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After nearly 14 years of marriage, Harry and Belinda's finances have improved, even though they have incurred debts for an automobile loan and a condominium. Plus they now have a 5-year-old son,
(a) What rate of return is needed on the $120,000 portfolio to reach their goal of $360,000 (assuming no additional contributions)? Use Appendix A-1 or visit the Garman/Forgue companion website. (b)
Define beta and explain what it means.
What is fundamental analysis and why is it popular?
Choose three measures of corporate earnings that you might use when selecting a stock in which to invest and say why you like them.
What are the five steps in figuring a potential rate of return to invest in a stock?
How does one use a stock screening tool?
Name two places where you can go to find information about a company?
What is buying on margin and how it can go wrong for an investor?
What are the basic differences between corporate, U.S. government, and municipal bonds?
Distinguish among Treasury bills, notes, and bonds.
Summarize the differences between I-bonds and TIPS bonds.
Summarize why bonds and interest rates have an inverse relationship.
Distinguish between a managed mutual fund and an unmanaged mutual fund.
Two years ago, Izabella Martinez, from Atlanta, Georgia, invested $1,000 by buying 125 shares ($8 per share NAV) in the Can't Lose Mutual Fund, an aggressive growth no-load mutual fund. Last year,
Name two things investors should consider doing before investing in real estate.
Distinguish between capital improvements in real estate investing and repairs.
Marianne Mooney, benefits manager and her sister, Laureen, a middle-school teacher from Pompano Beach, Florida, are interested in the numbers of real estate investments. They have reviewed the
(a) If the rent is $1,800 a month, what is the rental yield? (b) If they sold the home, should they invest the proceeds into any high-risk investments, such as gold? Victor and Maria Hernandez are
Ashley Travis, of Harrisburg, Illinois, is in the 25 percent marginal tax bracket and is considering the tax consequences of investing $2,000 at the end of each year for 30 years in a tax-sheltered
Janet Brooks, of Amarillo, Texas, plans to invest $3,000 each year in a mutual fund for the next 40 years to accumulate savings for retirement. Her twin sister, Rebecca, plans to invest the same
Jackie Facet of Auburn, Alabama, age 60, was planning on retirement and investing well for it because he now has $400,000 in his retirement accounts and would likely to have doubled that by age 67.
(a) What annual income would Nicci need for retirement? (b) What would her annual expected Social Security benefit be? (c) Nicci expects to receive $1,500 per month from her defined-benefit pension
(a) List four negative things that could happen if either Morgan or Joshua were to die without a will. (b) What would be the most important negative consequence of not having a will if both Yvonne
Look at the futures listings for the corn contract in Figure 2.11.a. Suppose you buy one contract for March delivery. If the contract closes in March at a level of 787.25, what will your profit be?b.
Turn back to Figure 2.10 and look at the IBM options. Suppose you buy a January 2013 expiration call option with exercise price $180.a. Suppose the stock price in January is $193. Will you exercise
Which of the following correctly describes a repurchase agreement?a. The sale of a security with a commitment to repurchase the same security at a specified future date and a designated price.b. The
Short-term municipal bonds currently offer yields of 4%, while comparable taxable bonds pay 5%. Which gives you the higher after-tax yield if your tax bracket is:a. Zerob. 10%c. 20%d. 30%
Suppose that Intel currently is selling at $20 per share. You buy 1,000 shares using $15,000 of your own money, borrowing the remainder of the purchase price from your broker. The rate on the margin
Suppose that you sell short 1,000 shares of Intel, currently selling for $20 per share, and give your broker $15,000 to establish your margin account.a. If you earn no interest on the funds in your
Consider the following limit-order book for a share of stock. The last trade in the stock occurred at a price of $50.a. If a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be
What are the differences between a stop-loss order, a limit sell order, and a market order?
Here is some price information on Marriott:..................................Bid.............. AskMarriott .................39.95 ............40.05You have placed a stop-loss order to sell at $40.
If you place a stop-loss order to sell 100 shares of stock at $55 when the current price is $62, how much will you receive for each share if the price drops to $50?a. $50.b. $55.c. $54.87.d. Cannot
Visit Professor Kenneth French's data library website: mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/ pages/faculty/ken.french/data_library.html and download the monthly returns of "6 portfolios formed on size and
Calculate the expected return and variance of portfolios invested in T-bills and the S&P 500 index with weights as follows:W bills.............. W index0
Calculate the utility levels of each portfolio of Problem 10 for an investor with A = 2. What do you conclude?Portfolio From Problem 10W bills.............. W index0
Repeat Problem 11 for an investor with A = 3. What do you conclude?Problem 11Calculate the utility levels of each portfolio of Problem 10 for an investor with A = 2. What do you conclude?Portfolio
Which indifference curve represents the greatest level of utility that can be achieved by the investor?
Which point designates the optimal portfolio of risky assets?
What is the reward-to-volatility ration for the equity fund in CFA Problem 8?
What is the Sharpe ratio of the best feasible CAL?A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund,
Which of the following factors reflect pure market risk for a given corporation?a. Increased short-term interest rates.b. Fire in the corporate warehouse.c. Increased insurance costs.d. Death of the
With correlation of 0.3, what is the covariance between the 3-year returns?Greta, an elderly investor, has a degree of risk aversion of A = 3 when applied to return on wealth over a 3-year horizon.
When the annualized monthly percentage rates of return for a stock market index were regressed against the returns for ABC and XYZ stocks over a 5-year period ending in 2013, using an ordinary least
Consider the following multifactor (APT) model of security returns for a particular stock.Factor.................................. Factor Beta ..............Factor Risk PremiumInflation
Suppose that, after conducting an analysis of past stock prices, you come up with the following observations. Which would appear to contradict the weak form of the efficient market hypothesis?
Which of the following statements are true if the efficient market hypothesis holds?a. It implies that future events can be forecast with perfect accuracy.b. It implies that prices reflect all
Good News, Inc., just announced an increase in its annual earnings, yet its stock price fell. Is there a rational explanation for this phenomenon?
Steady Growth Industries has never missed a dividend payment in its 94-year history. Does this make it more attractive to you as a possible purchase for your stock portfolio?
Which of the following most appears to contradict the proposition that the stock market is weakly efficient? Explain.a. Over 25% of mutual funds outperform the market on average.b. Insiders earn
When technical analysts say a stock has good "relative strength," they mean:a. The ratio of the price of the stock to a market or industry index has trended upward.b. The recent trading volume in the
Even if prices follow a random walk, they still may not be informationally efficient. Explain why this may be true, and why it matters for the efficient allocation of capital in our economy.
One seeming violation of the Law of One Price is the pervasive discrepancy of closed end fund prices from their net asset values. Would you expect to observe greater discrepancies on diversified or
Return to Table 14.1 and calculate both the real and nominal rates of return on the TIPS bond in the second and third years.Table 14.1
Long-term Treasury bonds currently are selling at yields to maturity of nearly 6%. You expect interest rates to fall. The rest of the market thinks that they will remain unchanged over the coming
a. Footnote 7 presents the formula for the convexity of a bond. Build a spreadsheet to calculate the convexity of a 5-year, 8% coupon bond making annual payments at the initial yield to maturity of
a. Use a spreadsheet to answer this question and assume the yield curve is flat at a level of 4%. Calculate the convexity of a "bullet" fixed-income portfolio, that is, a portfolio with a single cash
You are the manager for the bond portfolio of a pension fund. The policies of the fund allow for the use of active strategies in managing the bond portfolio. It appears that the economic cycle is
Which of the domestic series that the IAAI research department listed for use as leading indicators is least appropriate?a. Industrial production.b. Manufacturing average weekly hours.c. M2 money
Choose an industry and identify the factors that will determine its performance in the next 3 years. What is your forecast for performance in that time period?
Janet Ludlow is preparing a report on U.S.-based manufacturers in the electric toothbrush industry and has gathered the information shown in Tables 17B and 17C. Ludlow's report concludes that the
As a securities analyst you have been asked to review a valuation of a closely held business, Wigwam Autoparts Heaven, Inc. (WAH), prepared by the Red Rocks Group (RRG). You are to give an opinion on
a. If the exchange rate value of the British pound goes from U.S.$1.75 to U.S.$1.55, then the pound has:i. Appreciated and the British will find U.S. goods cheaper.ii. Appreciated and the British
Recalculate the intrinsic value of Honda in each of the following scenarios by using the three stage growth model of Spreadsheet 18.1. Treat each scenario independently.a. ROE in the constant-growth
Recalculate the intrinsic value of Honda shares using the free cash flow model of Spreadsheet 18.2 under each of the following assumptions. Treat each scenario independently.a. Honda's P/E ratio
While valuing the equity of Rio National Corp. (from the previous problem), Katrina Shaar is considering the use of either cash flow from operations (CFO) or free cash flow to equity (FCFE) in her
Helen Morgan, CFA, has been asked to use the DDM to determine the value of Sundanci, Inc. Morgan anticipates that Sundanci's earnings and dividends will grow at 32% for 2 years and 13% thereafter.
Abbey Naylor, CFA, has been directed to determine the value of Sundanci's stock using the Free Cash Flow to Equity (FCFE) model. Naylor believes that Sundanci's FCFE will grow at 27% for 2 years
Christie Johnson, CFA, has been assigned to analyze Sundanci using the constant dividend growth price/earnings (P/E) ratio model. Johnson assumes that Sundanci's earnings and dividends will grow at a
Dynamic Communication is a U.S. industrial company with several electronics divisions. The company has just released its 2013 annual report. Tables 18C and 18D present a summary of Dynamic's
Mike Brandreth, an analyst who specializes in the electronics industry, is preparing a research report on Dynamic Communication. A colleague suggests to Brandreth that he may be able to determine
Rio National Corp. is a U.S.-based company and the largest competitor in its industry. Tables 18F - 18I present financial statements and related information for the company. Table 18J presents
The ABC Corporation has a profit margin on sales below the industry average, yet its ROA is above the industry average. What does this imply about its asset turnover?
Scott Kelly is reviewing MasterToy's financial statements in order to estimate its sustainable growth rate. Consider the information presented in the following exhibit.a. Identify and calculate the
Janet Ludlow is a recently hired analyst. After describing the electric toothbrush industry, her first report focuses on two companies, QuickBrush Company and SmileWhite Corporation, and
a. On the basis of the data shown in Tables 19C and 19D, calculate each of the five ROE components for Eastover and Southampton in 2013. Using the five components, calculate ROE for both companies in
In addition to the discounted dividend model approach, Mulroney decided to look at the price- earnings ratio and price-book ratio, relative to the S&P 500, for both Eastover and Southampton. Mulroney
Turn back to Figure 20.1, which lists prices of various IBM options. Use the data in the figure to calculate the payoff and the profits for investments in each of the following February expiration
Some agricultural price support systems have guaranteed farmers a minimum price for their output. Describe the program provisions as an option. What is the asset? The exercise price?
Consider the following options portfolio. You write a January expiration call option on IBM with exercise price $195. You write a January IBM put option with exercise price $190.a. Graph the payoff
A FinCorp put option with strike price 60 trading on the Acme options exchange sells for $2. To your amazement, a FinCorp put with the same maturity selling on the Apex options exchange but with
Joe Finance has just purchased a stock index fund, currently selling at $1,200 per share. To protect against losses, Joe also purchased an at-the-money European put option on the fund for $60, with
You are attempting to formulate an investment strategy. On the one hand, you think there is great upward potential in the stock market and would like to participate in the upward move if it
FedEx is selling for $100 a share. A FedEx call option with one month until expiration and an exercise price of $105 sells for $2 while a put with the same strike and expiration sells for $6.94. What
a. Consider a bullish spread option strategy using a call option with a $25 exercise price priced at $4 and a call option with a $40 exercise price priced at $2.50. If the price of the stock
A call option with X = $50 on a stock currently priced at S = $55 is selling for $10. Using a volatility estimate of σ = .30, you find that N (d1) = .6 and N (d2) = .5. The risk-free interest rate
If the stock price falls and the call price rises, then what has happened to the call option's implied volatility?
If the time to expiration falls and the put price rise, then what has happened to the put option's implied volatility?
The hedge ratio of an at-the-money call option on IBM is .4. The hedge ratio of an at-the-money put option is - .6. What is the hedge ratio of an at-the-money straddle position on IBM?
Return to Problem 36. Value the call option using the risk-neutral shortcut described in the box on page 736. Confirm that your answer matches the value you get using the two-state approachProblem
It is now January. The current interest rate is 2%. The June futures price for gold is $1,500, whereas the December futures price is $1,510. Is there an arbitrage opportunity here? If so, how would
The S&P portfolio pays a dividend yield of 1% annually. Its current value is 1,500. The T-bill rate is 4%. Suppose the S&P futures price for delivery in 1 year is 1,550. Construct an arbitrage
The Excel Application box in the chapter shows how to use the spot-futures parity relationship to find a "term structure of futures prices," that is, futures prices for various maturity dates.a.
Suppose that the spot price of the euro is currently $1.30. The 1-year futures price is $1.35. Is the interest rate higher in the United States or the euro zone?
A manager is holding a $1 million bond portfolio with a modified duration of 8 years. She would like to hedge the risk of the portfolio by short-selling Treasury bonds. The modified duration of
Suppose the 1-year futures price on a stock-index portfolio is 1,624, the stock index currently is 1,600, the 1-year risk-free interest rate is 3%, and the year-end dividend that will be paid on a
You manage a $16.5 million portfolio, currently all invested in equities, and believe that the market is on the verge of a big but short-lived downturn. You would move your portfolio temporarily into
A manager is holding a $1 million stock portfolio with a beta of 1.25. She would like to hedge the risk of the portfolio using the S&P 500 stock index futures contract. How many dollars' worth of
You are provided the information outlined as follows to be used in solving this problem.Assume no commission and no margin requirements on U.S. Treasury long bond futures contracts. Assume no
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