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Indifference Curve: Where is the optimum portfolio located?

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At the tangent of the indifference Curve and the efficient frontier.

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Indifference Curve: What indicates a conservative investor?

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The steeper the curve, means the investor wants more return for any additional risk.

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Capital Market Line: What is a lending portfolio?

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A combo of 90 day t-bill and diversified portfolio.

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Capital Market Line: What is a Borrowing Portfolio?

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Leverage and diversified.

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Nonbeliever, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: None
Useful: T, F, I

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Weak Form Believer, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: T
Useful: F, I

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Semi-Strong Form Believer, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: T, F
Useful: I

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Efficient Market Hypothesis: Strong Form Believer, what info is reflected in price and what infos useful?

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Price: T,F,I
Useful: None

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Bond Yield: When a bond is selling at Par, how are CY, YTM and YTC ranked?

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They are all the same

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Bond Yield: When a bond is selling at a premium, how are CY, YTM and YTC ranked?

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Highest to lowest: CY, YTM, YTC

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Bond Yield: When a bond is selling at a discount, how are CY, YTM and YTC ranked?

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Lowest to Highest: CY, YTM, YTC

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What is one of Technical Analysis’ Mantra’s?

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A trend once established is more likely to continue then reverse

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What is the lowest rating of an investment grade bond?

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BBB and above is investment grade

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14
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What is the current yield formula?

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CY=Ann Int Pmt/ Current Price

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When using TVM on calc to find YTM remember:

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Adjust N, I/Y and Pmt

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When using TVM on calc to find YTC remember to adjust:

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N and Pmt

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17
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What is convexity?

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The degree to which duration changes

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What is a zero coupon bond’s duration

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It’s maturity

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What is duration?

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The weighted average number of years until investment is recovered?

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How are coupon payment and duration correlated?

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The higher the coupon, the lower the duration

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21
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Duration is a measure of?

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Interest sensitivity

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Convertible Securities: What is the Conversion Ratio?

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Par value/Conversion Price

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Convertible Securities: What is the Conversion Value?

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Conversion Ratio * Market Price of stock

24
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When should time-wighted returns be used?

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To analyze a portfolio managers performance

25
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When should dollar-weighted returns be used?

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To assess an investors actual performance

26
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What is considered an aggressive allocation?

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<=25% bonds, 15% SC and 5% EM

27
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Benchmarks: What R^2 do you want?

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High, it means the benchmark is correlated?

28
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What is the small cap benchmark?

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Russell 2000

29
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What is the International benchmark?

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MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australia, Far East)

30
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What is the overall US Market Benchmark?

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Wilshire 5000

31
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What is Reinvestment Rate risk?

What is Interest Rate Risk?

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When rates fall

When rates rise

32
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What is a barbell?

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Short and long term bonds

33
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What is a bullet?

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Bonds purchased slowly with maturities around date needed.

34
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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: What are the 4 strategies for dealing with a concentrated portfolio?

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ESOP, CRT, Put Options Exchange Fund

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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: How does and ESOP help?

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Creates makes when shares can’t be sold on the market. May be able to sell to ESOP, receive the proceeds and pay no tax.

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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: How does a CRT help?

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A charitable deduction is available for the present value of assets that will pass to the charity.
Assets transferred to CRT can be sold without tax impact because nontaxable.

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Concentrated Portfolio Strategies: How does an exchange fund help?

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contribute stock to a fund in exchange for shares of the fund which is diversified

38
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Margin Terms: Initial Margin, Debit balance

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I M: % of purchase price that is provided by investor.

DB: Amount owed: Amt borrowed + interest

39
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Margin: At what price will a margin call occur?

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Debit balance( 1-initial margin)/ 1-maintenance margin

40
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Margin: How much is required when a margin call occurs?

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Run-Away(Required-Actual)
Required: New stock price* maintenance margin
Actual: New stock price -loan amount

41
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Futures Questions:

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What is their natural position? Do they naturally want the price to increase or decrease?

42
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Options: How to determine the value of an option?

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Time value + intrinsic value

43
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Options: How to determine if in the money?

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COM-E, POE-M

44
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How to determine what option to have as the market goes up or down:

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Puts Can Save Fortunes: Up arrow(market): P in short part and CSF in long part, opposite for down market

45
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Options: What is a cashless collar:

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Short a call and long a put

46
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What is R, what does it measure and what is the range and goal?

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R is the Correlation coefficient
It measures price movements, not the magnitude of the correlation
-1 to +1, the goal is low correlation not necessarily -

47
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What is COV and what does it measure?

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Covariance, the extent to which two variable move together, either positively or negatively

48
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What is B and what does it measure?

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Beta is a relative measure of systematic risk

49
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What is R^2 and what does it measure and what is the appropriate level?

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R^2 is the Coefficient of Determination, it explains the price movements in my security or portfolio that are explained by changes in the market (systematic). As long as R^2=.75 you are okay to use Beta. Remember that if R=.8 R^2=.64

50
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What is the coefficient of variation, what does is measured, how do the variable impact?

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Standard Dev/r Looking for the the lowest; higher St.Dev. =higher number, higher r=lower number; Return adjusted risk is what is being measured

51
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What does Standard Deviation measure?

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Measures total risk, where Beta only measures systematic risk. An absolute measure

52
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Z-Score=

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The # of standard deviations away from the mean

53
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Kurtosis Facts:

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Plat is fat, Lep is less risky

54
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Sharpe Ratio measures:

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The portion of return that has risk associated with it. Higher return=higher sharpe ratio, the higher the Stand. Dev. the lower the sharpe ratio. Higher is better

55
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Jensens Alpha:

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Actual return- expected return

56
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Information Ratio measures

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Consistency with which a manager beats a benchmark. Standard deviation of historical alpha’s.

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