Investment Analysis (FIN 670) Fall 2009

Homework 2

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You should show your work how to get the answer for each calculation question to get full credit The due date is Tue, Sep 29, 2009. Late homework will not be graded.

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Chapter 3 1. Market orders are buy or sell order that will be executed immediately at _______________ prices a. b. c. d.

the best current market the highest the lowest

2. Trading of exiting stock take place in the _______________. a. b. c. d.

secondary market third market forth market All of the above.

3. You purchased 100 shares of AAA common stock on margin for $40 per share. The initial margin is 60% and the stock pays no dividend. Your rate of return would be _______________ if you sell the stock at $43 per share a. -12.5% b. -7.5% c. 7.5% d. 12.5% 4. The _______________ price is the price a dealer is willing to purchase a security. a. Bid b. Ask c. Limit d. Offering 5. You purchased ABC stock at $50 per share. The stock is currently selling at $49. Your potential loss could be reduced by placing a _______________. a. b. c. d.

limit-buy order limit-sell order market order stop-loss order

6. The Nasdaq Stock Market is a _______________. a. primary market b. secondary market c. dealer market d. Both B and C above.

7. You purchased 400 shares of XYZ common stock on margin at $20 per share. Assume the initial margin is 60% and the maintenance margin is 30%. You would get a margin call if the stock price is below _______________. Assume the stock pays no dividend and ignore interest on margin. a. $15.71 b. $11.43 c. $13.57 d. $10.14 8. You sold short 200 shares of XYZ common stock at $40 per share with an initial margin of 60%. Your initial investment was _______________. a. $3,200 b. $4,800 c. $6,000 d. $8,000 9. In buying on margin, the margin is the _______________ of the investor's account a. loan amount b. equity value c. total value d. none of the above 10. In a _______________, the investment bankers purchase securities from the issuing company and then resell to the public. a. best-efforts agreement b. total package agreement c. firm commitment d. private placement 11. Electronic Communication Networks are private computer networks that link _______________. a. buyers and sellers b. different stock exchanges c. different stock brokers d. global stock exchanges 12. You wish to sell short 100 shares of XYZ corporation stock. If the last two transactions were at $34.12 followed by $34.25, you can sell short on the next transaction only at a price of a. 34.12 or higher b. 34.25 or higher c. 34.25 or lower d. 34.12 or lower

13. Which one of the following statements regarding orders is false? a. A market order is simply an order to buy or sell a stock immediately at the prevailing market price. b. A limit sell order is where investors specify prices at which they are willing to sell a security. c. If stock ABC is selling at $50, a limit-buy order may instruct the broker to buy the stock if and when the share price falls below $45. d. A day order expires at the close of the trading day. e. None of the above. 14. Assume you sold short 200 shares of common stock at $60 per share. The initial margin is 50%. What would be the maintenance margin if a margin call was made at a stock price of $70? a. b. c. d. e.

29% 40% 25% 33% none of the above

15. Assume you sell short 100 shares of Citibank common stock at $45 per share, with initial margin at 50%. What would be your rate of return if you repurchase the stock at $40 per share? The stock paid no dividends during the period, and you did not remove any money from the account before making the offsetting transaction. a. b. c. d. e.

25% 22% 20% 77% none of the above

16. Shelf registration a. b. c. d. e.

increases transaction costs to the issuing firm allows firms to register securities for sale for a two-year period. is a way of placing issues in the primary market. A and C B and C

17. A sale by Wal-Mart of new stock to the public would be a(n) a. b. c. d. e.

short sale initial public offering. secondary market transaction seasoned equity offering. none of the above.

18. You sell short 200 shares of Bad Co. at a market price of $55 per share. Your maximum possible loss is a. b. c. d. e.

$11,000. zero. unlimited. $22,000. cannot tell from the given information

19. Assume you purchased 100 shares of common stock at $50 per share using 2,500 of your own money. The initial margin requirement is 50%. If the maintenance margin is 30%, at what prince would you get a margin call? a. b. c. d. e.

$26.14 $50.00 $35.71 $77.12 $78.00

20. Consider the following limit order book of a specialist. The last trade occurred at a price of $50. Limit buy orders Price 49.75 49.50 49.25 49.00 48.50

Limit sell orders Shares 500 800 500 200 600

Price 50.25 51.50 54.75 58.25

Shares 100 100 300 100

a. If a market buy order for 100 shares comes in, at what price will it be filled?

b. At what price would the next market buy order be filled?

c. If you were the specialists, would you want to increase or decrease your inventory of this stock

21. Here is some information on XYZ stock. Suppose first that XYZ trades in a dealer market such as Nasdaq Bid Ask 55.25 55.50 a. Suppose you have submitted an order to your broker to buy at market. At what price will your trade be executed

b. Suppose you have submitted an order to your broker to sell at market. At what price will your trade be executed

c. Suppose you have submitted a limit order to sell at 55.62. What will happen

d. Suppose you have submitted a limit order to buy at 55.37. What will happen

22. Now reconsider question 21, assume that XYZ trades in an exchange market like NYSE (specialist system). Is there any chance of an immediate trade at 55.37 for the limit buy order in part d. Explain

23. You are bearish on Telecom and decide to sell short 100 shares at the current market price of $50 per share

e. How much in cash or securities must you put into your brokerage account if the broker’s initial requirements is 50%

f.

How high can the price of the stock go before you get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30%

24. You are bullish on Telecom stock. The current market price is $50 per share, and you have $5000 of your own to invest. You borrow an additional $5000 from your broker at an interest rate 8% per year and invest $10,000 in the stock.

g. What will be your rate of return if the price of Telecom stock goes up by 10% during the next year (ignore dividend)

h. How far does the price of Telecom stock have to fall for you to get a margin call if the maintenance margin is 30%? Assume the price fall happens immediately.

Chapter 4 25. Which one of the following statements regarding open-end mutual funds is false? a. The funds redeem shares at net asset value. b. The funds offer investors professional management. c. The funds offer investors a guaranteed rate of return. d. B and C. e. A and B.

26. Which one of the following statements regarding closed-end mutual funds is false? a. The funds always trade at a discount from NAV. b. The funds redeem shares at their net asset value. c. The funds offer investors diversification. d. A and B. e. None of the above 27. Which of the following functions do mutual fund companies perform for their investors? a. Record keeping and administration b. Professional management c. Diversification and divisibility d. Lower transaction costs e. All of the above 28. Large amounts of money invested in a portfolio that is fixed for the life of the fund are called a. closed-end funds. b. unit investment trusts. c. REITS. d. open-end funds. e. redeemable trust certificates. 29. At issue, offering prices of open-end funds will typically be a. less than NAV due to limited demand. b. greater than NAV due to greater demand. c. less than NAV due to loads and commissions. d. NAV or greater due to loads and commissions. e. less than or greater than NAV with no apparent pattern. 30. Ultra Fund had year-end assets of $862,000,000 and liabilities of $12,000,000. There were 32,675,254 shares in the fund at year-end. What was Ultra Fund's Net Asset Value? a. $28.17 b. $25.24 c. $19.62 d. $26.01 e. $21.56

31. Premier Fund had year-end assets of $825,000,000 and liabilities of $25,000,000. If Premier's NAV was $32.18, how many shares must have been held in the fund? a. 21,619,346,92 b. 22,930,546.28 c. 24,860,161.59 d. 25,693,645.25 e. None of the above.

32. Most actively managed mutual funds, when compared to a market index such as the Wilshire 5000, a. beat the market return in all years. b. beat the market return in most years. c. exceed the return on index funds. d. do not outperform the market. e. None of the above is a correct statement.

33. You purchased shares of a mutual fund at a price of $17 per share at the beginning of the year and paid a front-end load of 5.0%. If the securities in which the find invested increased in value by 12% during the year, and the funds expense ratio was 1.0%, your return if you sold the fund at the end of the year would be ____________. a. 4.75 b. 5.45 c. 5.65 d. 4.39 e. None of the above

34. Which of the following statements is true about hedge funds? a. Hedge funds are mutual funds that specialize in derivative investments designed primarily for hedging purposes. b. Because of their large size and varied investments, hedge funds are closely regulated by both the SEC and the CFTC. c. The term hedge fund derives from a common hedge fund strategy based on anticipated changes in relative valuations in two market sectors. d. Investments in hedge funds are very liquid, which means that investors in a hedge fund can withdraw their investments at any time without risk of loss in market value. 35. Open-end equity mutual funds find it necessary to keep a significant percentage of total investments, typically around 5% of the portfolio, in very liquid money market assets. Closed-end funds do not have to maintain such a position in “cash-equivalent” securities. What difference between open-end and closed-end funds might account for their differing policies?