FE 200 Final Exam Study Guide
· Be sure to review the investment quiz for the final exam
· CPI
· How is inflation studied, what is it
· Why does the economy move in a series of ups and downs
· The role of a bankruptcy lawyer and why he/she will tell you bankruptcy is your only option
· What is NOT bankruptable
· What is the role of debt settlement companies
· What type of credit counseling is involved and when
· Role of trustee
· Ways to prevent identity theft
· Who is eligible for FMLA
· What is the time frame available for employees
· Types of unemployment
· How is unemployment measured
· Stages of the financial life cycle
· Investing vs. speculating
· Lending investments vs. ownership investments
· The return of investing- dividends, capital loss & gains, interest
· Securities market- primary markets & secondary markets, IPO’s, NYSE, OTC
· Types of brokers
· The DOW & the S&P 500, Features of Common Stock
· Mutual Funds- making money, costs, advantages & disadvantages, types
· Bonds- terminology, corporate, treasury & municipal
· Inflation, deflation, depression, recession, GNP, CPI, unemployment
· Unemployment- frictional, structural, voluntary, involuntary
· Employment rate, Additional unemployment measures
· Workforce trends
· FMLA- policy, reasons for taking leave, job benefits & protection, unlawful acts by employers