Assignment 10 - Inv. Mgmt: Income Generation Flashcards
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- type of cash-equivalents
- $-denominated acct or CD issued by branches of foreign banks in the U.S.
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yankee CD
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- type of inv. comp. that invests in a fixed portf. of securities, w/ a stated date for termination
- generally buy/hold a relatively fixed portf. of stks, bonds or other securities
- not actively managed
- expenses are low due to low turnover of inv.
- most have been municipal bond funds
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unit investment trust (UIT)
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- type of cash-equivalents
- $-denominated accts or CDs in Europe that are issued by foreign banks or foreign branches of U.S. banks
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eurodollars
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- type of guaranteed principal fixed income inv.
- fixed income inv. provided under a contract w/ a life ins. company or other fin. instit. where the issuer guarantees the P&I of the fund for a specified period
- relies on the fin. soundness of the issuer providing the guarantee
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stable value funds
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- bonds purchased in the open mkt after issuance at a price less than the face amt (sold at a discount)
- includes any kind of bond
- int. pd is still based on face amt
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market discount bonds
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total return from a bond over time is…..
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mkt price at end of the period
minus
mkt price at beginning of the period
plus
interest paid
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bond purchased at PAR is…..
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mkt price of bond = value at maturity
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- bonds issued at price less than face amt of the bond
- DO NOT pay interest
- bonds are issued at signif. discounts to the par value of the bond = risk of receiving no int. pmts
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Original Issue Discount (OID) Bonds
also - zero coupon bonds or zeros
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- bonds purchased in the open mkt after issuance at a price greater than the face amt of the bond
- investor pays more than the face amt for the bond rather than paying less than the face amt
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bonds purchased at a premium
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- bonds issued by private corps
- based upon the creditworthiness of the company upon which they are based
- can be called, or redeemed, prior to maturity
- inv. income is taxable
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corporate bonds
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- type of corporate bond
- backed by the full credit of the corp.
- 1st claim on all assets
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debentures
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corp. bonds which have a claim on corp. assets after senior debentures
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subordinated debentures
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- bond issued by a local gov’t or their agencies
- int. pmts are tax-exempt
- callable
- highly rated - just under US gov’t bonds
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municipal bonds
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(3) pillars of taxibility for municipal bonds
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- int. on public-purpose municipals remains completely tax-free
- int. on tax-exempt private-activity municipals is exempt from regular Fed’l income taxation
- int. on taxable private-activity municipals is fully taxable for Fed’l income tax purposes (very few have been issued)
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types of municipal bonds
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- general obligation bonds
- special tax bonds
- revenue bonds
- housing authority bonds
- industrial development bonds
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- type of municipal bond
- secured by the full faith, credit and taxing power of the issuing state or municipality
- usually offer a high state of security
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general obligation bonds
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- type of municipal bond
- payable only from the proceeds of a single tax, a series of taxes, or some other specific source of revenue
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special tax bonds
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- type of municipal bond
- issued to fin. projects such as electrical facilities, hospitals, bridges, and expressways
- payable only from the revenues produced by the projects they are financing
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revenue bonds
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- type of municipal bond
- issued at the local level to finance the construction of low-rent housing projects.
- top-quality inv.
- secured by the Fed’l Housing Assistance Admin.
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Housing Authority Bonds
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- type of municipal bond
- secured by lease pmts made by industrial companies occupying or using the facilities that the bonds finance
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industrial development bonds
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U.S Gov’t / Treasury Bonds….
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- not callable
- taxable for Fed’l income tax
- exempt from state/local taxes
- int/coupon rate = taxable as oridnary int. income
- any cap gains realized = taxable as ordinary income
- inflation guard = treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS)
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types of treasury bonds
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- T-bills
- T-notes
- T-bonds
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- type of cash-equivalents
- treasury bond
- highly liquid
- issued on a discount basis
- redeemed at face value when mature
- maturity = 13 weeks, 26 weeks, and 52 weeks
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T-Bills
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- type of treasury bonds
- maturies from 1-10 yrs
- issued at/near par
- int. is paid semi-annually
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T-Notes
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* type of treasury bonds
* longer maturity periods = 10+ years
* issued at/near par
* int. pd semi-annually
T-Bonds
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registered non-callable securities
U.S. Savings Bonds
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types of U.S. Savings Bonds
* Series EE
* Series I
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* type of U.S. Savings Bonds
* sold in face-volume denominations of $50-$10,000 w/ the purchase price of paper bonds at 50% of face amt, paying no int.
Series EE
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* type of U.S. Savings Bonds
* sold at face amt and accrue earnings at a composite rate consisting of a fixed rate and an inflation rate until they are redeemed or mature in 30 yrs.
* taxed on difference b/w purchase price and the redemption value as ordinary int. income
Series I
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* investor participates in a pool of mortgages whereby the investor receives a certificate denominating his int. in the pool
* P&I - returned to inv. each month
* i/r risk - if rates drop, borrowers will refinance mortgages at lower rates (decreases income to investors)
* reinvested pmts will produce lower income b/c they will be at lower rates.
pass-through or morgage and asset-backed securities
(Ginnie Mae)
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types of pass-through or morgage and asset-backed securities
* mortgage-backed securities
* asset-backed securities
* collateralized mortgage obligations
* collateralized debt obligations
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* equity capital of a corporation
* claim agasint assets of corp. *follows* bondholders, but *precedes* CS holders
* fixed divs received before common s/h
* corps can't deduct from corp. income tax
* no voting rights (usually)
* can be converted into CS
preferred stock
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* type of guaranteed principal fixed income inv.
* int.-bearing, redeemable evidences of time deposits issued and sold through banks
* sold in different amts w/ periods of few months to over a decade
* i/r - fixed (higher rates = higher periods)
* int. penalty for early w/drawal (penalty is deductible)
* int. pd is fully taxable as ordinary int. income
traditional CDs
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example of Liquid Assets
* s/t CDs
* bank savings accts
* MMFs
* T-Bills
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adv. of MF's
* higher levels of disversification (for all types of investors - lg, sm, skilled, unskilled)
* prof. investors can easily select their own inv.
* convenience and ready mktability through funds; obs to redeem shares
* reasonable inv. unit sizes for small investors
* convenience for inv., reinv., and liquidation of assets
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disadv. of MF's
* servicing expenses are a portion of the offering
* fund must align w/ an investor's objectives, which may not always happen
* cap gains are treated as pass-throughs, and an investor cannot control these
* may not need prof. advice but paying for it
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* type of MF
* # of outstanding shares of inv. are not fixed
* constantly changing as investors obtain and liquidate assets
* purchase these funds from the fund and when they sell them, they prepare to buy them back.
* pricing is based on the most recent Net Asset Value (NAV)
open-end mutual funds
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Net Asset Value (NAV)
(total value of all assets in fund - fund liabilities)
_ _
outstanding shares
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* type of MF
* issue a fixed # of shares, which does not fluctuate except as new stk is issued
* shares of these funds are bought/sold on open mkt (supply and demand)
closed-end MFs
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level loads; annual sales fees taken against MF assets to reimburse the MF for distrib and servicing costs
12b-1 Fees
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sales charge declines due to previous fund purchases.
form of volume discount taken historical purchases into consideration
accumulation discount
| (right of accumulation)
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contingent-deferred sales fees, low-loads, which charge fees if shares are redeemed w/in a few yrs of purch. or at any time
fees may or may not decline over time
back-end load
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* type of cash-equivalents
* time drafts usually used to finance internat'l trade that are guaranteed by a bank
banker's acceptances
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* hedging by buying ONLY bonds w/ durations in the form of short maturities and long maturities
* hope is that any i/r scenario that negatively impacts one duration will not impact the other
Barbell Strategy
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the purch. price at which the %age sales charge declines
occurs when an investor makes larger-$ purchases
breakpoints
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* type of cash-equivalents
* s/t, unsecured loans made to creditworthy corps.
* often purchasd by MMMFs
commercial paper
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* provide the security of a bond or a PS, but also provides an opportunity for cap. appreciation through anticipated appreciation of underlying CS
* gives holder right to convert into a certian # of shares of CS at a predetermined price for CS
* callable
* cost is the difference b/w yield on a convertible versus a non-convertible security
convertible bonds
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where an investor pays the sales charge for an open-end fund when purchasing shares
front-end load
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inv. mgmt and other expenses expressed as a %age of the fund's net assets
charged by both load and no-load MFs
expense ratio
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* type of guaranteed principal fixed income inv.
* the CVs of guaranteed-$ life ins. contracts can be viewed as guaranteed princ. fixed income inv.
guaranteed-$ life ins. CVs
or guaranteed-$ annuity CV
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bonds w/ ratings below inv. grad (belwo the top 4 ratings of a ratings agency)
generally have higher yields than safer, higher-rated fixed income inv.
junk bonds
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diversify a bond portf. w/ bonds of different maturity lengths
laddering
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these promise the investor a stated amt of income periodically and in most cases they also promise to pay the face amt of the inv. at its maturity date
fixed income investments
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tax treatment of the following bond items:
* current int. paid (state int or coupon rate)
* mkt discount
* original issue disc. (OID)
* premium price pd for bond
* earnings from bond sole or redeemed prior to maturity in excess of basis
* _current int. paid (state int or coupon rate_) - ordinary int. income
* _mkt discount_ - ordinary income
* _original issue disc. (OID)_ - ordinary income
* _premium price pd for bond_ - amortize premium over remaining life of bond would reduce otherwise taxable int. on the bond or as an itemized ded.
* _earnings from bond sole or redeemed prior to maturity in excess of basis_ - excess amt of basis is taxable as cap gains
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an indiv. whose marginal tax rate is 31% is considering buying a public-purpose miunicipal w/ a yield of 5.5% and a corporate bond w/ a yield of 7%.
Which of the 2 inv. would provide higher A/T yield?
since int. from public-pupose municipal is exempt from Fed'l income tax, the after-tax return from the municipal bond is 5.5%
the A/T return on the corporate bond is .07(1-.31) = 4.38%
bond yield (1-marginal tax rate) = A/T return
therefore, the investor will receive a higher A/T return w/ the municipal bond.
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a note that pays a fixed i/r that is applied to a principals amt that is adj'd periodically for inflation or deflation based on an adj'd consumer price index
inflation-indexed T-Note
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tax status of zero-coupon bonds
* annual amt of accrued OID is currently taxable to owner as oridnary int. income for fed'l income tax purposes (even if no cash income from the bonds is received)
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taxable vs. tax-exempt
zero coupon bonds
* _taxable_: since int. is accrued and subj to taxation, these are usually held in tax-protected vehicles such as IRAs, qualified retirement accts, variable annuities, variable life insurance since this taxable income is not taxed currently.
* tax-exempt: since accrued OID is not included in gross income, investors will hold them directly
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* this type of CD is NOT redeemable before maturity.
* can be traded before maturity on to the secondary mkt
* if sold before maturity - value received may be less or more than the initial face amt (purchase price) depending on the mkt i/r
* similar bonds - full-face amt is payable at maturity
* issued by banks but usually sold through inv. firms
negotiable CD
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* type of guaranteed principal fixed income inv.
* highly liquid and are financially secur
* s/t maturities
* lower yield
cash-equivalents
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types of cash-equivalents
* s/t CDs
* bank savings accts
* MMFs
* T-bills
* comm. paper
* banker's acceptances
* Eurodollars
* Yankee CDs
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(3) kinds of inv. companies
1. those that sell face-amt certificates - where issuer promises to pay investor a stated amt
2. unit investment trusts - fund invests in a fixed portf. of securities
3. mgmt companies
