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The tendency of stocks newly added to the S&P composite index to rise in price due to a large number of buy orders as funds add the stock to their portfolios is called the S&P Phenomenon.

Correct answer: (c) Phenomenon

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As demand for metals lurched lower and layoffs swelled, the once pulsing industrial belt that stretches from Illinois across to western New England took on the grim, ground-down demeanor of a half-century earlier, acquiring the glumly descriptive epithet of Rust Bowl.

Correct answer: (d) Rust

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Once a firm's stock becomes substantially overvalued, managers who wish to eliminate this are faced with disappointing the capital markets.

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An angel investor's love money is sometimes the only way a business can get off the ground; this type of financing can create growth that would be impossible through traditional financing channels.

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IT managers often must promise a higher rate of return to justify technology investments than other corporate departments; in some organizations, the hurdle rate for a project to pass the funding threshold may exceed 30% to 50%.

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Fannie Mae's 15-year mortgage-backed securities and Bilbo Baggins's friends are called dwarves.

Correct answer: (a) dwarves

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The settlement price for a weather futures contract is calculated by summing Heating Degree Day values for a month and multiplying that sum by $20.

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An air pocket stock is one whose price suddenly plunges; the fall is usually caused by panicked shareholders rushing to sell after hearing unexpected bad news.

Correct answer: (b) air pocket

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The Pac Man defense is used in a hostile takeover situation: the target firm turns around and tries to take over the company that has made the hostile bid.

Correct answer: (b) Pac Man

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I can imagine why that Ford manager in Michigan recently announced that they would eat their own dog food (only Ford- or subsidiary-built vehicles are allowed to park on the plant premises); it must be discouraging to see the place swarmed every day by Daihatsus, Suzukis and Toyotas.

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