Guide to Your Financial Life
WSJ Week #8     Name

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1. Diversified mutual funds that may own stocks, bonds, and cash in a mix aimed at the
      long term is called a
       Conglomerate Fund
       Life-Cycle Fund*
       Hedge Fund
       Venture Capital Fund

2. If your total tax deductions are greater than the standard deduction allowed by
      the Internal Revenue Service then you can do this
       Use a Schedule C
       Petition for an Exception
       Itemize Deductions*
       Extend the Exemptions

3. Named for the provision of the tax code that allowed retirement contributions to be
      made before taxes, thses company-sponsored plans allow you to make pretax contributions
      toward your retirment and allow the investments to grow tax-deferred until you reach retirement
      are. They are called
       357(m)
       666(b)
       401(k)*
       221(b)

4. An employer-sponsored retirement-savings account funded with money on which you have
      already paid the taxes is a
       Roth 401(k)*
       Hatch 403(k)
       Obama 402(k)
       Bush 405(k)

5. A tax-favored account for retirment savings that you establish outside of
      your employer is called
       a Tax-free Retirement Account
       a Tax-defered Retirement Account
       an Individual Retirement Account*
       a Proprietary Account

6. The price at which a stock option can be exercised is the
       Hit Price
       Strike Price*
       Home Price
       Base Price

7. The process udner which employees receive benefits over a period of time is called
       Vesting*
       Collaring
       Button-Holing
       Backing

8. Terms used to describe a situation where you own more on something than it is
      now worth are
       Underwater
       Either of these*
       Upside Down
       Neither of these

9. A person who manages assets for the benefit of someone else and who is required to put
      that person's interests above his or her own is called
       a Broker
       a Financial Planner
       a Fiduciary*
       a Financial Middleman

10. All of your income from work, investments, and other sources before any
      taxes or deductions on your tax return is called
       Gross Income*
       Total Income
       Income Subject to Taxes
       Adjusted Income for Tax Purposes

11. Items that help reduce the income tax you owe by reducing your taxable income are called
       Deductions*
       Exclusions
       Itemizations
       Dependents

12. The primary tax form for filing federal income taxes is the
       920
       1000
       1120
       1040*

13. The Adjusted Gross Income includes all of the following EXCEPT
       interest
       dividends
       wages
       standard deduction*

14. A deduction available to all taxpayers that reduces the amount of which you pay federal
      income taxes is the
       Exemptions Deduction
       Itemized Deduction
       Standard Deduction*
       Normalized Deduction

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