Variable life insurance:

Offers tax deferral.
May provide higher return potential and greater risk than a whole life policy.
Allows you to invest a portion of the premium in various subaccounts.
All of the above.

Gold may be a good investment if:

Inflation is expected to increase.
You like the color.
World peace comes to pass.
Foreign governments sell their gold reserves.

If a mutual fund manager increases his/her cash position, it can be said:

The manager is anticipating a bear market.
The manager is anticipating a bull market.
The manager is trying to reduce the fund’s taxable gains.
The manager is aggressive.

Of the following, the safest type of investment is:

Under the mattress.
An FDIC-insured CD.
An international growth mutual fund.
An Internet stock.

Credit cards:

Are a cost effective way of financing investment purchases.
Have interest payments that are not tax deductible.
Typically have lower interest rates than home equity loans.
Often have 3 month grace periods on new purchases.

A 35-year old individual with 4 young children and a spouse who doesn’t work should probably consider purchasing which of the following types of insurance:

Long-term care insurance.
Disability insurance.
Life insurance.
(b) and (c).

Technical analysis is a technique based on factors that are inherent to the market and include:

Number of shares sold on a specific day.
Number of consecutive days of price increases of a stock.
Changes in the direction of movement of a market index.
All of the above

For tax purposes, a capital gain is considered long term if the investment was held more than:

1 day.
1 month.
1 year.
10 years.