Series 7: APPENDIX

The vocabulary on the test was slightly different, (they used the word tendered a lot) and so navigating the different financial vocabulary was a minor challenge. That being said, I felt comfortable in my knowledge and was able to break down and understand a large majority of the exam because of Solomon Exam Prep. I passed and felt confident!
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Abbigayle Hanoch, LPL Financial. Ventura, CA

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Rebecca Spadafore - Financial Advisor, LPL Financial. Meadville/Erie Area, PA SIE, Series 7, Series 66

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Shawn Sullivan Charlestowne Securities Darien, CT

Thank you...thank you. I took my Series 7 yesterday and passed....1st try. Read the whole book 3 times. My system was to go through and answer the questions I was positive about. Good guess at the others and park them for review. The hardest part is trying to understand what they are actually asking. This way I wasn’t bogged down and stressed being stuck on a question. Second time around go through all those parked questions...digging deeper...checking my calculations etc. again parking the ones that totally stumped me. Third time around....educated guesses and what seemed to make sense. Also, on my way there, I was picturing myself in the room....sitting at the computer (yes, I took a dry run to see the inside). It took that part of the unknown out of the equation. Be prepared for the masks and Covid precautions. Any options questions, as tricky as they make them, I would look at my charts and was able to make sense of what they were asking. Finished the test in record time. Being prepared gave me the confidence to get through it. Many thanks Lorraine

Lorraine Harrod, PNC, Lewes, DE

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Jared M. Albany, New York

Suitability by Type of Investor
If the investor is…	…these may be suitable	…these may be less suitable	…and these may be unsuitable
Elderly at the time of making the investment	• U.S. Treasuries • Treasury bond funds and ETFs • Highly rated corporate bond funds and ETFs • High-paying dividend stocks • Dividend funds and ETFs • Bank CDs • Immediate annuities	• Growth stocks	• Deferred annuities • Equity index annuities • Switching annuities that result in surrender and other fees • Mutual fund B shares • Exchanging an annuity or variable life insurance policy for another (Section 1035 exchanges) • Complex products, such as principal protected notes (PPNs) and other structured notes • High yield bonds • Speculative options • Penny stocks (microcap stocks) • Illiquid investments, such as private placements and DPPs • Non-traded REITs • Liquidating retirement savings or using home equity to invest in securities • Products with long holding periods • Products with high withdrawal fees
In a high income tax bracket	• Municipal securities • U.S. Treasury securities in states with high income tax • Growth stocks • Investments where income is deferred, such as private placements, limited partner ships and DPPs • Tax-advantaged accounts, as appropriate: • IRAs • 401(k)s • 529 accounts • ABLE accounts