EXAM 3 (General Terminology) Flashcards

1
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Savings for children

A

Section 529

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2
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What does a Section 529 consist of?

A

variable annuites & debt issues

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3
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What does Morning Star sell?

A

They sell stars securities

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4
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Mutual Fund

A

The investment pool is managed by a manager and there are multiple investors

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5
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Are Mutual Funds liquid?

A

They are not that liquid

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6
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Do stars have value for mutual funds? And Why?

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No, because stars are based on historical risk-adjusted performance which has no relationship to future-adjusted performance

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7
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Do stars have value for stocks?

A

Yes

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8
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The best predictor of mutual funds performance according to morning star?

A

Management Operating expense as a percent of net asset value

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9
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Call provision

A

gives the company the right to buy bonds back at a predetermined price prior to the maturity date

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10
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What is the rule of 72?

A

How long it takes for an investment to double

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11
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Perpetuity

A

An annuity in which the cash flows continue forever

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12
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Consol

A

A type of perpetuity

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13
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Website for why rule of 72 works

A

www.moneychimp.com

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14
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Relationship between Future rate and Present value

A

Inverse

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15
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Present Values

A

The current value of future cash flows discounted at the appropriate discount rate

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16
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Discount

A

Calculation of the present value of some future amount

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17
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Discount rate

A

The rate used to calculate the present value of future cash flows

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18
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Website for a downloadable windows-based financial calculator

A

www.calculator.org

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19
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Website for using Excel for the time value of money and other calculations

A

www.studyfinance.com

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20
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When is the Call provision exercised?

A

When the rates drop and the company will refinance

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21
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The Call Provision is at the Advantage and Disadvantage of who?

A

Advantage - The company
Disadvantage - Investor

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22
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How do companies refinance

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By selling new bonds to pay off old bond

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23
Q

Mortgaging refinancing dropped what percentage?

A

90%

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24
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YTM

A

Yield to Maturity

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25
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What is mortgage refinancing?

A

buying new bonds at a lower rate extinguishing the debt

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26
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Will interest rates drop, and is yes or no then why?

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Yes because of historical evidence due to recessions in the past

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27
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Why did the feds raise the rates

A

They believed it will slow inflation

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28
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Where is the raising price of energy coming from?

A

Ukraine War & Opec

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29
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What is Opec?

A

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries

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30
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What company said they will cut petroleum by 2 million barrels a day?

A

Opec

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31
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Characteristics of a bubble

A
  • everyone is happy
  • Feds created it
  • always end badly
  • interest rates are low
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32
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Relationship between rate & price

A

Inverse

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33
Q

You want a risk-free rate with buying what?

A

A bond

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34
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Credit Risk

A

liability to pay back what was borrowed, and a lot is based on the financial ratios

35
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What is a Risk Free Rate

A

Compensation for credit risk and buying the bond

36
Q

What is a Risk Free rate based on

A

the treasury bill rate

37
Q

Why does the treasury have zero default risk?

A

Because they create the money & raise taxes

38
Q

TMCC Bonds

A

Toyota Motor Credit Corporation

39
Q

Examples of an annuity

A
  • mortgage
  • car payment
40
Q

Types of Annuity

A
  • Regular/ Ordinary
  • Annuity Due
41
Q

Regular Annuity

A

series of equal periodic payments

42
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Annuity Due

A

Due at the beginning of each period

43
Q

Difference between an Annuity due and a Regular annuity

A

When the payments are due

44
Q

Difference between stocks and bonds

A

Bonds - pays interest (always paid first)
Stocks - pays dividends (residual)

45
Q

Why do people buy stocks?

A

Fixed interest doesn’t change but common stock has room for growth

46
Q

Relationship between time and rate of discount

A

direct

47
Q

1st step to any problem

A

having the correct table

48
Q

Market value = Price per share (true or false)

A

True

49
Q

What does the Market Value Ratio measure

A

Deals with market price per share of the stock

50
Q

What are all the Market Value Ratios

A
  • Price to Earnings ratio
  • Price to Sales ratio
  • Market-to-book ratio
  • EBITDA ratio
51
Q

EBITDA

A

Earnings before interest taxes, depreciation, and amortization

52
Q

What is the Price-Earnings (PE) Ratio

A

shows how much investors are willing to pay per dollar of current earnings

53
Q

What does high PE show

A

shows prospects for future growth

54
Q

Why PE varies

A

Differences in the expected future earnings growth

55
Q

Do we want PE to be low or high

A

We want it to be low, because price is what you pay, earnings is what you get

56
Q

Growth rate and PE ratio relationship

A

direct

57
Q

Interest rates and PE ratio relationship

A

inverse

58
Q

Earning yield

A

Inverse of the PE and it is the amount you get back per dollar you invest in a stock

59
Q

Market to book Ratio

A

Compares the market value of the firm’s investments to their costs

(a value of less than 1 could mean the firm has not been successful overall in creating value for its stockholders)

60
Q

What is M1?

A

The money supply

61
Q

Since when has M1 been going down?

A

March of 2022

62
Q

M1 annual increase

A

30%

63
Q

Why is Inflation coming down?

A

because M1 is going down

64
Q

What is the Simplest form of loan?

A

Pure discount loan

65
Q

Perpetuities are called what in Canada and the United Kingdom?

A

consols

66
Q

About the 2% target inflation rate

A
  • feds came up with it
  • They said you need to have inflation to favorable growth
  • 2012
67
Q

Yield to maturity

A

How much an investor gets compensated

68
Q

The YTM has to be higher to compensate for what?

A

“Risk of Call”

69
Q

EAR

A

Effective annual rate

70
Q

The relationship between PVSS and r

A

inverse

71
Q

The relationship between PVSS and t

A

inverse

72
Q

The relationship between FVSS and r

A

direct

73
Q

The relationship between FVSS and t

A

direct

74
Q

What do we mean by discounted cash flow, or DCF, valuation?

A

calculating the present value of a future cash flow to determine its worth today

75
Q

Retroactive interest

A

Interest put on the original payment price even though the amount left to pay off is less at that point

76
Q

Future value of annuity (fva)

A

value of periodic payments at the end of a specified period

77
Q

Net future value depends on 2 factors

A
  • Time (number of periods)
  • Rate of return
78
Q

Monetary expansion is the same as what?

A

quantitative expansion

79
Q

What are the determinants of interest are

A

-inflation
-credit risk
-monetary policy
-expanision monetary policy

80
Q

What do we mean by compound interest? How does is differ from simple interest

A

Interest on interest is compound, simple interest is interest on the principle

81
Q

Fun Fact about Wayne

A

Wayne is a company that went bankrupt because they had debt they couldn’t pay off

82
Q

2 types of interests rates

A
  • compound
  • simple
83
Q

Fun Fact about Benjamin Franklin

A
  • Benjamin Franklin funded student loans
  • it was in the trust agreement that the money had to be used for student for loans
  • he set up a trust that stated that for the first 100 years it had to be used for this purpose
  • he used compound interest
84
Q

APR

A

annual percentage rate