☛ What did our firm's stock close at yesterday?

☛ What is the DJIA at today? NASDAQ? S&P500? Long Bond? Fed funds rate?

☛ Where is the market going? Bond, equity and foreign exchange? Where do you think?

☛ What do you think interest rates will be in the next 12 months?

☛ What happened in the markets in the past three months?

☛ Do you read the Wall Street Journal everyday? What is on the front page today?

☛ Do you follow an industry, a stock?

☛ What do personally invest in?

☛ What industry do you follow and what numbers do you look at to determine if a firm is doing well in the industry?

☛ Do you know what the difference between a put and a call option is?

☛ What determines the premium you place on growth stocks relative to their peers?

☛ You have three companies in three different industries: retail, tech, and pharma. What would you look for in their 10-Ks beyond financials?

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