One reason that writing options can be a viable and profitable investment strategy is that
A) the option writer collects the quarterly dividends.
B) most options expire unexercised.
C) an option writer determines when the option is exercised.
D) an option writer can exercise the option to avoid a potential loss.
Answer: B
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The role and importance of a strong brand name is dramatically important in today's global market because of:
A) the emphasis on accountability B) importance of consumer E-commerce C) brand parity in the business-to-business sector D) database mining capabilities of business firms
A cruise ship service specializing in entertaining young adults would most likely be using ________ as the segmentation method to attract business.
A. benefit segmentation B. geographic segmentation C. psychographic segmentation D. a multiattribute model E. demographic segmentation
A person may have very strong ethics in the way he or she treats family and friends, but not understand how failure to submit tax withholdings to the government affects peoples' lives or constitutes unethical or fraudulent behavior. This is an ethical issue encountered in which level of the ethical maturity model?
a. Personal ethical understanding b. Ethical courage c. Ethical leadership d. Application of ethics to business situations
Which of the following is/are true?
a. The required accounting for trading securities and for securities classified as available-for-sale differs with respect to the income statement but not with respect to the balance sheet. b. The unrealized gain or loss on trading securities appears in net income in the period when fair value changes occur. c. The unrealized holding gain or loss on securities available-for-sale appears in other comprehensive income period by period, and its cumulative amount resides in the Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income account on the balance sheet. d. Users of the financial statements should be alert to this accounting effect in evaluating the profitability of firms with both trading securities and securities available-for-sale. e. all of the above