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Personal Finance Quizzes.

On these pages you will find quizzes that will help you get acquainted with terminology used in personal finance. Reading personal finance brochures or talking with a stock broker doesn't have to be intimidating. Our quizzes will test your knowledge and will hopefully help you better understand what really happens when you buy a house, apply for a loan or a second mortgage, refinance your house, etc.

Note: To obtain financial advice, please contact a qualified professional.

Please select a quiz from this list:

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Home Financing
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Mutual Funds
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Personal Finance Quizzes for Windows

Includes 4 quizzes:
  • Bonds - 1
  • Stocks - 1
  • Mutual Funds - 1
  • Home Financing - 1

Four quiz modes:
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  • Type-in
  • True/False

Personal Finance Quizzes offers many useful features: skins, four quiz modes, export to Palm, paper tests, flashcard printing and more.

Personal Finance Quizzes is easy and fun to use.

To download Personal Finance Quizzes please click here.


NPR Topics: Your Money

A White House-backed program to allow property owners to pay for energy-efficiency improvements through property tax assessments may be shut down. The federal agency that oversees mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac says the program poses a risk to mortgage lenders.

Life insurance companies boost their bottom lines by holding on to death benefits owed to families of service members and millions of other Americans, an investigation by Bloomberg Markets magazine found. Cindy Lohman, whose son was killed in Afghanistan, says she feels betrayed by his life insurance company, Prudential.

Court-appointed attorney Irving Picard is facing an uphill battle as he tries to recover money from those who came out of Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme as winners. With lawsuits pending to recover $17 billion, Picard hopes to return more than 50 cents on the dollar to the many losers.

People who made a profit by investing with Bernard Madoff before the Ponzi scheme collapsed could reportedly face lawsuits -- even if they didn't know anything illegal was going on.

When President Obama signed into law a landmark bill to overhaul financial regulations this past week, much of the discussion focused on protections for borrowers. But the new law is supposed to make life better for savers, too. Host Liane Hansen talks to Senior Business Editor Marilyn Geewax about the impact of the new financial regulation law on savers and how they may benefit from it.


NPR Topics: Economy

State and local governments have cut 242,000 jobs since the summer of 2008, and that number is expected to grow as many states face massive deficits. Atlantic City is trying to shore up its finances by firing cops and city workers. Nationwide, these layoffs are causing a drag on the economy.

While it appears foreclosures may have peaked in metropolitan areas that were initially the worst hit, the crisis is now becoming much more widespread.

Mortgage rates dropped to the lowest level on record for the fifth time in six weeks, making homebuying and refinancing the most attractive in decades for those who can get loans. Freddie Mac says the average rate for 30-year fixed loans this week was 4.54 percent, down from 4.56 last week. That's the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking rates in 1971.

Initial claims for unemployment benefits fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The Labor Department says first-time claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 11,000 to a seasonally adjusted 457,000. Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a smaller drop.

Tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 are to expire in January unless Congress renews some or all of them. The cost of extending them by a decade: nearly $3 trillion. David Wessel, economics editor of The Wall Street Journal, offers his insight.


NPR Programs: The Motley Fool

He's the man who made a big business out of Tiny Bubbles. Fool Radio brings a little vacation to you, Hawaiian style, when we talk business with the one and only Don Ho.

How well do know your CEOs and celebrities? Fool Radio puts you to the test in our game, Name That Voice.

We reflect on some of the show's more memorable moments.

Twenty-one years ago, musician and humanitarian Bob Geldof organized Live Aid, a series of concerts aimed at fighting famine in Africa. Last year, Geldof helped organized Live 8, a concert series focused on debt relief for developing nations. David Gardner reflects on our previous conversation with the Live Aid and Live 8 organizer.

He's the man behind the Austin Powers character Mini-Me. Vern Troyer talks with Fool Radio about the big business of Hollywood.


Forbes.com: Fund News

How well did your fund do in last year's bull market? In bad markets?

Research shows that stock splits are indeed associated with outperformance, and these stocks are due.

Stocks rebounded nicely in mid-July. If the rally continues, you might want to jump into one of these funds.

There are more than 9,000 funds, and most experts agree they are excellent investment vehicles. Here's a primer.

These Fidelity funds have proven their mettle in both bull and bear markets. They're all good buys right now.


Forbes.com: Real Estate News

The government has given buyers using the credit another three months to close sales, and the initiative is being imitated on a smaller scale by states and private companies. But some think the market would be better off if we laid it to rest for good.

Ultra-high-end homes are on the market for tens of millions in Door County, Wis., and other unexpected spots. What are they doing there?

A new study reveals the cities that cost the most for foreign-based companies and individuals.


 

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