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Indifference Curve: Where is the optimum portfolio located?

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At the tangent of the indifference Curve and the efficient frontier.

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Indifference Curve: What indicates a conservative investor?

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The steeper the curve, means the investor wants more return for any additional risk.

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Capital Market Line: What is a lending portfolio?

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A combo of 90 day t-bill and diversified portfolio.

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Capital Market Line: What is a Borrowing Portfolio?

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Leverage and diversified.

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Nonbeliever, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: None
Useful: T, F, I

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Weak Form Believer, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: T
Useful: F, I

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Semi-Strong Form Believer, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: T, F
Useful: I

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Strong Form Believer, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: T,F,I
Useful: None

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Bond Yield: When a bond is selling at Par, how are CY, YTM and YTC ranked?

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They are all the same

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Bond Yield: When a bond is selling at a premium, how are CY, YTM and YTC ranked?

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Highest to lowest: CY, YTM, YTC

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Bond Yield: When a bond is selling at a discount, how are CY, YTM and YTC ranked?

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Lowest to Highest: CY, YTM, YTC

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What is one of Technical Analysis’ Mantra’s?

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A trend once established is more likely to continue then reverse

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What is the lowest rating of an investment grade bond?

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BBB and above is investment grade

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What is the current yield formula?

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CY=Ann Int Pmt/ Current Price

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When using TVM on calc to find YTM remember:

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Adjust N, I/Y and Pmt

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When using TVM on calc to find YTC remember to adjust:

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N and Pmt

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What is convexity?

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The degree to which duration changes

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What is a zero coupon bond’s duration

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It’s maturity

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What is duration?

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The weighted average number of years until investment is recovered?

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How are coupon payment and duration correlated?

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The higher the coupon, the lower the duration

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Duration is a measure of?

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Interest sensitivity

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Convertible Securities: What is the Conversion Ratio?

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Par value/Conversion Price

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Convertible Securities: What is the Conversion Value?

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Conversion Ratio * Market Price of stock

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When should time-wighted returns be used?

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To analyze a portfolio managers performance

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When should dollar-weighted returns be used?
To assess an investors actual performance
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What is considered an aggressive allocation?
<=25% bonds, 15% SC and 5% EM
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Benchmarks: What R^2 do you want?
High, it means the benchmark is correlated?
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What is the small cap benchmark?
Russell 2000
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What is the International benchmark?
MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australia, Far East)
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What is the overall US Market Benchmark?
Wilshire 5000
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What is Reinvestment Rate risk? | What is Interest Rate Risk?
When rates fall | When rates rise
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What is a barbell?
Short and long term bonds
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What is a bullet?
Bonds purchased slowly with maturities around date needed.
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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: What are the 4 strategies for dealing with a concentrated portfolio?
ESOP, CRT, Put Options Exchange Fund
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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: How does and ESOP help?
Creates makes when shares can't be sold on the market. May be able to sell to ESOP, receive the proceeds and pay no tax.
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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: How does a CRT help?
A charitable deduction is available for the present value of assets that will pass to the charity. Assets transferred to CRT can be sold without tax impact because nontaxable.
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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: How does an exchange fund help?
contribute stock to a fund in exchange for shares of the fund which is diversified
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Margin Terms: Initial Margin, Debit balance
I M: % of purchase price that is provided by investor. | DB: Amount owed: Amt borrowed + interest
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Margin: At what price will a margin call occur?
Debit balance( 1-initial margin)/ 1-maintenance margin
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Margin: How much is required when a margin call occurs?
Run-Away(Required-Actual) Required: New stock price* maintenance margin Actual: New stock price -loan amount
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Futures Questions:
What is their natural position? Do they naturally want the price to increase or decrease?
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Options: How to determine the value of an option?
Time value + intrinsic value
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Options: How to determine if in the money?
COM-E, POE-M
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How to determine what option to have as the market goes up or down:
Puts Can Save Fortunes: Up arrow(market): P in short part and CSF in long part, opposite for down market
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Options: What is a cashless collar:
Short a call and long a put
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What is R, what does it measure and what is the range and goal?
R is the Correlation coefficient It measures price movements, not the magnitude of the correlation -1 to +1, the goal is low correlation not necessarily -
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What is COV and what does it measure?
Covariance, the extent to which two variable move together, either positively or negatively
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What is B and what does it measure?
Beta is a relative measure of systematic risk
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What is R^2 and what does it measure and what is the appropriate level?
R^2 is the Coefficient of Determination, it explains the price movements in my security or portfolio that are explained by changes in the market (systematic). As long as R^2=.75 you are okay to use Beta. Remember that if R=.8 R^2=.64
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What is the coefficient of variation, what does is measured, how do the variable impact?
Standard Dev/r Looking for the the lowest; higher St.Dev. =higher number, higher r=lower number; Return adjusted risk is what is being measured
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What does Standard Deviation measure?
Measures total risk, where Beta only measures systematic risk. An absolute measure
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Z-Score=
The # of standard deviations away from the mean
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Kurtosis Facts:
Plat is fat, Lep is less risky
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Sharpe Ratio measures:
The portion of return that has risk associated with it. Higher return=higher sharpe ratio, the higher the Stand. Dev. the lower the sharpe ratio. Higher is better
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Jensens Alpha:
Actual return- expected return
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Information Ratio measures
Consistency with which a manager beats a benchmark. Standard deviation of historical alpha's.

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