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For $1,000 you can purchase a 5-year ordinary annuity that will pay you a yearly payment of $263.80 for 5 years. The compound annual interest rate implied by this arrangement is closest to:

A.
8%
A.
8%
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B.
9%
B.
9%
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C.
10%
C.
10%
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D.
11%
D.
11%
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Suggested answer: C

To increase a given present value, the discount rate should be adjusted:

A.
Upward
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Upward
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B.
Downward
B.
Downward
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C.
True
C.
True
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D.
Fred
D.
Fred
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Suggested answer: B

Which one of the followings is a mutual fund that pools the funds of many small investors and purchases high-return, short-term marketable securities?

A.
Money market deposit account
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Money market deposit account
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B.
Negotiable order of withdrawal account
B.
Negotiable order of withdrawal account
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C.
Money market mutual funds
C.
Money market mutual funds
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D.
Asset management account
D.
Asset management account
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Suggested answer: C

It is a federally insured savings account, offered by banks and other depository institutions, that competes with money market mutual funds. What is it?

A.
Money market deposit account
A.
Money market deposit account
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B.
Negotiable order of withdrawal account
B.
Negotiable order of withdrawal account
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C.
Money market mutual funds
C.
Money market mutual funds
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D.
Asset management account
D.
Asset management account
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Suggested answer: A

A comprehensive deposit account, offered primarily by brokerage houses and mutual funds is a/an:

A.
Money market deposit account
A.
Money market deposit account
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B.
Negotiable order of withdrawal account
B.
Negotiable order of withdrawal account
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C.
Money market mutual funds
C.
Money market mutual funds
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D.
Asset management account
D.
Asset management account
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Suggested answer: D

Money market deposit account is a federally insured savings account, offered by banks and other depository institutions, that competes with money market mutual funds. Depositors can check-writing privileges or ATM to access MMDA accounts. A major problem with the growing popularity of interest-paying checking accounts has been:

A.
A slump in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount to more than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
A.
A slump in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount to more than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
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B.
A fall in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount to more than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
B.
A fall in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount to more than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
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C.
A rise in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount to more than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
C.
A rise in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount to more than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
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D.
A rise in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount less than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
D.
A rise in monthly bank charges, which can easily amount less than the interest earned on all but the highest account balances
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Suggested answer: C

This type of risk is avoidable through proper diversification:

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Portfolio risk
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Portfolio risk
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B.
Systematic risk
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Systematic risk
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C.
Unsystematic risk
C.
Unsystematic risk
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D.
Total risk
D.
Total risk
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Suggested answer: C

A statistical measure of the degree to which two variables (e.g., securities' returns) move together is:

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Coefficient of variation
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Coefficient of variation
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B.
Variance
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Variance
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C.
Co-variance
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Co-variance
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D.
Certainty equivalent
D.
Certainty equivalent
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Suggested answer: C

According to the capital-asset pricing model (CAPM), a security's expected (required) return is equal to the risk-free rate plus a premium:

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Equal to the security's beta
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Equal to the security's beta
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B.
Based on the unsystematic risk of the security
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Based on the unsystematic risk of the security
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C.
Based on the total risk of the security
C.
Based on the total risk of the security
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D.
Based on the systematic risk of the security
D.
Based on the systematic risk of the security
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Suggested answer: D

The risk-free security has a beta equal to , while the market portfolio's beta is equal to .

A.
One more than one
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One more than one
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B.
One less than one
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One less than one
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C.
Zero; one
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Zero; one
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D.
less than zero; more than zero
D.
less than zero; more than zero
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Suggested answer: C
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