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Which of the following statements is FALSE?


A) Risk measures the volatility of the returns of the asset.
B) Risk measures are concerned only with the negative performance of the asset.
C) The standard deviation is not the only measure of risk.
D) Risk and return are inversely related.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The capital gain yield of an equity security is 9.27%.The security paid a quarterly dividend of $0.55 per share during the year.What is the current price of the security if the total return is 13.76 percent?


A) $12.25
B) $13.38
C) $49.00
D) $53.54

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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In a two-security portfolio 25% of your money is invested in Security X and the remainder in Security Y.If the standard deviations of Securities X and Y are 22 % and 7 %, respectively, and the portfolio variance is 0.01155625, what is the correlation between the two securities?


A) -0.003275
B) 0.03275
C) 1.0
D) -1.0

E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

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Which of the following statements is TRUE?


A) The more stable the possible returns, the greater the risk.
B) Risk means the probability that the actual return from an investment is less than the expected return.
C) The range is a more accurate measure of risk than the standard deviation, because the range uses the maximum and minimum values, whereas the standard deviation uses all the observations.
D) Securities offering lower expected rates of return tend to be riskier.

E) All of the above
F) A) and D)

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Suppose you own a two-security portfolio.You have 25.0% of your funds invested in Security A and the balance of your funds invested in Security B.Security A has a standard deviation of 8.0% and Security B has a standard deviation of 12.0%.What is the covariance of the returns on Securities A and B if the portfolio standard deviation is 10.0%?


A) 0.0040
B) 0.0093
C) 0.0147
D) 0.0258

E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

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Which of the following is FALSE regarding Value at Risk (VaR) ?


A) It is one of the premier risk-management techniques.
B) It is a measure of potential loss that could be exceeded at a given level of probability.
C) It can be calculated as a product of dollar value of position and portfolio return volatility.
D) It can only be estimated using the analytical method.

E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

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Given the following forecasts, what is the variance of returns? Given the following forecasts, what is the variance of returns?   A) 18.41% squared B) 11.39% squared C) 3.39% squared D) 1.30% squared


A) 18.41% squared
B) 11.39% squared
C) 3.39% squared
D) 1.30% squared

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Suppose you own a portfolio that has 500 shares of SHC Company and 1,000 shares of MHC Company.The stock prices of SHC and MHC at the time of purchase were $40 and $25 per share, respectively.Given the following forecasts, what is the expected return for the portfolio? Suppose you own a portfolio that has 500 shares of SHC Company and 1,000 shares of MHC Company.The stock prices of SHC and MHC at the time of purchase were $40 and $25 per share, respectively.Given the following forecasts, what is the expected return for the portfolio?   A) 7.61% B) 7.89% C) 11.94% D) 12.56%


A) 7.61%
B) 7.89%
C) 11.94%
D) 12.56%

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Steve bought a share of Toronto Skates Inc.three years ago for $45.00.He was paid two annual dividends of $4.50 in the past two years.If the stock price today is $ 48.50, what is the annual holding period return of the stock?


A) 7.78%
B) 15.56%
C) 27.78%
D) 9.26%

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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The arithmetic average daily return for Dopey Inc.was 2.0% for this past week.Dopey's stock was trading at $23.70 when the market closed on Friday.The daily returns for Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday are 4.8%, 5.6%, -4.0%, and 12.2%, respectively.What was Dopey's opening price on Monday?


A) $21.47
B) $21.55
C) $21.75
D) $22.80

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Steve bought a share of Toronto Skates Inc.three years ago for $45.00.He was paid two annual dividends of $4.50 in the past two years.If the stock price today is $ 48.50, which of the following are the three year's income yield (IY) , capital gain (CGY) , and total return (TR) .


A) IY=7.78%, CGY=20.00%, TR=27.78%
B) IY=20.00%, CGY=9.26%, TR=29.26%
C) IY=20.00%, CGY=7.78%, TR=27.78%
D) IY=7.78%, CGY=9.26%, TR=17.04%

E) A) and B)
F) All of the above

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Which one of the following is NOT an example of systematic risk?


A) Jump in oil prices to new highs
B) Central bank decides to increase interest rates
C) Recall of a newly released product
D) New regulations on industry subsidies

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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You made an investment in your RRSP account of $3,000 in an ETF that pays quarterly dividends.The price of each unit the day you made the investment is $60.The following year you invested another $2,000 in your RRSP account at a price of $ 70 per unit.How much would you have in your account two years after your initial investment if you know that the annual income yield of the ETF is 5% and an ETF unit is trading at $75 today?


A) $6500.00
B) $6292.86
C) $5992.86
D) $6042.86

E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

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The standard deviation and expected returns for 4 portfolios (A, B, C, and D) are graphed on the following efficient frontier: The standard deviation and expected returns for 4 portfolios (A, B, C, and D) are graphed on the following efficient frontier:   Which of the following portfolios are inefficient? A) A and D only B) B and C only C) C and D only D) All are inefficient Which of the following portfolios are inefficient?


A) A and D only
B) B and C only
C) C and D only
D) All are inefficient

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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You have observed the following annual returns for Motherboard Inc.: 25%, 15%, -20%, 30%, and -15%.What are the variance and standard deviation of the returns?


A) Variance = 0.00425; standard deviation = 0.06519
B) Variance = 0.06519; standard deviation = 0.00425
C) Variance = 0.05325; standard deviation = 0.23076
D) Variance = 0.23076; standard deviation = 0.05325

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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What is the covariance of the daily returns on Hocus and Pocus? What is the covariance of the daily returns on Hocus and Pocus?   A) 0.0031 B) 0.0235 C) 0.0368 D) 0.0449


A) 0.0031
B) 0.0235
C) 0.0368
D) 0.0449

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The geometric average daily return for Grumpy Inc.was 3.0% for this past week.Grumpy's stock was traded at $18.82 when the market closed on Friday.The daily returns for Monday through Thursday are 5.0%, 2.0%, -10.0%, and 8.0%, respectively.What is the opening price of Grumpy on Friday?


A) $16.68
B) $16.90
C) $16.94
D) $17.11

E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

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A share of Oedipus Construction Company was selling for $32.16 one year ago.The stock paid an annual dividend of $0.25 during the year.What is the income yield (dividend yield) for shares of Oedipus Construction Company?


A) 0.945%
B) 0.578%
C) 0.777%
D) 0.546%

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Suppose you are given the following information on The Doc & Company: Suppose you are given the following information on The Doc & Company:     a)Calculate the total annual returns for each of the five years b)Calculate the arithmetic average annual return c)Calculate the geometric average annual return d)Calculate the variance of annual returns e)Calculate the standard deviation of annual returns a)Calculate the total annual returns for each of the five years b)Calculate the arithmetic average annual return c)Calculate the geometric average annual return d)Calculate the variance of annual returns e)Calculate the standard deviation of annual returns

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Aquarius Inc.has posted the following annual returns for the past 5 years: 17%, 23%, -13%, 7%, and -15%.What are the variance and standard deviation of these annual returns?


A) Variance = 0.00237; standard deviation = 0.04868
B) Variance = 0.06221; standard deviation = 0.2494
C) Variance = 0.02972; standard deviation = 0.1724
D) Variance = 0.2341; standard deviation = 0.4838

E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

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