Overall Review Flashcards
PV Calculation
0 CFj
1x CFj
% I/YR
NPV
IRR Calculation (Real Rate of Return)
-x CFj
1x CFj
+(2x+y) CFj
IRR/YR
Calculate NPV
-x CFj
1x CFj
+(2x+y)
% I/YR
NPV
(+) is good
(-) is bad
Structured Settlement
No lump sum
Tax free payments
Voluntary agreement for injury
Compensatory Charges
Tax free payments (interest is taxable)
Discrimination is taxable (except for medical)
Punitive Damages
Taxable
wrongful death is tax free
Leading Indicators
Unemployment
Manufacturing orders
Private Housing Units
Stock Prices
Consumer expectations
Coincident Indicators
Personal Income
Industrial Production
Lagging Indicators
Unemployment Duration
Prime Rate
Loans Outstanding
Change in CPI
Business Cycle VS Indicators
(Recovery, Expansion, Peak)
Recovery: leading (up), coincident (down), lagging (down)
Expansion: leading (up), coincident (up), lagging (down)
Peak: leading (up), coincident (up), lagging (up)
Investment Advisor Registration with SEC
ADV
$150 fee
ADV part 1 & Schedule 1
Medicare Part A
65 and Older, or 2 years disabled
Hospital Coverage: 1-60 days (deductible 1), 61-90 (deductible 2), 91-120 days (deductible z)
Post hospital stay: 100 days skilled nursing home
Home care services
Hospice
Medicare Part B
Voluntary: financed through premiums
Deductible, Medicare pays 80%, no stop loss
Includes: doctor visits, preventative care, tests, radiology, mental, blood, therapy, non-administered drugs
Medicare Part D
50% Discounts on drugs
Must have A+ B
Taxation of LTC
(premiums & benefits)
Premiums paid for qualified LTC: deductible as itemized medical expenses
Deductibility Limits:
days 51-60 $1,690
61-70 $4,510
Subjects to 7.5% AGT Floor (not for SE)
Benefits are NOT taxable
Medicaid
New worth under $2,000
- 5 year look back rule
- Home equity up to $636,000
Offers: hospital, nursing facilities, physician, lab, x-ray, home health
Group Life Insurance Income Tax
(Implications/Calculations)
(Table 1 Rate) x (Coverage over $50k)= Y
(EE Contribution) x (all coverage) = X
Y - X = EE included annual income
Discriminatory Group Life Plans
(Key Employee Income Inclusion)
Key Employee includes greater of :
1. actual cost of insurance
2 cost by formula:
(Table 1 cost) x (overall coverage / 1000) x 12 months =
income to employee
FSA
No FICA or FUTA tax
NO LTC
Not HSA
Use it or loose it by 12/31
Bond Conversion Price (CP)
PAR / # of shares
Bond Conversion Value (CV)
(PAR / CP) x stock price
Unit Investment Trusts (UITs)
Unmanaged security portfolio / Passive
Self Liquidating: dividends distributed to unit holders
Units redeemed at NAV
SD Calculation
E+
E+
gold Sx,Sy
Mean Return Calculation
E+
E+
gold x,y
Geometric Return
Time Weighted Return
N= # of returns
I= ?
PV= -1
PMT = 0
FV= (1+x) x (1+y) X (1.etc..)
Current Yield
Annual coupon / bonds current price
Dividend Discount Model Shortcuts
(2 growth rates)
- if 1st rate < 2nd growth rate
- use lower growth rate in model
- choose next LOWEST answer - if 1st growth rate > 2nd growth rate
- use 2nd growth rate
- choose next HIGHEST answer
ROE
EPS / Common Equity
Current Market Price
Earnings x P/E ratio
Dividend Payout Ratio
Common Dividend Paid / EPS
Stock’s Yield
Dividend / stocks closing price
Capital Market Line (CML)
MACRO
PORTFOLIO risk/return
STANDARD DEVIATION
tangent to efficient frontier
DIVERSIFIED portfolios expected return
Security Market Line (SML)
MICRO
Individual Security risk/return
Above SML: undervalued
Below SML: overvalued
BETA
Wash Sale Rule
30 days pre, 30 days post
$ loss added to cost basis of final purchase
No loss deduction
Dividend Timing
Purchase Date
Ex-Dividend Date
Date of Record
*buy before ex div date to receive div
Margin Required
= ((1 - initial margin) / (1 - maintenance margin)) x stock price
initial margin: 50%
maintenance margin: 25%
Maintenance Call
shares x new stock price = $
$ x maintenance margin = Equity Required
$ - loan = Actual Equity
Equity Required - Actual Required = Maintenance Call
Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT)
Unexplained changes / Unanticipated Shifts
Not explained by risk/return
Inflation, industrial production, risk premium, structure of yield
Black - Scholes
Valuation of Calls/Puts
Variables: prices, exercise $, time, rate volatility
increase exercise price : decreased value
all others increase : increase value
Binominal Option Pricing
Valuation Model
Assume stock price has 2 values at expiration
Riskless portfolio / perfect hedge
Hobby
Hobby income is reportable
Business if: generates profit 3/5 years
Houses: 2/7 years