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    SIE Exam 2025/2026 For Dummies®, 4th Edition Published by: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, ww. wi ley .com Copyright © 2024 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey Published simultaneously in Canada. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning or otherwise, except as permitted under Sections 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without the prior written permission of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, (201) 748-6011, fax (201) 748-6008, or online at http: //www.wiley.com/go/permissions. Trademarks: Wiley, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, Dummies. con, Making Everything Easier, and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and may not be used without written permission. SIE is a registered trademark of FINRA. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: THE PUBLISHER AND THE AUTHOR MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE CONTENTS OF THIS WORK AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NO WARRANTY MAY BE CREATED OR EXTENDED BY SALES OR PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS. THE ADVICE AND STRATEGIES CONTAINED HEREIN MAY NOT BE SUITABLE FOR EVERY SITUATION. THIS WORK 1S SOLD WITH THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THE PUBLISHER IS NOT ENGAGED IN RENDERING LEGAL, ACCOUNTING, OR OTHER PROFESSIONAL SERVICES. IF PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED, THE SERVICES OF A COMPETENT PROFESSIONAL PERSON SHOULD BE SOUGHT. NEITHER THE PUBLISHER NOR THE AUTHOR SHALL BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING HEREFROM. THE FACT THAT AN ORGANIZATION OR WEBSITE IS REFERRED TO IN THIS WORK AS A CITATION AND/OR A POTENTIAL SOURCE OF FURTHER INFORMATION DOES NOT MEAN THAT THE AUTHOR OR THE PUBLISHER ENDORSES THE INFORMATION THE ORGANIZATION OR WEBSITE MAY PROVIDE OR RECOMMENDATIONS IT MAY MAKE. FURTHER, READERS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT INTERNET WEBSITES LISTED IN THIS WORK MAY HAVE CHANGED OR DISAPPEARED BETWEEN WHEN THIS WORK WAS WRITTEN AND WHEN IT IS READ. For general information on our other products and services, please contact our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 877-762-2974, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3993, or fax 317-572-4002. For technical support, please visit https: //hub.wiley com/community/support/dummies. Wiley publishes in a variety of print and electronic formats and by print-on-demand. Some material included with standard print versions of this book may not be included in e-books or in print-on-demand. If this book refers to media such as a CD or DVD that is not included in the version you purchased, you may download this material at http: //booksupport .wi ley . com. For more information about Wiley products, visit www wi ley . com. Library of Congress Control Number: 2024936009 ISBN 978-1-394-26187-1 (pbk); ISBN 978-1-394-26188-8 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-394-26189-5 (ebk) | — StudyXY

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    Introduction... Part 1: Get Things Rolling: Starting Your SIE Journey ......................5 cuapTer 1: Introducing the SIE (Securities Industry Essentials) Exam ...........................7 cHapTer 2: Preparing forthe SIEExam ......................o 19 cHapTEr 3: Examining and Mastering Question Types. .................ooooiiiiieia....0 31 CHAPTER 4: Surviving Test Day. ...............oviiiiiiiii iia... A3 Part 2: Starting at the Beginning: Basic Security Investments..........49 cHapTER 5: Securities Underwriting: The Process and the Team Players .......................51 carter 6: Equity Securities: Corporate Ownership..............................o..........65 cHapTer 7: Debt Securities: Corporate and U.S. Government loans. ..........................85 chapter 8: Municipal Bonds: Local Government Debt Securities. ............................105 Part 3: Diving Deeper: Taking a Look at More Complex Securities. ...127 chapter: Delivering Diversification with Packaged Securities ..............................129 cuapTER 10: Working with Direct Participation Programs (DPPs) and REITs. ....................149 cHapTER 11: Options: Understanding the Basics of Putsand Calls. ............................161 Part 4: Playing Nicely: Serving Your Client's Needs and FollowingtheRules..................................................18 cHapTER 12: Customer Accounts: Proper Handling of Accounts. ..............................191 CHAPTER 13: Securities Analysis: Doing a Little Market Research ..............................207 CHAPTER 14: Securities Markets: Taking Orders and Executing Trades .........................227 cHaPTER 15: Making Sure the IRS Gets Its Share ............................................245 cHaPTER 16: Rules and Regulations: No Fooling Around .....................................259 Part 5: Putting Your Pencil to Paper: Practice Exams....................295 cHAPTER 17: Ready, Set, Gol: Practice Exam 1................ o.oo. 297 cHaPTER 18: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam 1...................................311 chapter 19: Nothing But Net: Practice Exam 2 .............. o.oo... 321 cHAPTER 20: Answers and Explanations to Practice Exam 2...................................335 Part6:ThePartof Tens....................................................34 cHAPTER 21: Ten SIE Exam Traps to Avoid. ....... o.oo eee... 349 cHaPTER 22: Ten Ways to Start Your Career Off Right. .......................................353 GlOSSANY oo 357 Index... 377 | v 1 StudyXY

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    INTRODUCTION... About This BOOK... ooiiii en Foolish Assumptions. ................. iii 2 Icons Used in This BOOK +... ..oiiiie tiie 2 Beyond the BOOK. ...........ooii iil 2 Where to GofromHere ................ooiiiii nl 3 PART 1: GET THINGS ROLLING: STARTING YOUR SIE JOURNEY .......5 eaerert: Introducing the SIE (Securities Industry Essentials) Exam. ......7 What Is the SIE Exam, Anyway? . ........ o.oo 7 Profiling the SIE Exam-Taker ..........................ciiiiiiiiee......8 One's Not Enough: Tackling the Corequisite (Top-Off) Exams .....................8 Series 6: Investment Company and Variable Products Representative Exam .....9 Series 7: General Securities Representative Exam ............................9 Series 22: DPP Representative Exam ........................ccooie.ll9 Series 57: Securities Trader Exam. ..............ooiiiiiiiiiiiiinaaeannn.. 9 Series 79: Investment Banking Representative Exam ........................10 Series 82: Private Securities Offerings Representative Exam ..................10 Series 7 + Series 86 + Series 87: Research Analyst Exam. .....................10 Series 99: Operations Professional Exam ..................................10 Signing Up... o.oo eee 10 Filling out an applicationtoenroll. ........................................ 11 It's a date! Scheduling yourexam ............................c Planning for special accommodations ....................................012 Justin case: Cancelingasanoption .......................cooiiia... 13 Taking a Peek at the Tested Topics... 13 Understanding the Exam Format and Other Exam Details. ......................14 Reviewing the exam basics. .........................ll 14 Practicing on ten additional trial questions.................................15 Mastering the computerized format and features. ..........................15 Viewing exhibits. ................ lll 16 Instant gratification: Receiving and evaluating yourscore ....................16 carrer: Preparing forthe SIEExam..........................19 Courses and Training Materials: Determining the Best Way to Study. .............19 Back to school: Attending aprepcourse.....................ooeeena.... 19 Selecting prep material to study onyourown ..............................21 Managing Your Study Time Wisely ...........................................23 Blocking out some time to study. ................. cool... 23 It's a plan: Getting into a study routine ....................................24 Give it a rest: Taking short breaks. ........................................24 Staying focused fromdaytoday........................... ll 25 Devoting time to practice tests ......................ooiiiiiiiiia.... 25 Avoiding study groups ............. ieee... 26 Stayinginshape................ iii... 26 Exploring Study Strategies... 26 Developing Solid Test-Taking Skills. ..........................................27 Read the question carefully ................ 027 Look for phrases that lead to the topictested ..............................27 Table of Contents

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    Work withwhatyouhave...................... o.oo 27 Don't obsess; mark for review. ................ o.oo. 28 Keep track of time .................................i........28 Master the process of elimination ........................................29 Maintain your concentration ................... cocoa. 29 Think carefully before changing youranswers..............................29 Use the scrap paperwisely .......................... ol 29 Knowing When You'reReady............................oiii.... 30 carer: EXamining and Mastering Question Types........................31 Familiarizing Yourself with Question Formats. .................................31 Working with the straight shooters: The straightforward questions. ...........32 Encountering quirky questions with qualifiers ..............................33 Roman hell: Complex multiple-choice questions ............................34 Looking at exhibits: Diagram questions....................................36 Shredding the Questions: Tips and Tricks. ....................................38 Focusing on key information .............................................38 Answer me this: Picking the correctanswer ................................38 Don't make the same mistake twice. ...................coiiiiiai.. 41 cuarrer a: SUNViving Test Day... 43 Composing Yourself the Day Before..........................................43 Making the Most of the Morning. ............................................45 Arriving on the Scene When Taking the Exam at a Physical Location ..............45 Taking advantage of one last chancetocram...............................45 Signing in. ...... 45 Gettingseated ............. ie. 46 Tackling the SIE .......... e460 Revealing Your Results: Drumroll, Please... ..................................47 PART 2: STARTING AT THE BEGINNING: BASIC SECURITY INVESTMENTS... 49 carers: Securities Underwriting: The Process and theTeam Players ..........................cciiL 50 Bringing New Issues tothe Market...........................................51 Starting out: What the issuerdoes ........................................51 Roll call: Introducing the team players. ....................................55 Getting the skinny on the issue and issuer: The prospectus ..................56 Counting the securities along theway .....................................57 Getting Up to Speed on the Types of Securities Offerings .......................57 Reviewing Exemptions ..........................ci.iiiiiiiiiiiiiei......58 Exempt securities ............................oiiiiiiiie...... 58 Exempt transactions. ...............oiiiiiiiiii ieee... 59 Testing Your Knowledge. ..........................o iii... 6 Practice questions........................ iii... 61 Answers and explanations. .................... oii... 64 carters: EQUity Securities: Corporate Ownership...........................65 Beginning with the Basics: Common Stock ....................................65 Understanding a shareholder's voting rights ...............................66 Categorizing shares corporations cansell..................................68 Establishing the par value of common stock. ...............................68 viii SIE Exam 2025/2026 For Dummies

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    Considering corporate actions .....................coiiiiiiiiiiia...... 69 Splitting common stock .............. ce. 70 Sharing corporate profits through dividends ...............................71 Getting Preferential Treatment: Preferred Stock ...............................73 Considering characteristics of preferred stock..............................74 Getting familiar with types of preferred stock ..............................74 Securities witha Twist. ..........ooiiiiii eee 76 Opening national borders: ADRs. ........................coiiieee...... 76 Rights: The right to buy new shares ata discount ...........................77 Warrants: The right to buy shares of stock at a fixed price. ...................77 Testing Your Knowledge. ...................... ci... 78 Practice questions. ................... icici... 78 Answers and explanations. ................... cia... 82 carer: Debt Securities: Corporate and U.S. Government Loans .......85 Tackling Bond Terms, Types, and Traits. ......................................85 Covering bond terminology ..............................................86 Following bond issue and maturity schedules ..............................87 Comparing secured and unsecured bonds .................................88 Making Basic Bond Price and Yield Calculations. ...............................89 Nominal yield (couponrate)......................cooiiiiiiiieee......90 Currentyield. ................ ee... 90 Yield to maturity (basis) ................ 91 Yieldtocall .....ooii ii 9 Yield to Worst .....oovuiii eee 91 Total return... ooo een 91 Basis POINT ..... o.oo. eee. 92 Accrued interest... eee. 92 Determining the Best Investment: Comparing Corporate Bonds .................92 Considering bond creditratings ...................... ll 92 Contrasting callable and putable (put)bonds...............................94 Popping the top on convertiblebonds. ....................................95 Exploring U.S. Government Securities ...........................ooeueen.....95 Understanding the types of U.S. government securities......................96 Looking at agency securities .................. o.oo. 97 Playing It Safe: Short-Term Loans or Money Market Instruments. ................97 Testing Your Knowledge. ...................... oil 99 Practice questions. ................. iii. 99 Answers and explanations. .................. ieee... 102 eaeers: Municipal Bonds: Local Government Debt Securities ...........105 General Obligation (GO) Bonds: Backing Bonds with Taxes.....................105 General characteristics of GOS ...............cooiiiiiiiiiiiiin.. 0.106 Analyzing GObonds ..................... ie... 106 Revenue Bonds: Raising Money for Utilities and Such..........................107 General characteristics of revenue bonds. ................................108 Analyzing revenue bonds. ................... ool... 108 The Primary Market: Bringing New Municipal Bonds to Market .................109 Allocation of orders. .............ooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii eee 2 110 Definitions for newissues .....................ccc Ll 110 Examining Other Types of Municipal Bondsonthe Test........................111 Taxing Build America Bonds (BABs): Taxable Municipal Bonds ..................112 Municipal Notes: Securing Short-Term Financing. .............................112 BR | study

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    Taking a Closer Look at Municipal Fund Securities. ............................113 Section 529 savings plans. ................. o.oo... 113 ABLE (Achieving a Better Life Experience) accounts.........................114 LGIPs (Local Government Investment Pools). ................ccvvvveenn.....115 Understanding the Taxes on Municipal Bonds. ...............................115 Comparing municipal and corporate bonds equally ........................115 Scot-free! Taking a look at triple tax-free municipal bonds. ..................116 Following Municipal Bond Rules ............................................116 Confirmations. .........iiii ieee 117 Advertising and record keeping. ............... ooo 117 COMMISSIONS... ee 118 Gathering Municipal Bond Info............................... L118 The bond resolution (indenture). ............coviiiiiiiinieninnnneenn....118 Legal opinion ............. ee... 118 Official statement ..............oooiiiiiiiiiiiiii ieee 119 “G" That's aWhole LotofRules ...................ooiiiiiiienn 119 Testing Your Knowledge... 122 Practice questions. ................. iii 122 Answers and explanations. .................... coi... 125 PART 3: DIVING DEEPER: TAKING A LOOK AT MORE COMPLEX SECURITIES ................coo 27 waerers: Delivering Diversification with Packaged Securities ...........129 Looking at Investment Company Registration ................................129 Diversifying through Management Investment Companies.....................130 Comparing open- and closed-end funds ..................................130 Keeping your customer's investment objectives inmind ....................132 Dealing with discounts ..................... oo. i. 134 Figuring the sales charge and public offering price of open-end funds ........136 Considering Other Investment Company Options. ............................138 Face-amount certificate companies ......................................138 Unitinvestment trusts ............ooiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiieiaain... 138 Exchange-traded products (funds and notes). .............................138 Investment company rules 17a-6 and 17a-7...............................140 Adding Annuities to a Portfolio. ........................ o.oo 140 Looking at fixed annuities ......................... oll 140 Focusing on variable annuities .......................... 4 Putting money into (and receiving money from) annuities. ..................141 Understanding the Investment Component of Variable Life Insurance Products. . . 143 Testing Your Knowledge. ...................... o.oo... 143 Practice questions. ................ iii. 144 Answers and explanations. ................. oie... 147 euarrer 10: Working with Direct Participation Programs (DPPs)and REITS............................o... 149 Searching for Identity: What DPPs Are (and Aren't) ............................150 The DPP Characters: General and Limited Partners ...........................150 Pushing through Partnership Paperwork ....................................151 Partnership agreement. .................... coool 150 Certificate of limited partnership ........................................152 Subscription agreement................. oie... 152 X SIE Exam 2025/2026 For Dummies

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    Passive Income and Losses: Looking at Taxes on Partnerships..................152 Evaluating DPPs............... oi iii... 153 Checking Out Types of Partnerships.........................................153 Building on real-estate partnershipinfo ..................................153 Gearing up with equipmentleasing ......................................154 Strengthening your grasponoilandgas..................................155 Reducing Real-Estate Risk with REITs. .......................................156 Testing Your Knowledge. ............................ciiiiel...157 Practice questions........................ iii... 158 Answers and explanations. .................... cocoa... 160 cuarrer 11: Options: Understanding the Basics of Putsand Calls... .161 Brushing Up on Option Basics. ...............ooooiviiiiiieienaene...... 161 Readinganoption................. iii 162 Looking at call options: The righttobuy ..................................163 Checking out put options: The right to sell ................................163 Getting your money back: Options in-, at-, or out-of-the-money..............164 Paying the premium: The cost of anoption ...............................165 Incorporating Standard Option Math. .......................................167 Calls same: Buying or selling call options. .................................167 Puts switch: Buying or selling putoptions.................................170 Trading options: Opening and closing transactions. ........................172 Got it covered: Stock/option contracts. ....................cooiil..... 174 Index options. .............. eel 1T75 Gaining Additional Option Insight...........................................176 Clearing through the OCC ............. coi... 177 That's ODD: Options risk disclosure document ............................177 Getting the go-ahead: Registered options principal.........................177 Options accountagreement ................coovieieinernenannennnn.....177 Order ticket. . o.oo eee 177 Last trade, last exercise, and expiration of anoption .......................178 Exercise and assignment ................... cocina... 178 Additional definitions ............. o.oo 179 Some additional option rules. ..............................L.l.0180 Testing Your Knowledge... 180 Practice questions.................... iii... 182 Answers and explanations. ....................... iii... 185 PART 4: PLAYING NICELY: SERVING YOUR CLIENT'S NEEDS AND FOLLOWING THERULES......................................189 cuarrer 122 Customer Accounts: Proper Handling of Accounts .............191 Following Protocol When Opening Accounts .................................191 Filing the facts on the new account form..................................191 Gathering other important customerinfo.................................193 Word on the street: Street name accounts ................cooeeevn.e.....194 Selecting the Appropriate Type of Account...................................194 Single and jointaccounts ................ oil... 194 TrUSE ACCOUNTS + o.oo teeta eee ie eee 2 195 Discretionary accounts. .............oiiiieiiiiiieieiiaieeeea.....196 Corporate accounts. ........iuei eee ee ieee... 196 Institutional accounts ............ooiiiii e000 197 Partnership accounts ..................cooiiiiiiiiii e197 Cash ormarginaccount.................ooiiiiiiiinneaineenn......197 BR | study

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    Working with Margin Accounts ..............................oooae...... 198 Disclosures and agreements: Getting margin paperwork out of the way ......198 Introducing long and short margin accounts ..............................198 Regulation T: Following the Fed's rules for purchasing margin accounts... .....199 Making margincall .................. 199 Opening a margin account: The initial requirements. .......................200 Obeying the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (Telephone Act of 1991) ......... Loi. 200 Testing Your Knowledge. .............. oii... 202 Practice questions.................... iii... 202 Answers and explanations. ..................... co.cc... 205 cuarter 13: Securities Analysis: Doing a Little Market Research. .......... 207 Getting to Know Your Securities and Markets: Securities Analysis Basics .........207 Regarding systematic and nonsystematicrisk .............................208 Strategies for mitigating risk .................... ol... 209 Deciding what to buy: Fundamental analysis ..............................211 Deciding when to buy: Technical analysis .................................213 Following the Green: Money Supply and Monetary Policy ......................216 Influencing the money supply ........................................00.216 Opening the Federal Reserve Board's toolbox .............................217 Reading Economic Indicators. ................... o.oo... 218 Leading indicators................. ice. 219 Coincident (coincidental) indicators . ..........viiiii iii. ....219 Lagging indicators ................. ee. 219 GDP and GNP: Measuring goods and services .............................220 How Economic Factors Affect Securities .....................oiiiini......220 Cyclical... ee... 220 Defensive ...... o.oo. 221 Growth Loon. 221 Your Principal Economic Theory Primer......................................221 Testing Your Knowledge... 22 Practice questions. ............... iii. 222 Answers and explanations. .................... oii... 225 cuarter 14: Securities Markets: Taking Orders and Executing Trades... 227 Shopping at Primary and Secondary Markets. ................................227 Buying new in the primary market.......................................228 Buying used in the secondary market ....................................228 Making the Trade. ....................... i iiiiiiiie.....228 Auctioning securities at securities exchanges..............................228 Negotiating trades over the counter .....................................229 Understanding the Role of a Broker-Dealer..................................230 Anintroducing broker. ............ 230 A clearing (carrying) broker ............. 231 Aprimebroker............ 230 Receiving and Executing Customer Orders...................................232 Reviewing basic ordertypes. .................. oie... 232 Factoring in order features ...............................oll......234 Following customers’ orders or using your discretion. ......................235 It Takes All Kinds: Recognizing Different Types of Investors.....................236 Retail investors. ............... iii 237 Accredited iNVeSTOrs ........oouiiiiiiiii ieee 200 237 Institutional investors. ........... coool. 237 xii SIE Exam 2025/2026 For Dummies

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    Testing Your Knowledge. ...................... co. iie.......238 Practice questions........................ oii... ....238 Answers and explanations. ................. oii... 242 cuarrer 1s: Making Sure the IRS Gets Its Share ...............................245 Everything in Its Place: Checking Out Tax and Income Categories. ...............245 Touring the tax categories .......................ooiiiiiiiiiii......246 Looking at types of income .........................iel.....246 Noting Taxes on Investments ..................ooiiiiiiiinaianaeno......246 Interestincome ...... o.oo 247 Dividends ...........oiiiiii LL 247 At the sale: Capital gainsand losses......................................248 J EC LY | Exploring Retirement Plan Tax Advantages. ..................................251 Qualified versus nonqualified plans. .....................................251 IRA types and contribution limits ........................................252 401(k)and 403(b). .. o.oo ii eee... 253 Testing Your Knowledge. ...................... iil... 254 Practice questions. ................... cilia... 254 Answers and explanations. ......................c..oiiieiiieee..... 257 cuarrer 16: RUles and Regulations: No Fooling Around ......................259 Meeting the Market Watchdogs: Securities Regulatory Organizations............259 The Securities and Exchange Commission ................................259 Self-regulatory organizations. ...................... ooo... 260 Stateregulators.............. oii. 261 Department of the Treasury/IRS .............................ooo.......262 FINRA Registration and Reporting Requirements. .............................262 Fillingoutthe U4 form ....................................iii.......262 Missing the mark: Grounds for disqualification ............................263 Handing over your fingerprints..........................................264 Continuing education ................ iii... 264 What happens when a rep resigns or is terminated ........................265 Skipping a step: Who's exempt from FINRA registration. ....................265 Adhering to reporting requirements ........................ 0.0... 265 Trading by the Book When the Account IsOpen ..............................267 Filling out an order ticket .................................iel......267 Checking your calendar: Payment and settlement dates ....................269 Safeguarding investor info: Regulation S-P................................270 Confirmingatrade ......................... iii... 270 Acting in your customers’ bestinterest ...................... ll 272 Borrowing from or lending to ...................... lll 273 Following up with account statements. ...................................273 Keeping your dividend dates straight.....................................274 Handling complaints...................... el. 275 Disseminating info: Appropriate communications. .........................276 Keeping clearrecords..................c.ooiii el 277 Committing Other Important Rules to Memory ...............................278 Sticking to the 5 percent markup policy. ..................................278 Avoiding violations ............... ol 279 Following the money: Anti-money-laundering rules ........................282 Complyingwith AMLrules ..............................................283 Working with public info: Following insider trading rules....................283 Table of Contents

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    The Investor's Bankruptcy Shield: FDIC and SIPC Coverage .....................284 Holding a customer's mail .................... co ill... 285 Business continuity plans and emergency contact information ..............285 Testing Your Knowledge. ........... coool... 286 Practice QUeSHiONS ......... oii... 286 Answers and explanations. .......... oii 292 PART 5: PUTTING YOUR PENCIL TO PAPER: PRACTICE EXAMS .......295 cuarrer 17: Ready, Set, Gok: Practice Exam 1 ..................................297 Practice Exam Answer Sheet. ................ooiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaee......299 cuarrer 1: ANSWers and Explanations to Practice Exam 1................. 311 Making the Grade .............................iiiiiiiie......320 Answer Key for Practice Exam 1 .........................oooiiie.....320 cuarrer 19: Nothing But Net: Practice Exam 2................................321 Practice Exam Part 2 Answer Sheet ...................coiiiiiiia.... 0.323 cuarter 20. ANSwers and Explanations to Practice Exam2................. 335 Knowing the Score. ................. oii iii... 344 Answer Key for Practice Exam 2 ................. cco... 345 PART 6: THEPARTOFTENS............................................347 cuarrer21: Ten SIE Exam Traps to Avoid .....................................349 Easing Up onthe Studying... 349 Assuming the Question'sintent ............................................350 Reading into the Question .................................................350 Becoming Distracted When Others Finish. ...................................350 Not Dressing for Comfort..................................................350 Forgettingto Breathe ...................................................00350 Trying to Work Out Equations in Your Head Instead of Writing Them Down. . .....351 Spending Too Much Time on One Question ..................................351 Changing Your Answers for the Wrong Reasons ..............................352 Calculating Your Final Score Prematurely ....................................352 cuarter 222 Ten Ways to Start Your Career Off Right ........................ 353 Win at the Numbers Game. ..................coviiieiiiiiiaainaeen......353 Bean Apprentice. ................ ii iii... 354 Do Your Homework. ..........oiiiiiiiiii eee. 354 Treat the Minnow LikeaWhale........................coiii.. 354 Smile When You Dial............. coool... 354 When a Security Falls, Don't Bea Stranger ...................................354 PutintheHours............. oo. 0355 Broaden Your Horizons .................oiiiiiiiiiiiii ieee 0 0355 Pay Yourself First. ......................................ci.ieii.ii........355 Set Some Goals: The BrassRing ..........................ooiiiao......356 XiV SIE Exam 2025/2026 For Dummies — StudyXY

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    Introduction 0, you want to be a securities industry professional such as a stockbroker? The good news is that a career in the securities field can be extremely lucrative and rewarding. The not- so-good news is that anyone who plans to become a stockbroker and sell securities in any of the 50 states must first pass the Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) exam as well as one of the required top-off exams. (Yes, you need to pass both the SIE exam and the respective top-off exam(s) to earn the license(s) you want.) Even the SIE exam alone is quite a challenge for most people. To pass the SIE, you have to commit time and effort. 1 passed all my securities exams the first time with very high scores, but they all required weeks of study and sacrifice. Those who aren't totally prepared on exam day are in for an unpleasant wake-up call. As a test-prep instructor and tutor, I always had a few students in every class who enrolled after they already failed one of their exams. Most of them initially expected the same easy ride that they’d experienced in high school or college. Not only were they wrong, but they also had to pay a significant amount of money to reregister for the exam and wait another 30 days — a rule of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) — before they could retake the exam. Back to the good news again. You're obviously interested in doing well, so you probably won’t be one of those people. This book can help you pass the SIE exam and achieve your goal. About This Book This book should be all you need to pass the exam, although I certainly encourage you to view other materials and take whatever exams you can get your hands on. But as a word of caution, if you're reviewing and taking tests from other books, please make sure that they’re on target. I've seen more than a couple of books presenting information that is definitely not included in the SIE outline. 1 cover the topics that appear on the test, offer formulas as needed, provide definitions, and go over the information you need to know. I also include lots of tips and a few memory tricks. But the real benefit of this book is finding out how to study and think through problems as well as you possibly can. That’s why I help you choose a study program, explain how to handle specific ques- tion types, warn you about common mistakes, connect concepts, and show you how to pull ques- tions apart and get to the bottom of what’s being asked. Then you get to apply this knowledge in two full-length practice tests so you get a taste of the SIE exam experience. This is a reference book, and most sections are self-contained. In other words, you can read a section and understand it without looking over the text that comes before it. When some back- ground information is helpful, I give cross-references to related topics. Therefore, you can pretty much jump in and out whenever you find topics you like (and when you find those you don’t). And like all good tour guides, I also point you to some other sites of interest — topics you can explore further on your own. If you're short on time (as you probably are) and aren’t ready for a break just yet, you can skip the sidebars, those little gray boxes that contain interesting but nonessential information. BR + studyxy |

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