Investments Lesson 1 Flashcards
Best Efforts:
Underwriter agrees to sell as much as possible
Risk resides with the firm
Firm Commitment:
Underwriter buys entire issuance
Risk resides with inderwriter
Prospectus:
Outlines: risks, management, business operations, fees, expenses
Must be issued prior to selling shares
Red Herring:
Preliminary prospectus
Before SEC approval
Determines interest
10K vs 10Q vs Annual Report:
10K: annual report of financial statements filed with SEC; audited
10Q: quarterly report filed with SEC; not audited
Annual Report: message from chairman on progress in past year & outlook in coming year; sent directly to shareholders
Liquidity vs Marketability:
Liquidity: how quickly turned into cash
Marketability: ready-made market for something
Market Order:
Timing & Speed more important than price
Appropriate for stocks not thinly traded
Limit Order:
Price more important than timing
For extremely volatile & not frequently traded
Stop Order:
Price hits certain level & turns into market order
Primary risk: investor May receive significantly less if market moving too quickly
Stop-Limit or Stop-Loss Limit Order:
Sets 2 prices: stop loss & limit
Risk if market moves to quickly order may not fill & left with stock at a significantly lower price
Appropriate with significant gain in stock but May not want to sell during significant volatility based on short-term news
Short Selling:
Sell at high price with hopes to buy at lower price
Profit when asset’s price decreases in value
Must have margin account
No time limit
Dividends paid by corporation must be covered by short seller
Initial Margin:
Amount of equity investor must contribute
Assume 50% set by Fed unless otherwise stated
Maintenance Margin:
Minimum amount of equity required before a margin call
Margin Position:
Current equity position
Margin Call Formula:
Loan / (1-maintenance margin)
Investor must restore their equity position to __?
Maintenance margin
Example Exam Question:
Purchased 500 shares XYZ trading at $40/share. Initial margin requirement of 60%. Maintenance margin of 30%. What price receive margin call?
A. $20
B. $22.86
C. $57.14
D. $80
B
Example Exam Question:
Purchased 1,000 shares CWC for $80/share. Initial margin requirement of 65%.
Maintenance margin of 40%. If stock price falls to $30/share, how much equity must be contributed?
A. $2/share
B. $8/share
C. $10/share
D. $12/share
C
Value Line Research Report:
1-5 ranking for stocks
1: highest for timeliness & safety (buy)
5: lowest (sell)
Morningstar Research Report:
1-5 star ranking for mutual funds/stocks/bonds
1: lowest
5: highest
Example Exam Question:
MSFT declared dividend payable on record date of Wednesday, May 15. What is last possible date investor could purchase & still receive dividend?
A. May 13
B. May 12
C. May 11
D. May 10
A
Qualified dividends receive __?
Capital gains treatment
Stock dividends are not taxable to shareholder until __?
Stock is sold
Stock splits:
Increase shares outstanding
Reduce stock prices
Example Exam Question:
If June 4 is date of record, when must purchase stock to receive dividend?
A. June 1 B. June 2 C. June 3 D. June 4 E. May 31
B
Securities Act of 1933:
Regulates issuance of new securities (primary market)
Requires new issues have prospectus
Securities Act of 1934:
Regulates secondary market & trading
Created SEC to enforce
Investment Company Act of 1940:
Authorized SEC to regulate investment companies
3 company types: open, closed, unit investment trusts
Investment Advisers Act of 1940:
Requires advisors to register with SEC or state
Securities Investors Protection Act of 1970:
Established SIPC to protect investors resulting from brokerage firm failures (regardless of citizenship)
Insider Trading & Securities Fraud Act of 1988:
Insiders cannot trade on non-public information
Treasury Bills:
Maturities up to 52 weeks
Denominations in $100 incriminating up to $5M per auction - larger available through competitive bid
Commercial Paper:
Short term loans between corporations
Maturities of 270 days or less; do not have to register with SEC
Denominations of $100,000 & sold at discount
Banker’s Acceptance:
Facilitates imports/exports
Maturities of 9 months or less
Can be held until maturity or traded
Eurodollars:
Deposits in foreign banks that are denominated in US dollars
Investment Policy Statement establishes __?
RRTTLLU Risk Return Taxes Time-horizon Liquidity Legal Unique circumstances
Dow Jones Industrial Average:
Simple, price-weighted average
Does not include market capitalization
S&P 500
Value weighted index
Incorporates market capitalization of individual stocks
Russell 2000
Value weighted index of smallest market capitalization stocks in Russell 3000
Wilshire 5000
Broadest index; measures 3,000 stocks
Value-weighted
EAFE
Value weighted index
Stocks in Europe, Australia/Asia, & Far East
Traditional Finance:
Investors are rational
Markets are efficient
Mean-variance portfolio theory governs
Returns determined by risk
Behavioral Finance:
Investors are normal
Markets are not efficient
Behavioral portfolio theory governs
Risk alone does not determine returns
Affect Heuristic:
Judging something based on non/financial issues
Anchoring:
Reference point that may not be logical
Also called conservatism or belief perseverance
Availability heuristic:
Relies on knowledge readily available in memory
Bounded rationality:
Rationality limited by available information/tractability of decision problem/cognitive limitations of minds/time available
Seeking a satisfactory solution rather than an optimal one
Confirmation bias
Focus on information supporting your opinions
Cognitive dissonance
Tendency to misinterpret information that is contrary to existing opinion
Disposition effect
Regret avoidance or faulty framing
Mark value even after price has changed
Familiarity bias
Overestimate/underestimate risk of investments they are familiar/unfamiliar with
Gambler’s fallacy
Incorrect understanding of probabilities
Herding
Follow the masses
Hindsight bias
Looking back after a fact ks know & assuming future can be predicted as readily as past explained
Illusion of control bias
Overestimate ability to control events
Overconfidence bias
Listens to self, rely on own skills & capabilities, overstate risk tolerance
Overreaction
Emotion toward receipt of news/information
Prospect theory
People value gains & losses differently
Will base decisions on perceived gains rather than perceived losses
Loss averse
Over insured against risk
Recency
Too much weight to recent observations or stimuli
Similarity heuristic
Decision or judgement made when apparently similar situation occurs even though situations may have very different outcomes
Example Exam Question:
James states investment philosophy is as a contrarian: buys securities losing favor & sells gaining favor. Review track record - equal with market. Investments are typically in a security that has lost 10% from most recent high. What type of bias is James exhibiting?
A. Anchoring
B. Herding
C. Overconfidence
D. Hindsight bias
A
Naive diversification:
Investing in every available option
Representativeness
Thinking good company is good investment without analysis of investment
Familiarity
Investment in companies that are familiar
Example Exam Question:
Kevin subscribed to investment magazines & data resources, reads & analyzes. Utilizes this analysis to make shifts in high beta portfolio on daily basis. Which behavior finance bias is Kevin subject to?
A. Hindsight bias
B. Overconfidence
C. Regret avoidance
D. Herd mentality
B
Loss aversion
Prefer avoiding losses more than experiencing gains
Socialization
Process of acquiring values, beliefs? Behaviors acceptable or expected by society
Multicultural pshychology
Extension of general psychology that recognizes multiple aspects of identity influence a person’s worldview
Social consciousness
Awareness & sense of responsibility for problems/injustices within society
Lesson 1 Review:
Which would you use to ascertain chairman’s perspective for progress completed & expected for the coming year?
A. 10k report
B. Annual report
C. 10q report
D. Quarterly report
B
Lesson 1 Review:
Own 1000 shares of stock. Purchased for $25/share on margin with 50% initial margin requirement & 25% maintenance margin requirement. Price dropped to $13/share. Will there be a margin call? If so, how much?
A. $1500
B. $2750
C. $3250
D. No margin call required
B
Lesson 1 Review:
How do stock split & stock dividend impact shareholders without bringing about any changes in value of company on balance sheet?
A. Value of stock split & value of stock dividend are generally small enough that impact on balance sheet is minimal
B. Value of stock split & value of stock dividend increase the number of shares but not the total value of those shares
C. Value of stock split & value of stock dividend cause dilution which keeps the value of the stock up without increasing the overall value on the balance sheet
D. Value of stock split & value of stock dividend offset one another thereby eliminating any change that might occur to the balance sheet
B
Lesson 1 Review:
Which would serve as analytical tool to provide information to client regarding small cap growth stocks?
A. Wilshire 5000
B. S&P 500
C. Russell 2000
D. Dow Jones Small Cap Average
C
Lesson 1 Review:
Which broad market index would be more appropriate when conducting comparisons between large cap, blue chip, & securities market?
A. S&P 500
B. DJIA
C. Russell 5000
D. Value Line 300
A
Lesson 1 Review:
Buys for $50 using initial margin of 75% & maintenance margin of 40%. What price will receive margin call?
A. $13.12
B. $20.83
C. $25.25
D. $66.67
B
Lesson 1 Review:
Which is true regarding Securities Investors Protection Act of 1970?
A. Protects investors from losses arising from bad investment decisions
B. Requires prospectus to accompany all new issues
C. Protects investors from negligence on part of investment advisor
D. Act protects investors from losses arising from brokerage firm failures
D
Lesson 1 Review:
Which is not a value-weighted index?
A. DJIA
B. S&P 500
C. Russell 2000
D. Wilshire 5000
A
Lesson 1 Review:
Tells about amazing portfolio performance experiencing double digit returns in a matter of days. Lost on a few but not much. Impressed decide to invest some money with him.
What behavior finance bias does he portray?
A. Overconfidence
B. Anchoring
C. Cognitive dissonance
D. Belief perseverance
C
Lesson 1 Review:
Old Wall Street is saying “cut your losses & let your profits run”. However investors often do the opposite. Seems people are reluctant to admit they made a mistake in purchasing a stock that subsequently performs poorly. Behavior most consistent with:
A. Anchoring
B. Herd mentality
C. Regret avoidance
D. Representativeness
C