Topic 8- Investment Market History Flashcards

1
Q

In the equation Total $ Return= Income from investment + capital gain OR loss what investments are the from the income from investment part?

A

dividends
coupons

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2
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Capital gain or loss is due to

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change in price

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3
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holiday period return is the total

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return on an asset over a specified period of time

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4
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HPR has 2 components:

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capital appreciation (capital gains yield)
cash income (dividend yield)

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5
Q

HPR formula

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new price-old price/old price (cap appreciation) + div/coupon/int payment/old price

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6
Q

Arithmetic average doesn’t account for

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negative percentage

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7
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arithmetic average formula

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R=(1/T) (R1+R2+…+RT)

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8
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A constant single rate of return, if compounded over multiple holding periods gives a true rate of g of wealth is the …

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geometric average

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9
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Geometric average formula

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Rg= (((1+R1)x(1+R2)x…x(1+Rt))^(1/t))-1

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10
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Order of return for bonds(corp,gov), shares, cash

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cash, bonds gov, bonds corp and shares

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11
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Order of safety for investment classes (shares, cash, bonds (gov or corp))

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cash, bond gov, corp, shares

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12
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Expected returns is the average of

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possible returns from an investment each weighted by the possibility of the return occurring

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13
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Risk has the components of both

A

danger and opportunity

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14
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the theory models definition of risk

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the spread in actual returns around the expected returns

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15
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Variance or std measures the

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volatility of an assets return

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16
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Standard deviation of a return is

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a measure of the total risk associated with returns of an asset

17
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standard deviation provides a measure

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of the dispersion of returns

18
Q

standard deviation formula is the square root of

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the variance of the return

19
Q

the variance is inside the

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brackets of the standard deviation formula

20
Q

hurdle rate is also referred to as

A

the cost of capital/r

21
Q

hurdle rate has the components of

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risk less rate + risk premium

22
Q

the risk less rate is what

A

you make on risk less investments

23
Q

t bills are … free but…

A

default free
still some risk

24
Q

a safe benchmark is

A

t bills

25
Q

risk premium is the forward …

A

looking over and above the safe yield

26
Q

the expected return for bearing risk is the

A

risk premium

27
Q

investors require a … return for a … risk

A

high
high

28
Q

measure of somethings risk premium

A

the difference between its percentage return and that of T-bills

29
Q

if its a 0 coupon bond what is the return= to

A

its capital gains/capital appreciation part (new price-old price)/old price

30
Q

to reconcile

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1+x/1+(1-x))-1