Exam 4 Flashcards

1
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Correlation

A

Measurement of co-movement between two variables

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2
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Standard Deviation

A

Past return volatility of an investment

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3
Q

Coefficient of Variation

A

Relative measure of risk-return relationship

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4
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Negatively Correlated

A

Moving differently from each other over time

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5
Q

Positively Correlated

A

Moving together over time

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6
Q

“Firm-Specific Risk”

A

Diversifiable Risk

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7
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“Market Risk”

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Non-Diversifiable Risk

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8
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Market Risks

A

Interest Rate, Inflation, Economic Growth, Exchange Rate

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9
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Modern Portfolio Theory

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Procedure for combining securities into a portfolio to minimize risk

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10
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Optimal Portfolio

A

Best portfolio of securities that achieves the highest expected return for a given risk level

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11
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Efficient Portfolio

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Portfolio that achieves the highest return for each level of risk

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12
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Efficient Frontier

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Set of all efficient portfolios

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13
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Dominant Porfolio

A

Portfoliothat achieves higher return than one with comparable or greater risk

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14
Q

CAPM

A

RFR + B (Market Rate - RFR)

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15
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Market Risk Premium

A

Market Risk - RFR

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16
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Beta

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Measurement of sensitivity of company’s stock to market risk

17
Q

Efficient Market

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One in which prices fully reflect available information on each security

18
Q

Efficient Market Hypothesis

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Asset prices reflect all available information

19
Q

Weak-Form Market

A

All obtainable trading information available

20
Q

Semi-Strong Form Market

A

All public information available

21
Q

Strong Form Market

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All private information available

22
Q

Is WACC based off market or book value?

A

Market value

23
Q

WACC

A

Weighted-average after-tax cost of capital used by firm

24
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Expected Return

A

Average of the possible returns weighted by the likelihood of those returns occuring

25
Q

Risk Free Rate

A

The return on a U.S. treasury security

26
Q

Should WACC be based on current or proposed capital structure?

A

Proposed