued is much less than the volume of bonds issued.
A) (I) is true, (II) false.
B) (I) is false, (II) true.
C) Both are true.
D) Both are false.
6) The riskiest capital market security is
A) preferred stock.
B) common stock.
C) corporate bonds.
D) Treasury bonds.
7) Organized exchanges account for about _________ percent of the total dollar volume of
domestic stock shares traded.
A) 30
B) 45
C) 60
D) 70
8) Organized exchanges account for about _________ percent of the total dollar volume of
domestic stocks traded.
A) 60
B) 70
C) 80
D) 90
9) (I) The largest of the organized stock exchanges in the United States is the New York Stock
Exchange. (II) To be listed on the NYSE, a firm must have a minimum of $100 million dollars
in market value or $10 million in revenues.
A) (I) is true, (II) false.
B) (I) is false, (II) true.
C) Both are true.
D) Both are false.
10) To list on the NYSE, a firm must
A) have earnings of at least $100 million for each of the last three years.
B) have at least $500 million of market value and $100 million of revenue.
C) have a total of $100 million in market value of publicly traded shares.
D) meet all of the above requirements.
E) meet A and B of the above requirements.
11) Securities not listed on one of the exchanges trade in the over–the–counter market. In this
exchange, dealers “make a market” by
A) buying stocks for inventory when investors want to sell.
B) selling stocks from inventory when investors want to buy.
C) doing both of the above.
D) doing neither of the above.
12) The most active stock exchange in the world is the
A) Nikkei Stock Exchange.
B) London Stock Exchange.
C) Shanghai Stock Exchange.
D) New York Stock Exchange.
13) Which of the following statements about trading operations in an organized exchange is
correct?
A) Floor traders all deal in a wide variety of stocks.
B) In most trades, specialists match buy and sell orders.
C) In most trades, specialists buy for or sell from their own inventories.
D) The SuperDOT system is used to expedite large trades of over 100,000 shares.
14) Which of the following is not an advantage of Electronic Communications Networks
(ECNs)?
A) All unfilled orders are available for review by ECN traders.
B) Transactions costs are lower for ECN trades.
C) Trades are made and confirmed faster.
D) ECNs work well for thinly traded stocks.
15) Which of the following statements is false regarding Electronic Communications Networks
(ECNs)?
A) Archipelago and Instinet are two examples of ECNs.
B) Competition from ECNs has forced NASDAQ to cut its fees.
C) Traders benefit from lower trading costs and faster service.
D) ECNs allow institutional investors, but not individuals, to trade after hours.
16) A basic principle of finance is that the value of any investment is
A) the present value of all future net cash flows generated by the investment.
B) the undiscounted sum of all future net cash flows generated by the investment.
C) unrelated to the future net cash flows generated by the investment.
D) unrelated to the degree of risk associated with the future net cash flows generated by
the investment.
17) A stock currently sells for $25 per share and pays $0.24 per year in dividends. What is an
investor’s valuation of this stock if she expects it to be selling for $30 in one year and requires
15 percent return on equity investments?
A) $30.24
B) $26.30
C) $26.09
D) $27.74
18) A stock currently sells for $30 per share and pays $1.00 per year in dividends. What is an
investor’s valuation of this stock if he expects it to be selling for $37 in one year and requires
12 percent return on equity investments?
A) $38
B) $33.50
C) $34.50
D) $33.93
19) In the one–period valuation model, a stock’s value will be higher
A) the higher is its expected future price.
B) the lower is its dividend.
C) the higher is the required return on investments in equity.
D) all of the above.
20) In the one–period valuation model, a stock’s value falls if the _________ rises.
A) dividend
B) expected future price
C) required return on equity
D) current price
21) In the generalized dividend valuation model a stock’s value depend only on
A) its future dividend payments and its future price.
B) its future dividend payments and the required return on equity.
C) its future price and the required return on investments on equity.
D) its future dividend payments.
22) Which of the following is not an element of the Gordon growth model of stock valuation?
A) the stock’s most recent dividend paid.
B) the expected constant growth rate of dividends.
C) the required return on investments in equity.
D) the stock’s expected future price.
23) According to the Gordon growth model, what is an investor’s valuation of a stock whose
current dividend is $1.00 per year if dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 10
percent over a long period of time and the investor’s required return is 11 percent?
A) $110
B) $100
C) $11
D) $10
E) $5.24
24) According to the Gordon growth model, what is an investor’s valuation of a stock whose
current dividend is $1.00 per year if dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of 10
percent over a long period of time and the investor’s required return is 15 percent?
A) $20
B) $11
C) $22
D) $7.33
E) $4.40
25) Holding other things constant, a stock’s value will be highest if its dividend growth rate is
A) 15%.
B) 10%.
C) 5%.
D) 2%.
26) Holding other things constant, a stock’s value will be highest if its most recent dividend is
A) $2.00.
B) $5.00.
C) $0.50.
D) $1.00.
27) Holding other things constant, a stock’s value will be highest if the investor’s required return
on investments in equity is
A) 20%.
B) 15%.
C) 10%.
D) 5%.
28) Suppose the average industry PE ratio for auto parts retailers is 20. What is the current price
of Auto Zone stock if the retailer’s earnings per share are projected to be $1.85?
A) $21.85
B) $37
C) $10.81
D) $9.25
29) Which of the following is true regarding the Gordon growth model?
A) Dividends are assumed to grow at a constant rate forever.
B) The dividend growth rate is assumed to be greater than the required return on equity.
C) Both A and B.
D) Neither (a) nor (b).
30) The PE ratio approach to valuing stock is especially useful for valuing
A) privately held firms.
B) firms that don’t pay dividends.
C) both A and B.
D) neither (a) nor (b).
31) The PE ratio approach to valuing stock is especially useful for valuing
A) publicly held corporations.
B) firms that regularly pay dividends.
C) both A and B.
D) neither (a) nor (b).
32) A weakness of the PE approach to valuing stock is that it is
A) difficult to estimate the constant growth rate of a firm’s dividends.
B) difficult to estimate the required return on equity.
C) difficult to predict how much a firm will pay in dividends.
D) based on industry averages rather than firm–specific factors.
33) A firm is expected to pay a dividend of $1.00 next year and the dividend is expected to grow
at a constant rate of 4 percent over time. Some investors have required returns on
investments in equity of 12 percent, some 10 percent, and some 8 percent. The market price
of this firm’s stock will be slightly above
A) $25.
B) $18.
C) $16.67.
D) $12.50.
34) (I) The market price of a security at a given time is the highest value any investor puts on the
security. (II) Superior information about a security increases its value by reducing its risk.
A) (I) is true, (II) is false.
B) (I) is false, (II) is true.
C) Both are true.
D) Both are false.
35) The main cause of fluctuations in stock prices is changes in
A) tax laws.
B) errors in technical stock analysis.
C) daily trading volume in stock markets.
D) information available to investors.
E) total household wealth in the economy.
36) Stock values computed by valuation models may differ from actual market prices because it
is difficult to
A) estimate future dividend growth rates.
B) estimate the risk of a stock.
C) forecast a stock’s future dividends.
D) all of the above are true.
37) The 2001 terrorist attacks and the Enron financial scandal caused anticipated dividend
growth to _________, investors’ required return on equity to _________, and stock prices to
_________.
A) decreases; increase; decrease
B) decrease; increase; increase
C) increase; decrease; decrease
D) increase; decrease; increase
38) Which of the following is not an objective of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
A) maintain integrity of the securities markets
B) advise investors about which particular stocks are good buys
C) require firms to provide specific information to investors
D) regulate major participants in securities markets
39) A share of common stock in a firm represents an ownership interest in that firm and allow
stockholders to
A) vote.
B) receive dividends.
C) receive interest payments.
D) both A and B.
40) The NYSE trades ________ shares on an average trading day.
A) 2 billion
B) 5 billion
C) 10 billion
D) 12 billion
41) Exchange traded funds (ETFs) have which of the following features?
A) They are listed and traded as individual stocks on a stock exchange.
B) They are indexed rather than actively managed.
C) Their value is based on the underlying net asset value of the stocks held in the index
basket.
D) All of the above.
42) What is the primary disadvantage of an ETF?
A) ETFs tend to have lower management fees than do comparable index mutual bonds.
B) ETFs usually have no minimum investment amount.
C) Investors have to pay a broker commission each time they buy or sale shares.
D) None of the above are disadvantages of an ETF.
43) A high price earnings ratio (PE) gives what interpretation.
A) The market expects earnings to fall in the future.
B) The market feels the firm’s earnings are very high risk and are willing to pay a
premium for them
C) The market expects the earnings to rise in the future.
D) The firm is not paying a dividend.
44) A _______ PE may indicate that the market feels the firm’s earnings are very _______ risk
and is therefore willing to pay a ________ for them.
A) high; low; premium
B) high; high; discount
C) low; low; discount
D) high; high; premium
11.2 True/False
1) More stock trading in the U.S. occurs in over–the–counter markets rather than on organized
exchanges.
2) In over–the–counter markets, dealers increases the liquidity of thinly traded securities.
3) Electronic Communications Networks apply technology to make organized exchanges more
efficient and speedy.
4) All stocks pay dividends, as that is the only way an investor can profit from holding stock.
5) Common stock is the riskiest corporate security, followed by preferred stock and then
bonds.
6) The Enron financial scandal increased uncertainty about the quality of accounting
information and as a result increased required return on investment in stocks.
7) The Dow Jones Industrial Average is the broadest and best indicator of the stock market’s
day–to–day performance.
8) The Securities and Exchange Commission requires firms to submit various documents to
increase the flow of information to investors but does not verify the accuracy of that
information.
9) About half of new equity issues are preferred stock.
10) A stock’s market value will be higher the higher is its expected dividend stream, all else
equal.
11) The Gordon growth model assumes that a stock’s dividend grows at a constant rate forever.
12) A stock’s market value will be higher the higher is the investor’s required rate of return, all
else equal.
13) About 95% of orders to buy or sell on the NYSE are executed using SuperDOT.
14) The Wall Street Journal reports on 23 different indexes in its “Markets Lineup” column.
15) A lower than average PE may mean that the market expects earnings to rise in the future.
11.3 Essay
1) How do corporate stocks differ from bonds?
2) How do common stocks differ from preferred stock?
3) How do over–the–counter markets differ from organized exchanges?
4) What is the role of specialists on a stock exchange?
5) What are the advantages and disadvantages of Electronic Communications Networks
(ECNs) for trading stocks?
6) What is the role of the required return on equity investments in stock valuation models?
7) Using the Gordon growth model, explain why the 2001 terrorist attacks and the Enron
financial scandal caused stock prices to decline.
8) What are American Depository Receipts (ADRs)?
9) What are the objectives of the Securities and Exchange Commission?
10) What are the advantages and disadvantages of exchange traded funds (ETFs) fro trading
stocks?