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Identify the rule, formula, or decision criterion before reading the answer choices. CFA Level I distractors often use the right vocabulary with the wrong condition.
Ethical and Professional Standards
Standard VI(B) Priority of Transactions practice questions
Standard VI(B) Priority of Transactions is part of CFA Level I Ethical and Professional Standards. Ethics questions test judgment under the Code and Standards, especially duties to clients, employers, markets, and the CFA Program. Use this page to review the controlling ideas, then work through 2 questions with answer explanations and common traps.
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Ethical and Professional Standards
Standard VI(B) Priority of Transactions
The correct transaction priority is generally:
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Standard VI(B) Priority of Transactions
A portfolio manager learns that client accounts will buy a thinly traded stock after a recommendation is approved. Before the client trades, the manager buys the stock in an account held by his spouse, over which he has trading authority. The manager's best defense is that the spouse account is legally separate. This defense is:
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