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Example Questions from the Exam Facts 6 Book:

What is the priority in dividend payments?

1. Dividends in arrears (previously unpaid to cumulative preferred stocks)

2. Stated preferred stock dividends

3. Common stock dividend

4. Participating preferred stocks (participating portion)

Define American Depository Receipts (ADRs)

- Facilitate domestic trading of foreign securities

- ADR owners are paid dividends in US dollars

- ADRs are issued by banks

- The bank is the registered owner of the security

- ADRs have most rights of common stockholders

 (do NOT have voting or pre-emptive rights)

- ADRs are subject to currency or exchange risk

Define General obligation bonds

General obligation bonds (GO)

 - Backed by the full faith and credit of the issuing municipality (paid for by taxes)

 - Need voter approval to be issued

 - Issued to build schools, libraries, etc.

Define Revenue bonds

Revenue bonds

 - Backed by user fees or revenues

 - Issued to build toll bridges, stadiums, etc.

Define Industrial development revenue bond (IDR)

IDR's:

 - IDR's are issued by a municipality to build a  project for the benefit of a corporation

 - Backed by the credit of the corporation (NOT municipality)

 - Interest may be taxed at the federal level