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41 Cards in this Set
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Which have shorter maturities, notes or debentures? |
Notes |
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What is new debt that has lower seniority than existing debenture issues called? |
Subordinated debenturetrue |
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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 |
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Does the median mutual fund have a positive value added or does it destroy value? |
The median mutual fund destroys value |
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True or false? Fund size is a strong predictor of the future value added by fund managers |
True |
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Correctly priced individual assets can be plotted on what line? |
The security market line (SML) |
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What is the slope of the SML? |
Market risk premium |
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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 |
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Standard lookback options are referred to as lookback options with what kind of strike price? |
Floating strike price |
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Extrema lookback options are sometimes referred to as lookback options with what kind of strike price? |
Fixed |
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If the market portfolio is not efficient, then not all stocks will lie on the what line? |
SML |
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Small stocks have small what? |
Small market capitalization |
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Big stocks have large what? |
Large market capitalization |
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If a stock has a positive alpha, will the stock be above or below the SML? |
Above the SML |
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If a stock has a negative alpha, it is above or below the SML |
Below the SML |
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Do small stocks tend to have positive or negative alphas? |
Positive |
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Do small stocks tend to be above or below the SML |
Above |
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Do big stocks tend to be above or below the SML? |
Below |
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What kind of stocks have high book to market ratios? |
Value stocks |
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What kind of stocks have low book to market ratios? |
Growth stocks |
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Do value stocks tend to have positive or negative alphas? |
Positive alphas |
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Do value stocks tend to be above or below the SML? |
Above the SML |
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Do growth stocks tend to have positive or negative alphas? |
Negative alphas |
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Do growth stocks tend to be above or below the SML? |
Below |
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True or false? Under the CAPM, all investors will invest along the efficient frontier of risky investments? |
False |
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Under the CAPM, all investors will invest along what line? |
The Capital Market Line |
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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 |
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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 |
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A venture capital firm is run by what kind of partners? |
General partners |
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Is the dollar coupon of TIPS fixed or varied? |
Varied |
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Is the coupon rate for TIPS fixed or varied? |
Fixed |
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If the issue is a success and the price rises above the IPO offer price, the underwriters will exercise what provision? |
Greenshoe Provision |
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What is another name for the Greenshoe Provision? |
Over-allotment allocation |
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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 |
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Mortgage guaranty insurance is most often purchased for loans that are considered higher or lower risk? |
Higher risk |
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A mortgage guaranty insurance contract is what kind of option with payment contingent on borrower default? |
Put option |
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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 |
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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 |
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Should the weights on equity and debt be calculated based on market values or book values? |
Market values |
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What is the formula for liquidation preference? |
Multiplier for liquidation preference • number of shares • price per share |
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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 |