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Investing Basics: Chapter 4 quiz

By Bankrate.com

If you think you've mastered the material in this chapter, take our quiz. After you click the ''submit'' button, the answers will appear below.

  1. True or false: Permanent insurance plans are designed with a tax-deferred savings component rolled into the coverage.

    False.
    True.

  2. True or false. Annuities are FDIC-insured.

    True.
    False.

  3. What is a bank loan fund?

    A fixed-income investment that guarantees the return of principal.
    Funds consisting of short-term loans made by financial institutions to companies.
    Funds consisting of long-term loans made by financial institutions to companies.

-- Posted: May 1, 2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
  Ch 1: Building liquid savings
  Ch 2: Certificates of deposit
  Ch 3: Investing in bonds
  Ch 4: Fixed-income investing
  • Permanent insurance: Whole, universal, variable
  • Annuities
  • Bank loan funds
  • Chapter 4 quiz
  Ch 5: Savings with tax breaks
  Ch 6: Banking institutions
  Ch 7: Bankrate's resources
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NATIONAL OVERNIGHT AVERAGES
1 yr CD 0.65%
2 yr CD 0.79%
5 yr CD 1.23%
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