Since the 1930's commercial banks have NOT been permitted to do any type of securities underwriting, True False With regards to a futures contract, the SHORT position will make money when the underlying item's price RISES. True False If interest rates rise, the value of Master Limited Partnership (MLP) units will rise. True False Basis risk is the risk to an investor arising from the uncertainty about the basis at a given future date. It is the most important type of risk a speculator/hedger faces in dealing with commodity prices. True False In a Best Effort underwriting, the investment bank purchases the securities from the issuing company (thereby guaranteeing a specific price to the issuer) and then seeks its "best effort to sell the securities to institutional investors. True False The objective of active portfolio management is to earn a portfolio return which matches the return of a predetermined passive benchmark portfolio (net transaction costs) on a risk-adjusted basis. * E Since the 1930's commercial banks have NOT been permitted to do any type of securities underwriting, True False With regards to a futures contract, the SHORT position will make money when the underlying item's price RISES. True False If interest rates rise, the value of Master Limited Partnership (MLP) units will rise. True False Basis risk is the risk to an investor arising from the uncertainty about the basis at a given future date. It is the most important type of risk a speculator/hedger faces in dealing with commodity prices. True False In a Best Effort underwriting, the investment bank purchases the securities from the issuing company (thereby guaranteeing a specific price to the issuer) and then seeks its "best effort to sell the securities to institutional investors. True False The objective of active portfolio management is to earn a portfolio return which matches the return of a predetermined passive benchmark portfolio (net transaction costs) on a risk-adjusted basis. * E