Exercise
Choose Security or Not a Security
- 1. _____ A valuable antique musical instrument
- 2. _____ A variable annuity
- 3. _____ A term life insurance policy
- 4. _____ A bond issued by a local school district
- 5. _____ Interest in a collection of antique musical instruments
- 6. _____ An option on commodities
- 7. _____ A personal residence
Answers
- 1. Not a security. Collectibles, such as antiques, are not considered to be securities.
- 2. Security. Annuities without variable features are not considered to be securities. In contrast, variable annuities are securities.
- 3. Not a security. Because it is a fixed and non-variable type of insurance contract, a term life insurance policy is not an annuity.
- 4. Security. All bonds are considered to be securities.
- 5. Security. An interest in something, meaning a situation in w