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Which have shorter maturities, notes or debentures?

Notes

What is new debt that has lower seniority than existing debenture issues called?

Subordinated debenturetrue

True or False? In the event of bankruptcy, bond holders for mortgage bonds and asset-backed bonds have a direct claim to specific assets which have been pledged as collateral?

True

Does the median mutual fund have a positive value added or does it destroy value?

The median mutual fund destroys value

True or false? Fund size is a strong predictor of the future value added by fund managers

True

Correctly priced individual assets can be plotted on what line?

The security market line (SML)

What is the slope of the SML?

Market risk premium

The intercept of the best fit line formed by plotting the excess returns of an asset on the excess returns of the market is the stock’s what?

Alpha

Standard lookback options are referred to as lookback options with what kind of strike price?

Floating strike price

Extrema lookback options are sometimes referred to as lookback options with what kind of strike price?

Fixed

If the market portfolio is not efficient, then not all stocks will lie on the what line?

SML

Small stocks have small what?

Small market capitalization

Big stocks have large what?

Large market capitalization

If a stock has a positive alpha, will the stock be above or below the SML?

Above the SML

If a stock has a negative alpha, it is above or below the SML

Below the SML

Do small stocks tend to have positive or negative alphas?

Positive

Do small stocks tend to be above or below the SML

Above

Do big stocks tend to be above or below the SML?

Below

What kind of stocks have high book to market ratios?

Value stocks

What kind of stocks have low book to market ratios?

Growth stocks

Do value stocks tend to have positive or negative alphas?

Positive alphas

Do value stocks tend to be above or below the SML?

Above the SML

Do growth stocks tend to have positive or negative alphas?

Negative alphas

Do growth stocks tend to be above or below the SML?

Below

True or false? Under the CAPM, all investors will invest along the efficient frontier of risky investments?

False

Under the CAPM, all investors will invest along what line?

The Capital Market Line

Angel financing often occurs at such an early stage in the business that it is difficult to assess a value for the firm. Angel investors often circumvent this problem by holding what?

Convertible notes

A venture capital firm is what kind of partnership that specializes in raising money to invest in the private equity of young firms

Limited partnership

A venture capital firm is run by what kind of partners?

General partners

Is the dollar coupon of TIPS fixed or varied?

Varied

Is the coupon rate for TIPS fixed or varied?

Fixed

If the issue is a success and the price rises above the IPO offer price, the underwriters will exercise what provision?

Greenshoe Provision

What is another name for the Greenshoe Provision?

Over-allotment allocation

If the stock pays discrete dividends, then the volatility of the what should be used as the volatility parameter?

Volatility of the prepaid forward price

Mortgage guaranty insurance is most often purchased for loans that are considered higher or lower risk?

Higher risk

A mortgage guaranty insurance contract is what kind of option with payment contingent on borrower default?

Put option

One reasonable argument that can be made against a presumed market anomaly is that anomalies found in past data cannot be assumed to persist into when?

The future

What can yield false market anomalies because if you dig deep enough into a large data set, you can eventually find unusual patterns?

Data mining

Should the weights on equity and debt be calculated based on market values or book values?

Market values

What is the formula for liquidation preference?

Multiplier for liquidation preference • number of shares • price per share

When they say this phrase, what is it referring to? For delta-hedging at time 0 one unit of the call option with shares of the stock, the cost of stock shares is 61.32

Delta• S