Ch 12 - Managing Your Client’s Investment Risk Flashcards

1
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four of the most common risks

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  1. Inflation or purchasing power risk
  2. Credit risk
  3. Liquidity risk
  4. Currency risk
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2
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Evaluating the issuer’s ability to meet timely payments is known as

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credit analysis

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3
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two measures of investment risk

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  1. Standard deviation of returns, which measures an investment’s total risk
  2. Beta, which measures an investment’s systematic risk relative to the return of a benchmark index.
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4
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Factors taken into account for premium on option

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  • Relationship between the exercise price and the market price of the underlying asset
  • Expected volatility of the underlying asset’s price
  • Time left until the option expires.
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5
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Trading Unit of options in north america (# shares)

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100 shares

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6
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What is an American-style option?

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An option that can be exercised at any time up to the expiration date

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7
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What is a European style option?

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exercised only at the expiration date

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8
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The in-the-money portion of a call or put option is known as

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the option’s intrinsic value

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9
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Time value is equal to

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Intrinsic value minus premium

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10
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Three things can take place between time option is bought and expires

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  • Can be cancelled through offsetting transaction
  • Can be exercised
  • Can expire Worthless
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11
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Explain how a cash settled option works

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instead of delivering underlying asset, writer offers cash equal to option’s intrinsic value * Trading units * number of contracts

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12
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three differences of index style put option

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  • Must be European Style
  • Cash Settled
  • imperfect hedge as investor must exactly the same stocks in the same proportion as the index
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13
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Alternative to purchasing puts

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Writing a call option

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14
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Use of Collars Strategy

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To limit downside

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15
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What are Long-term Equity AnticiPation Securities (LEAPS) ?

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Options that are originally listed with an expiration date that is three years away

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16
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Two levels of margin are used in futures trading

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original margin and maintenance margin

17
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Original, or initial, margin

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Required deposit when a futures contract is entered into

18
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What is Maintenance margin

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The minimum balance for margin required during the life of the contract.

19
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What are Contracts for difference (CFDs)

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A type of cash-settled OTC derivative contract that can be used to hedge against a long stock position

20
Q

Hoe does a Principal Protected Note PPN work?

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Debt instrument that delivers interest rate plus Principal with interest rate being tied to performance of underlying asset.

21
Q

Minimum guarantee and holding period of Segregated Fund

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75 % and 10 years

22
Q

Three types of SEG Guarantees

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  • Deposit Based
  • Policy Based grouping all deposits made within 12 months period and giving them same maturity date
  • Policy based giving same maturity to deposits starting on the date the policy was issued