Final Flashcards

1
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Money Markets

A

The market where short-term

securities are bought and sold.

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2
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Capital Market

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The market where long-term

securities such as stocks and bonds are bought and sold

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3
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Primary Market

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The market in which new issues

of securities are sold to the public

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4
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Secondary Market

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The market in which
securities are traded after they have been
issued.

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5
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Secondary Market

A

The market in which

securities are traded after they have been issued

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6
Q

When you buy, which price do you use?

A

Offer price

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7
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When you sell, which price do you use?

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Bid price

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8
Q

The single most important issue in the stock

valuation process is…

A

What a stock will do in

the future

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9
Q

Value of a stock depends upon…

A

Its future returns

from dividends and capital gains/losses

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10
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The price of any stock is equal to…

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The present value of the expected future dividends it will pay.

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11
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Dividend Payout Ratio

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The fraction of earnings paid as dividends each year

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12
Q

We cannot use the constant dividend

growth model to value a stock if…

A

The growth rate is not constant.

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13
Q

Prices are set in

competitive markets as…

A

The price set by the

buyer willing to pay the most for an item

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14
Q

In finance, the standard deviation of a return is also referred to as
its…

A

Volatility

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15
Q

Variance

A

Summatory of (Expected return minus mean of expected return)^2 times the probability

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16
Q

Empirical Distribution

A

When the probability distribution is plotted using

historical data

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17
Q

Excess Returns

A

• The difference between the average return for an

investment and the average return for T-Bills

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18
Q

Is there a positive relationship between
volatility and average returns for individual
stocks?

A

there is no precise
relationship between volatility and average
return for individual stocks.

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19
Q

Common Risk

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– Risk that is perfectly correlated

20
Q

Independent Risk

A

– Risk that is uncorrelated

21
Q

Diversification

A

– The averaging out of independent risks in a

large portfolio

22
Q

Independent Risks are due to…

A

firm-specific news

23
Q

Common risks are due to

A

Market wide news

24
Q

Firm-Specific Versus Systematic Risk

A

When many stocks are combined in a large
portfolio, the firm-specific risks for each stock
will average out and be diversified.
– The systematic risk, however, will affect all firms
and will not be diversified.

25
Q

The risk premium for diversifiable risk is…

A

Zero, so investors are not compensated for holding firm specific risk.

26
Q

To measure the systematic risk of a stock…

A

Determine how much of the variability of its return is due to systematic risk versus
unsystematic risk.

27
Q

Efficient Portfolio

A

A portfolio that contains only systematic risk.There is no way to reduce the volatility of the portfolio without lowering its expected return.

28
Q

Market Portfolio

A

An efficient portfolio that contains all shares and securities in the market

29
Q

A security’s beta is related to

A

How sensitive its underlying revenues and cash flows are to general economic conditions.

30
Q

Market risk premium

A

The market risk premium is the reward investors

expect to earn for holding a portfolio with a beta of 1.

31
Q

Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM).

A

It is the most important method for estimating the cost of capital that is used in
practice.

32
Q

Modern portfolio theory (MPT)

A

Is a theory on how risk-averse
investors can construct portfolios to optimize or maximize expected return based on a given level of market risk, emphasizing that risk is an inherent part of higher reward.

33
Q

Portfolio Weights

A

The fraction of the total investment in the portfolio held in each individual investment in the portfolio.

34
Q

To find the risk of a portfolio, one must

A

Know the degree to which the stocks’ returns move together

35
Q

In a short sale…

A

You sell a stock that you do not own and then buy that stock back in the future.

36
Q

A bond is…

A

A debt investment in which an investor loans money to an entity (typically corporate or government) which borrows the funds for a defined
period of time at a variable or fixed interest rate.

37
Q

Which is the most important force in the bond market?

A

The behavior of interests

38
Q

Interest rates and bond prices move…

A

in opposite directions

39
Q

Bond ratings are…

A

Letter grades that designate investment

quality

40
Q

What is the single biggest factor that influences

the direction of interest rates?

A

Inflation

41
Q

Value of an Asset =

A

Present value of its expected future cash flows

using the investor’s required rate of return as the discount rate.

42
Q

Price of a bond is a function of

A

Its coupon rate, its maturity, and market

movements in interest rates

43
Q

YTM refers to …

A

the rate of return the investor will earn if the bond is held
to maturity. YTM is also known as bondholder’s expected rate of return.

44
Q

Current Yield =

A

Annual interest payment/

current market price of the bond

45
Q

Bond Duration:

A

A measure of bond price volatility, which captures both
price and reinvestment risk and which is used to indicate how a bond
will react in different interest rate environments