Weekly Bonus Bucks Answer

Standard expirations for US options occur on the _______ of the month?

First day
Last day
Second Tuesday of month
Third Friday of month --> CORRECT ANSWER

CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Monday December 8, 2008

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Question 1: According to Mark Tinker of Axa Framlington Gemini, what do Walmart and McDonalds have in common?
fair companies at great prices
bear-market rally leaders
leaders in a new bull market -->CORRECT!
all of the above

Question 2: On Dec. 5, which analyst likened the slide in oil prices to a "huge tax cut"?
Cambridge Energy's Daniel Yergin
Jefferies' Art Hogan
Alaron's Phil Flynn
Cameron Hanover's Peter Beutel -->CORRECT!

Question 3: In his blog post, Mustard Seeds of Hope, which mega-investor did Larry Kudlow quote?
Boone Pickens
Warren Buffett -->CORRECT!
Wilbur Ross
Carl Icahn

Question 4: How much is real-estate mogul Donald Trump suing Deutsche Bank for?
$130 million
$334 million
$640 million
$3 billion -->CORRECT!

Question 5: On Friday, what "top-down economist" warned of a "terrible situation" without more innovation like Yahoo and Google?
Michael Woolfolk -->CORRECT!
Arthur Laffer
Jeffrey Saut
Dirk Chisholm

Question 6: On Dec. 5, Guest Blogger Tony Crescenzi said which economic approach "should" work for U.S. recovery?
Friedmanesque
Smithian
Lafferesque
Keynesian -->CORRECT!

CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Friday December 5, 2008

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Question 1: Who warned CNBC Thursday about the "centipede market"?
Howard Davidowitz
Dave Bahoric --> CORRECT ANSWER
Clem Chambers
Jim Bianco

Question 2: In his Thursday Stock Blog post, Jon Najarian disclosed that he's long on which airline stock?
CAL
DAL
LCC
AMR --> CORRECT ANSWER

Question 3: Jane Wells reported that which footwear company threw a holiday beer party for employees of Adidas?
Etnies --> CORRECT ANSWER
Skechers
Vans
Doc Maarten

Question 4: CNBC Producer David Russell compared Christopher Cox's SEC actions to what classic Monty Python sketch?
Ministry of Silly Walks
The Killer Joke
The Spanish Inquisition --> CORRECT ANSWER (hey! you can see this sketch in the youtube video below!)
I'm a Lumberjack



Question 5 : In Thursday's CEOs Sound Off feature, who slammed "the U.S. government's business model" as "unsustainable"?
Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan
Bill Zollars, YRC WorldWide
David Walker, Peter G. Peterson --> CORRECT ANSWER
none of the above

Question 6: In our Harvard Business School CEO slideshow, who praises a "long-term passion for learning"?
Jeffrey Immelt of GE --> CORRECT ANSWER
Meg Whitman of eBay
Ann Moore of Time Inc.
Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase

Have a great weekend!

Bonus Bucks Question 6 (Dec 4)

What does managing editor Allen Wastler call a "bad term" but a "good news story" for the economy?
Ted spread
contango
yield curve --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
backwardation

Questions 1 to 5 are in the previous posts below. That's it for today!

Bonus Bucks Question 5

Question 5: According to former Fed governor Frederic Mishkin, what tool can fight this market's "severe recession"?
aggressive monetary policy --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
deep tax cuts
robust infrastructure spending
comprehensive energy policy

Questions 1 to 4 are in the previous post below. Question 6 coming later.

CNBC Bonus Bucks Thursday December 4

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Question 1: In his CNBC interview Wednesday, who did Carl Icahn say he'd like for Yahoo's next CEO?
Jonathan Miller
Erik Jorgensen
Jonathan Schwartz
none of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 2: According to The Christmas Tree Indicator, which item's sales grew 8.5% in the first holiday-shopping week?
wreaths
garland
trees
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 3: What slang word for liquor appears in Darren Rovell's blog post on the invention of Gatorade?
booze
hooch
moonshine
firewater --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 4: Dennis Kneale predicted the possible 2009 downfall of which bank's CEO?
Goldman Sachs
Citigroup
HSBC
Bank of America --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Questions 5 & 6: Come back later

CNBC Bonus Bucks Wednesday December 3

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Question 1: What Hasbro goodie is seen in our Hot Holiday Toys slideshow?
Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker
Bakugan
U-Dance --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Crayola Glow Station

Question 2: What omen will convince strategist Kevin Caron that "the worst will finally be over"?
dollar stays up vs. euro for a week
oil prices stable for a week
interbank spreads improve --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Treasury yields level off

Question 3: What is the "focus" of Cramer's Playing Defense Rules: Part 5?
making money
holding on to what you have --> CORRECT ANSWER!
the bigger picture
rational investing

Question 4: According to our Warren Buffet Watch, how many BUD shares did Berkshire Hathaway hold at the end of March?
35.6 million shares --> CORRECT ANSWER!
13,845,000 shares
$969,150,000 in current dollars
1 billion shares

Question 5: On Friday, why did Fast Money's Jeff Macke say "becoming socialist is good"?
because traders fear uncertainty
he's long Citi and GM --> CORRECT ANSWER!
he approves of collective farming
he's long HMO stocks

Question 6: By Black Friday's close of trading last week, where did financial stocks end?
down 31%
down 0.01%
up 5% (excluding Citigroup)
up 31% --> CORRECT ANSWER!

CNBC Bonus Bucks Tuesday December 2, 2008

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Question 1: On Friday, where did Matrix Asset Management's Dick Otto say oil would go?
$76 to $80 in the near term
approx. $20 in 3 months
to the 2001 bottoms in 3 months
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 2: On Friday, value stock picker Alan Lancz recommended which tech name?
Apple --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Research in Motion
Nokia
all of the above

Question 3: According to the story "Scenes From The Mall: Picky, Picky, Picky" what was K-B Toys' discount on Barbie items?
35% off everything
35% off with purchase of GI Joe
70% off (except Malibu Dream House)
buy 2, get 1 free --> CORRECT ANSWER!

Question 4: On the Dot-Com Bubble photo in the Market Mayhem slideshow, which stock appears to be gaining?
IAC/InterActiveCorp. --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Garmin
Pets.com
DoubleClick

Question 5: Name the most expensive product in Carmen Wong Ulrich's "Loser List" blog:
Dirt Devil IM130000
Ecoquest Fresh Air Purifier
Kenmore Elite Dishwasher 1134(2) --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Debbie Meyer Green Bags

Question 6: What does Phil LeBeau call "the biggest question" about the Big 3's "Show and Tell Time"?
Is $25 billion enough? --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Are the automakers really revamping?
Do the CEOs understand the market?
Will Congress feel obligated to help?

CNBC Bonus Bucks Weekly - December 1

Weekly CNBC Bonus Bucks Questions: Calls give you the right to?
Buy the stock at the current price
Buy the stock at the strike price --> CORRECT ANSWER (too easy!)
Sell the stock at the current stock price
Sell the stock at the strike price

CNBC Bonus Bucks Monday December 1, 2008

Question 1: CNBC Guest Blogger Tony Crescenzi knows the bond market inside and out. Who is his employer?
Pimco
Miller Tabak + Co. --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Soleil Securities Group
Soleil Moon Frye

Question 2: According to Jim Goldman, what is HP blaming for its Q1 revenue shortfall prediction?
sales slowdown
market softness
currency conditions --> CORRECT ANSWER!
all of the above

Question 3: How many Yahoo shares did billionaire investor Carl Icahn buy last week?
75.6 million shares
6.8 million shares --> CORRECT ANSWER!
all of them
5.5 percent of the company

Question 4: In his blog post, Obama’s Pro-Growth Economic Team, Larry Kudlow refers to which pagan notion?
midnight moon worship
dormant animal spirits --> CORRECT ANSWER!
gods of war
reading tea leaves

Question 5: What day did Berkshire Hathaway shares close below $100K for the 1st time in 2 years?
Monday, Nov 17 --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Friday Nov. 21
Monday Nov. 24
none of the above

Question 6: According to Jane Wells, Saddam Hussein's yacht, the Basra Breeze, was maligned as
typical tyrant schlock
a shrine to bad taste --> CORRECT ANSWER!
surprisingly comfortable
loaded with extras

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