Portfolio Management And Investment Risk Flashcards

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1
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Which type of risk includes current events, consumer confidence, and the general political climate?

A

Market risk

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True or false: dollar cost average and reduce his timing risk involved on markets?

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True

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3
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Dollar cost average and guarantees a profit on bonds when they’re sold?

A

False

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4
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True or false: TIPS automatically add the inflation rate each year in addition to the coupon rate?

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True

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5
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A ___________ _________ is used to determine present value.

A

A discounting formula

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6
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TIPS are offered in what maturities

A

5, 10, and 30 years.

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True or false: CAPM is used to compare expected rates of return

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True

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8
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Define CAPM

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A model that attempts to describe the relationship between risk and expected return for securities

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9
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True or false: a stop order may be described as a suspended market order

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True

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10
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A change in _________ __________ would most likely have the greatest impact on a bond in the first year of the investment.

A

Interest Rates

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Why would interest rates affect a bond in the first year of the investment?

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It could dramatically change the bonds price

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12
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Commodities are ahead you can see what type of risk?

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Inflation

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13
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It’s an analyst wants to measure the degree to which a company or partnership is leveraged he would calculate the:

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Debt to capital ratio, which is debt/total capital

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True or false: In a solicitors disclosure document the amount paid to the solicitor must be disclosed

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True

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True or false: Indexing is a passive portfolio management strategy

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True

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16
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What is the criteria to be defined as “a securities portfolio”?

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Securities portfolio is made up of at least 50% securities. Of which cash and cash equivalents are also considered securities.

17
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Are cash and cash equivalents considered securities?

A

Yes

18
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The internal rate of return assumes all cash flows are invested at the_____________.

A

Internal rate of return

19
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The ______________ is the rate that makes the discounted value of cash inflows and outflows equal to zero.

A

Internal rate of return

20
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If an investor is choosing between two investments one you should choose the one with the ___________ IRR.

A

Higher

21
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If a customer is willing to assume market risk, the best course of action is to eliminate _____________ risk.

A

Unsystematic

22
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Buy-and-hold and systematic rebalancing her examples of passive approach is to hospital location based on the theory known as:

A

Efficient market hypothesis

23
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True or false: beta is not a measure used for fixed income portfolios

A

True

24
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When trading on margin clients are required to deposit 50% of the ___________ value of the security

A

Market

25
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T or F: The internal rate of return is the most appropriate method used to determine the probability of a project.

A

True

26
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Modern portfolio theory defines risk as:

A

Variability of expected returns about the mean