Financial Markets Jeopardy

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Financial MarketsJeopardy
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RULES

• Put away all note cards and study aids. You may
  keep a copy of Visual 1, Terms of Modern
  Financial Markets.
• Each site will be a team. We will keep score at
  WSU for all teams. (Please select a person at
  your site to keep us honest.)
• There are 2 Daily Doubles in the game. The
  groups that choose one of these can bet up to as
  many points as they have at the time, but not
  less than the value of the question on the board.

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Rules (cont.)

• The answer must be in the form of a question.
• A team has 10 seconds to confer and pick a
  category. The moderator will automatically start
  with the lowest point value.
• If the answer is correct, the team receives the
  points. If the answer is incorrect, the team
  loses that number of points.

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Rules (cont.)

• If the first team answers incorrectly, the
  moderator re-reads the question and other teams
  can buzz in and have a chance to answer
  correctly. This will continue until the question
  has been answered correctly.
• The game ends when all the questions have been
  asked or if the time is 1140 am.
• The highest scoring team wins.

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Houston, Weve Got A Problem
Institutionalize This
Bank On It
Financial Potpourri
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A bank will use this legal procedure to force
payment on your house (or take ownership of it)
if you stop paying your mortgage.
Houston, We Have A Problem 100

• What is a foreclosure?

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This occurs when banks reduce their lending to
other banks and customers because they are
worried about being repaid.
Houston, We Have A Problem - 200

• What is a credit crunch?

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If a person or company fails to meet the terms of
their loan agreement, they are said to be in
__________.
Houston, We Have A Problem - 300

• What is default?

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Not the board game rather, the uncertainty of
the return on an asset.
Houston, We Have A Problem -400

• What is a risk?

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A government take-over of a business. Hint
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
Houston, We Have A Problem - 500

• What is nationalization?

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Federal-government-created, now
Federal-government-owned, institutions that buy
mortgages from banks.
Institutionalize This - 100

• What are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

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The central bank of the United States. It is
responsible for setting the nations monetary
policy.
Institutionalize This - 200

• What is Federal Reserve System?

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It protects your bank deposit up to 250,000.
Institutionalize This - 300

• What is the FDIC?

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A group of risky investments typically purchased
by wealthy investors or institutions.
Institutionalize This

• What is a hedge fund?

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Investments in private companies by groups with
plans to take over ownership.
Institutionalize This - 500

• What is a private equity fund?

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The type of institution that offers services such
as checking accounts, savings accounts and loans
to individuals and businesses.
Bank On It - 100

• What is a commercial bank?

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A loan that banks make to individuals buying a
home.
Bank On It - 200

• What is mortgage?

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This occurs when many depositors in a bank lose
confidence and try to withdraw their money all at
once.Hint This happened in the movie Its a
Wonderful Life
Bank On It - 300

• What is a bank run?

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The institution in a nation that performs
functions like issuing currency and influencing
the supply of credit in the economy.
Bank On It -400

• What is a central bank?

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DAILY DOUBL A bank that offers financial
services such as trading securities, raising
capital, and managing corporate mergers and
acquisitions..
Bank On It- 500

• What is an investment bank?

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A loan to a corporation or government in return
for repayment with interest.
Financial Potpourri - 100

• What is a bond?

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A share of ownership in a corporation.
Financial Potpourri -200

• What is a common stock?

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How easily something is can be turned into money .
Financial Potpourri - 300

• What is liquidity?

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Rules or las designed to control or govern the
financial system.
Financial Potpourri - 400

• What is regulation?

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The process of converting an illiquid asset (or
group of illiquid assets) into an investment that
can be sold or traded .
Financial Potpourri - 500

• What is securitization?

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An agreement to buy or sell a commodity or
security later at a price determined today.
Not Your Grandmas Finance- 100

• What is a futures contract?

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The rights to buy or sell an investment during a
specific period of time.
Not Your Grandmas Finance - 200

• What are options?

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Similar to home or car insurance but for your
investments.
Not Your Grandmas Finance - 300

• What is a credit default swap?

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DAILY DOUBLE Wall Street firms bought lots of
these from 2001 to 2006. They are created by
bundling home loans and repackaging them as this
investment.
Not Your Grandmas Finance 400

• What are mortgage-backed securities?

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Home loans offered to people with credit
problems, often with higher interest rates than
typical home loans.
Not Your Grandmas Finance - 500

• What are subprime mortgages?