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The most comprehensive guide to the Series 7 exam in the marketplace includes a self-directed study guide with all the most essential information to becoming a stockbroker. Areas covered include: Stocks, Debt Securities, Investment Banking, Securities Markets, Taxes, Securities Analysis, Self-Regulatory Organizations (SRO's), Mutual Funds and Investment Companies, Annuities, Margin, Options, Money Market Instruments, Direct Participation Programs and Municipal Securities. There is no prerequisite exam for the FINRA Series 7, however, test takers will be required to take the Series 63 or Series 66 as co-requisite exams. The Series 7 exam is made up of 260 multiple-choice questions of which 10 are experimental. Each student will be given a total of 6 hours for the exam (3 hours for each half). A grade of 72 is considered passing. This book includes multiple practice exams to help test takers improve their scores.

The General Securities Representative Examination (Series 7) is an entry-level examination that qualifies the individual for registration with all self-regulatory organizations to trade, promote, and sell:

  • Public offerings and/or private placements of corporate securities (stocks and bonds)
  • rights
  • warrants
  • mutual funds
  • money market funds
  • unit investment trusts
  • REITS
  • asset-backed securities
  • mortgage-backed securities
  • options
  • options on mortgage-backed securities
  • municipal securities
  • government securities
  • repos and certificates of accrual on government securities
  • direct participation programs
  • securities traders
  • venture capital
  • ETFs
  • hedge funds
About The Series 7 Exam xxiii
About This Book xxvii
About The Test Bank xxviii
About The Securities Institute Of America xxix
Chapter 1 Equity Securities
1(28)
What Is a Security?
1(1)
Equity = Stock
2(1)
Common Stock
2(12)
Preferred Stock
14(8)
Currency Risks
22(1)
Functions of the Custodian Bank Issuing ADRs
23(1)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
23(1)
Non-Traded REITs
24(1)
Pretest
25(4)
Chapter 2 Debt Securities
29(26)
Corporate Bonds
29(1)
Types of Bond Issuance
30(1)
Bond Certificate
31(1)
Bond Pricing
31(1)
Corporate Bond Pricing
32(1)
Bond Yields
32(4)
Yield Spreads
36(1)
The Real Interest Rate
37(1)
Bond Maturities
37(1)
Types of Corporate Bonds
38(3)
Converting Bonds into Common Stock
41(1)
Advantages of Issuing Convertible Bonds
42(1)
Disadvantages of Issuing Convertible Bonds
42(1)
Convertible Bonds and Stock Splits
42(1)
Reverse Convertible Securities
42(1)
Forced Conversion
43(1)
The Trust Indenture Act of 1939
43(1)
Bond Indenture
43(1)
Ratings Considerations
44(1)
Retiring Corporate Bonds
44(2)
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO)
46(1)
CMOs and Interest Rates
47(1)
Types of CMOs
47(2)
Private-Label CMOs
49(1)
Exchange-Traded Notes (ETNs)
49(1)
Euro and Yankee Bonds
50(1)
Pretest
51(4)
Chapter 3 Government Securities
55(10)
Series EE Bonds
55(1)
Series HH Bonds
56(1)
Treasury Bills, Notes, and Bonds
56(1)
Treasury Bond and Note Pricing
57(1)
Treasury Strips
58(1)
Treasury Receipts
58(1)
Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS)
59(1)
Agency Issues
59(1)
Government National Mortgage Association (GNMA)
59(1)
Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA)
60(1)
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (FHLMC)
60(1)
Federal Farm Credit System (FFCS)
60(1)
Sallie Mae
61(2)
Pretest
63(2)
Chapter 4 Municipal Securities
65(44)
Municipal Bonds
65(1)
Types of Municipal Bonds
66(4)
Issuing Municipal Securities
70(1)
Selecting an Underwriter
70(1)
Creating a Syndicate
71(1)
Syndicate Accounts
72(1)
Submitting the Syndicate Bid
73(1)
Determining the Reoffering Yield
73(1)
Awarding the Issue
74(1)
Underwriter's Compensation
74(2)
Order Period
76(1)
Allocation Municipal Bond Orders
76(1)
Sale Date
77(1)
When Issued Confirmations
78(1)
Final Confirmations
78(1)
Other Types of Municipal Underwritings
79(1)
Syndicate Operation and Settlement
79(1)
The Official Statement
80(1)
Bond Counsel
81(1)
The Legal Opinion
81(1)
Potential Conflicts of Interest for Municipal Bond Underwriters
82(1)
Acting as a Financial Adviser to the Issuer
82(1)
Information Obtained While Acting as a Fiduciary
82(1)
Acting as a Financial Adviser and an Underwriter
83(1)
Political Contributions
83(2)
Municipal Bond Trading
85(1)
Bona Fide Quotes
85(1)
Informational Quotes
86(1)
Out Firm Quotes
86(1)
Executing a Customer's Municipal Bond Orders
87(1)
Customer Confirmations
88(1)
Yield Disclosure
89(1)
Sources of Municipal Bond Market Information
89(1)
Recommending Municipal Bonds
90(1)
Taxation of Municipal Bonds
90(1)
Tax Equivalent Yield
91(1)
Purchasing a Municipal Bond Issued in the State in which the Investor Resides
91(1)
Triple Tax Free
92(1)
Original Issue Discount (OID) and Secondary Market Discounts
92(1)
Amortization of a Municipal Bond's Premium
92(1)
Bond Swaps
93(1)
Analyzing Municipal Bonds
93(1)
Analyzing General Obligation Bonds
93(1)
The Debt Statement
94(1)
Community Factors
95(1)
Sources of Tax Revenue
95(1)
Determining Property Taxes
96(1)
Important Financial Ratios for General Obligation Bonds
96(1)
Analyzing Revenue Bonds
97(1)
Types of Revenue Pledge
97(1)
Municipal Fund Securities
98(1)
Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB)
99(4)
Pretest
103(6)
Chapter 5 The Money Market
109(8)
Money Market Instruments
109(1)
Corporate Money Market Instruments
109(2)
Government Money Market Instruments
111(1)
Municipal Money Market Instruments
112(1)
International Money Market Instruments
112(1)
Interest Rates
112(3)
Pretest
115(2)
Chapter 6 Economic Fundamentals
117(16)
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
117(2)
Recession
119(1)
Depression
119(1)
Economic Indicators
119(2)
Schools of Economic Thought
121(1)
Economic Policy
122(1)
Tools of The Federal Reserve Board
122(3)
Fiscal Policy
125(1)
Consumer Price Index (CPI)
126(1)
Inflation/Deflation
126(1)
Real GDP
126(1)
International Monetary Considerations
127(1)
Yield Curve Analysis
127(2)
Pretest
129(4)
Chapter 7 Options
133(66)
Option Classification
133(1)
Option Classes
134(1)
Option Series
134(1)
Bullish vs. Bearish
134(1)
Possible Outcomes for an Option
135(1)
Characteristics of All Options
136(1)
Managing an Option Position
136(1)
Buying Calls
137(1)
Selling Calls
138(2)
Buying Puts
140(1)
Selling Puts
141(2)
Option Premiums
143(1)
At the Money Options
143(1)
Out of the Money Options
144(1)
Intrinsic Value and Time Value
144(1)
Using Options as a Hedge
145(1)
Long Stock Long Puts/Married Puts
145(2)
Long Stock Short Calls/Covered Calls
147(1)
Maximum Gain Long Stock Short Calls
148(1)
Maximum Loss Long Stock Short Calls
149(1)
Short Stock Long Calls
149(1)
Maximum Gain Short Stock Long Calls
150(1)
Maximum Loss Short Stock Long Call
151(1)
Short Stock Short Puts
151(1)
Maximum Gain Short Stock Short Puts
152(1)
Maximum Loss Short Stock Short Puts
153(1)
Multiple Option Positions and Strategies
154(1)
Long Straddles
154(2)
Short Straddles
156(2)
Spreads
158(11)
Combinations
169(1)
Using a T Chart to Evaluate Option Positions
170(4)
Index Options
174(2)
Interest Rate Options
176(1)
Price-Based Options
176(2)
Rate-Based Options
178(1)
Foreign Currency Options
178(2)
The Option Clearing Corporation
180(1)
The Options Markets
181(1)
The Chicago Board Option Exchange
181(2)
Opening and Closing Option Prices
183(1)
Order Execution
183(1)
Expiration and Exercise
184(1)
American vs. European Exercise
184(1)
Market Volatility Options/VIX
185(1)
Flex Options
185(1)
Weekly Options
186(1)
Position and Exercise Limits
186(1)
Stock Splits and Stock Dividends
187(1)
Taxation of Options
188(1)
Closing an Option Position
188(1)
Exercising a Call
188(1)
Exercising a Put
188(1)
Protective Puts
188(1)
Covered Calls
189(1)
Option Compliance
189(1)
Option Agreement
189(2)
Pretest
191(8)
Chapter 8 Mutual Funds
199(42)
Investment Company Philosophy
199(1)
Types of Investment Companies
200(1)
Open-End vs. Closed-End Funds
201(1)
Diversified vs. Nondiversified
202(1)
Investment Company Registration
203(2)
Investment Company Components
205(2)
Mutual Fund Distribution
207(1)
Selling Group Member
207(1)
Distribution of No-Load Mutual Fund Shares
208(1)
Distribution of Mutual Fund Shares
208(1)
Mutual Fund Prospectus
208(2)
Characteristics of Open-End Mutual Fund Shares
210(1)
Mutual Fund Investment Objectives
210(2)
Other Types of Funds
212(1)
Alternative Funds
212(1)
Floating Rate Bank Loan Funds
213(1)
Bond Funds
213(2)
Valuing Mutual Fund Shares
215(1)
Changes in the NAV
216(1)
Sales Charges
216(3)
Calculating a Mutual Fund's Sales Charge Percentage
219(1)
Finding the Public Offering Price
219(1)
Sales Charge Reductions
220(1)
Breakpoint Schedule
220(1)
Letter of Intent
221(1)
Backdating a Letter of Intent
221(1)
Breakpoint Sales
221(1)
Rights of Accumulation
222(1)
Automatic Reinvestment of Distributions
222(1)
Other Mutual Fund Features
223(4)
Cost Base of Multiple Purchases
227(1)
Purchasing Mutual Fund Shares
228(2)
Sales Charges
230(1)
45-Day Free Look
231(1)
Withdrawal Plans
231(1)
Recommending Mutual Funds
232(3)
Pretest
235(6)
Chapter 9 Variable Annuities
241(16)
Annuities
241(3)
Equity Indexed Annuity
244(1)
Recommending Variable Annuities
245(1)
Annuity Purchase Options
246(1)
Accumulation Units
247(1)
Annuity Units
247(1)
Annuity Payout Options
247(2)
Factors Affecting the Size of the Annuity Payment
249(1)
The Assumed Interest Rate (AIR)
249(1)
Taxation
250(1)
Types of Withdrawals
250(1)
Annuitizing the Contract
250(1)
Expenses and Guarantees
251(1)
Other Charges
251(2)
Pretest
253(4)
Chapter 10 Issuing Corporate Securities
257(20)
The Securities Act of 1933
257(1)
The Prospectus
258(1)
The Final Prospectus
258(1)
Prospectus to Be Provided to Aftermarket Purchasers
259(1)
SEC Disclaimer
259(1)
Misrepresentations
260(1)
Tombstone Ads
260(1)
Free Riding and Withholding/FINRA Rule 5130
260(2)
Underwriting Corporate Securities
262(1)
Types of Underwriting Commitments
262(2)
Types of Offerings
264(1)
Awarding the Issue
264(1)
The Underwiting Syndicate
265(1)
Selling Group
265(1)
Underwriter's Compensation
265(2)
Private Placements/Regulation D Offerings
267(1)
Rule 144
268(1)
Private Investment in a Public Equity (PIPE)
269(1)
Regulation A Offerings
270(1)
Rule 145
270(1)
Rule 147 Intrastate Offering
271(2)
Pretest
273(4)
Chapter 11 Trading Securities
277(34)
Types of Orders
277(4)
The Exchanges
281(1)
Priority of Exchange Orders
281(1)
The Role of The Designated Market Maker/DMM
282(1)
The DMM Acting as a Principal
282(1)
The Designated Market Maker/DMM Acting as an Agent
283(1)
Crossing Stock
284(1)
Do Not Reduce (DNR)
285(1)
Adjustments for Stock Splits
285(1)
Stopping Stock
286(1)
Commission House Broker
287(1)
Two-Dollar Broker
287(1)
Registered Traders
287(1)
Super Display Book (SDBK)
287(1)
Short Sales
288(1)
Rule 200 Definitions and Order Marking
288(2)
Rule 203 Security Borrowing and Delivery Requirements
290(1)
Threshold Securities
290(2)
Listing Requirements for the NYSE
292(1)
Over the Counter/Nasdaq
292(1)
Market Makers
292(1)
Nasdaq Subscription Levels
293(1)
Nasdaq Quotes
293(1)
Nominal Nasdaq Quotes
294(1)
Automated Confirmation System (ACT)/Trade Reporting Facility (TRF)
295(1)
Nasdaq Execution Systems
295(1)
The Nasdaq Market Center Execution System (NMCES)
295(1)
The Nasdaq Opening Cross
295(1)
Non-Nasdaq OTCBB
296(1)
Pink OTC Market
297(1)
Third Market
297(1)
Fourth Market
297(1)
Reading the Consolidated Tape
298(1)
Exchange Qualifiers
299(1)
Broker vs. Dealer
299(1)
FINRA 5% Markup Policy
300(1)
Markups/Markdowns When Acting as a Principal
301(1)
Riskless Principal Transactions
302(1)
Proceeds Transactions
302(1)
The Order Audit Trail System (OATS)
302(1)
Trade Reporting and Compliance Engine (TRACE)
303(1)
Circuit Breakers
303(1)
Limit Up Limit down (LULD)
304(1)
Arbitrage
304(3)
Pretest
307(4)
Chapter 12 Customer Accounts
311(22)
Holding Securities
313(1)
Mailing Instructions
314(1)
Types of Accounts
315(10)
Commingling Customer's Pledged Securities
325(1)
Wrap Accounts
326(1)
Regulation S-P
326(1)
Day Trading Accounts
327(2)
Pretest
329(4)
Chapter 13 Margin Accounts
333(20)
Regulation of Credit
333(1)
Regulation T
333(3)
House Rules
336(1)
Establishing a Long Position in a Margin Account
336(1)
An Increase in the Long Market Value
337(2)
Special Memorandum Account (SMA) Long Margin Account
339(2)
A Decrease in the Long Market Value
341(1)
Minimum Equity Requirement Long Margin Accounts
341(1)
Establishing a Short Position in a Margin Account
342(1)
A Decrease in the Short Market Value
343(1)
Special Memorandum Account (SMA) Short Margin Account
344(1)
An Increase in the Short Market Value
345(1)
Minimum Equity Requirement Short Margin Accounts
346(1)
Combined Margin Accounts
347(1)
Portfolio Margin Accounts
347(1)
Securities Backed Lines of Credit
348(1)
Pretest
349(4)
Chapter 14 Retirement Plans
353(20)
Individual Plans
353(1)
Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs)
354(1)
Traditional IRAs
354(1)
Roth IRAs
355(1)
Simplified Employee Pension IRA (SEP IRA)
356(2)
Educational IRA/Coverdell IRA
358(4)
Tax-Sheltered Annuities (TSAs)/Tax-Deferred Accounts (TDAs)
362(2)
Corporate Plans
364(2)
Rolling Over a Pension Plan
366(1)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)
366(2)
Erisa 404C Safe Harbor
368(1)
Pretest
369(4)
Chapter 15 Brokerage Office Procedure
373(20)
Executing an Order
373(2)
Customer Confirmations
375(1)
Clearly Erroneous Reports
376(1)
Execution Errors
376(1)
Corporate and Municipal Securities Settlement Options
376(1)
RVP/DVP/COD
377(1)
When-Issued Securities
377(1)
Government Securities Settlement Options
378(1)
Accrued Interest
378(1)
Calculating Accrued interest
379(1)
Accrued Interest for Government Notes and Bonds
380(1)
Rules for Good Delivery
381(1)
Delivery of Round Lots
382(1)
Delivery of Bond Certificates
382(1)
Rejection of Delivery
383(1)
Don't Know (DK) Procedures
383(1)
Fail to Deliver/Fail to Receive
383(1)
Due Bills
383(1)
Customer Account Statements
384(1)
Carrying of Customer Accounts
384(1)
Proxies
385(2)
Pretest
387(6)
Chapter 16 Fundamental And Technical Analysis
393(18)
Fundamental Analysis
393(1)
The Balance Sheet
394(7)
Industry Fundamentals
401(1)
Top Down and Bottom Up Analysis
402(1)
Technical Analysis
402(4)
Market Theories and Indicators
406(1)
Efficient Market Theory
407(2)
Pretest
409(2)
Chapter 17 Direct Participation Programs
411(14)
Limited Partnerships
411(2)
Structuring and Offering Limited Partnerships
413(1)
Types of Limited Partnerships
414(2)
Oil and Gas Sharing Arrangements
416(1)
Equipment Leasing Programs
416(1)
Tax Reporting for Direct Participation Programs
417(1)
Limited Partnership Analysis
417(1)
Tax Deductions vs. Tax Credits
418(1)
Other Tax Considerations
418(1)
Dissolving a Partnership
418(3)
Pretest
421(4)
Chapter 18 Customer Recommendations, Professional Conduct, And Taxation
425(30)
Professional Conduct in the Securities Industry
426(1)
Fair Dealings with Customers
426(5)
Periodic Payment Plans
431(1)
Mutual Fund Current Yield
431(1)
Information Obtained from an Issuer
431(1)
Disclosure of Client Information
432(1)
Borrowing and Lending Money
432(1)
Gift Rule
432(1)
Outside Employment
433(1)
Private Securities Transactions
433(1)
Customer Complaints
433(1)
Investor Information
434(1)
NYSE/FINRA Know Your Customer
434(1)
Investment Objectives
435(2)
Risk vs. Reward
437(2)
Alpha
439(1)
Beta
439(1)
Products Made Available through Member Firms
439(1)
Recommendations through Social Media
440(2)
Tax Structure
442(1)
Investment Taxation
442(1)
Calculating Gains and Losses
442(1)
Cost Base of Multiple Purchases
443(1)
Deducting Capital Losses
444(1)
Wash Sales
444(1)
Taxation of Interest income
445(1)
Inherited Securities
445(1)
Donating Securities to Charity
446(1)
Gift Taxes
446(1)
Estate Taxes
446(1)
Withholding Tax
446(1)
Corporate Dividend Exclusion
447(1)
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
447(1)
Taxes on Foreign Securities
447(2)
Pretest
449(6)
Chapter 19 Securities Industry Rules And Regulations
455(40)
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
455(1)
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
456(1)
Extension of Credit
457(1)
The National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD)
457(2)
Becoming a Member of FINRA
459(1)
Hiring New Employees
460(1)
Disciplinary Actions Against a Registered Representative
461(1)
Resignation of a Registered Representative
462(1)
Continuing Education
462(2)
Termination for Cause
464(1)
Retiring Representatives/Continuing Commissions
464(1)
State Registration
464(1)
Registration Exemptions
465(1)
Persons Ineligible to Register
465(1)
Communications with the Public
465(1)
FINRA Rule 2210 Communications with the Public
466(3)
Broker Dealer Websites
469(1)
Blind Recruiting Ads
470(1)
Generic Advertising
470(1)
Tombstone Ads
470(1)
Testimonials
471(1)
Free Services
471(1)
Misleading Communication with the Public
472(1)
Securities Investor Protection Corporation Act of 1970
472(1)
Net Capital Requirement
472(1)
Customer Coverage
473(1)
Fidelity Bond
473(1)
The Securities Acts Amendments of 1975
473(1)
The Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Enforcement Act of 1988
474(1)
Firewall
474(1)
Telemarketing Rules
475(1)
Do Not Call List Exemptions
476(1)
The Penny Stock Cold Call Rule
476(1)
The Role of the Principal
477(1)
Violations and Complaints
477(1)
Resolution of Allegations
477(1)
Minor Rule Violation
478(1)
Code of Arbitration
478(1)
The Arbitration Process
479(1)
Mediation
480(1)
Currency Transactions
481(1)
The Patriot Act
481(2)
U.S. Accounts
483(1)
Foreign Accounts
483(1)
Annual Compliance Review
483(1)
Business Continuity Plan
483(1)
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
484(1)
The Uniform Securities Act
485(1)
Tender Offers
486(1)
Stockholders Owning 5% of an Issuer's Equity Securities
487(2)
Pretest
489(6)
Answer Keys 495(18)
Glossary Of Exam Terms 513(66)
Index 579