Why are some assets easier to trade than others?

Assuming no holidays, a purchaser of stock on Monday is the holder of record on:

Certificates of deposit are which type of financial asset?

How can the payment of dividends (or lack thereof) be a signal to investors?

You are presented with an investment opportunity.  For $10,000 today, the investment will return $15,000 in 5 years.  If a comparable opportunity returns 8%, what is the NPV of this investment rounded to the nearest dollar?

Congratulations!  You just purchased your first home with the help of a $250,000, 30 year fixed rate mortgage.  If your monthly payments are $1,193.54, what is the APR of the mortgage?

A 30 year annuity earns a 6% rate of return.  If you invest $40,000, what is the payment (rounded to the nearest dollar) you will receive at the end of each year?

How much of the first monthly payment of a 30 year $250,000 mortgage with a 5% APR is applied to interest?

Free cash flow is:

What is the rate of return of an investment product which costs $25,000 and returns $2,000 at the beginning of each year  for 20 years?