Exam 7: An Introduction to Portfolio Management
Exam 1: The Investment Setting78 Questions
Exam 2: The Asset Allocation Decision80 Questions
Exam 3: Selecting Investments in a Global Market80 Questions
Exam 4: Organization and Functioning of Securities Markets91 Questions
Exam 5: Security-Market Indexes84 Questions
Exam 6: Efficient Capital Markets90 Questions
Exam 7: An Introduction to Portfolio Management97 Questions
Exam 8: An Introduction to Asset Pricing Models119 Questions
Exam 9: Multifactor Models of Risk and Return59 Questions
Exam 10: Analysis of Financial Statements89 Questions
Exam 11: Introduction to Security Valuation86 Questions
Exam 12: Macroanalysis and Microvaluation of the Stock Market119 Questions
Exam 13: Industry Analysis90 Questions
Exam 14: Company Analysis and Stock Valuation133 Questions
Exam 15: Technical Analysis83 Questions
Exam 16: Equity Portfolio Management Strategies58 Questions
Exam 17: Bond Fundamentals89 Questions
Exam 18: The Analysis and Valuation of Bonds108 Questions
Exam 19: Bond Portfolio Management Strategies87 Questions
Exam 20: An Introduction to Derivative Markets and Securities108 Questions
Exam 21: Forward and Futures Contracts99 Questions
Exam 22: Option Contracts106 Questions
Exam 23: Swap Contracts, Convertible Securities, and Other Embedded Derivatives87 Questions
Exam 24: Professional Money Management, Alternative Assets, and Industry Ethics102 Questions
Exam 25: Evaluation of Portfolio Performance96 Questions
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Increasing the correlation among assets in a portfolio results in an increase in the standard deviation of the portfolio.
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Markowitz believes that any asset or portfolio of assets can be described by ____ parameter(s).
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All of the following are assumptions of the Markowitz model except
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Exhibit 7.12
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-Refer to Exhibit 7.12. Calculate the expected return and expected standard deviation of a two stock portfolio when r1,2 = -.60 and w1 = .75.

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What is the expected return of the three stock portfolio described below? 

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As the correlation coefficient between two assets decreases, the shape of the efficient frontier
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Between 1990 and 2000, the standard deviation of the returns for the NIKKEI and the DJIA indexes were 0.18 and 0.16, respectively, and the covariance of these index returns was 0.003. What was the correlation coefficient between the two market indicators?
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The slope of the efficient frontier is calculated as follows
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Exhibit 7B.1
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The general equation for the weight of the first security to achieve the minimum variance (in a two stock portfolio) is given by:
W1 = [E( 1)2 - r1.2 E( 1) E( 2)] /[E( 1)2 + E( 2)2 - 2 r1.2 E( 1) E( 2)]
-Refer to Exhibit 7B.1. Show the minimum portfolio variance for a portfolio of two risky assets when r1.2 = -1.
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Exhibit 7A.1
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The general equation for the weight of the first security to achieve the minimum variance (in a two stock portfolio) is given by:
W1 = [E( 2)2 - r1.2 E( 1)E( 2)] /[E( 1)2 + E( 2)2 - 2 r1.2E( 1)E( 2)]
-Refer to Exhibit 7A.1. Show the minimum portfolio variance for a two stock portfolio when r1.2 = 1.
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Exhibit 7.8
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-Refer to Exhibit 7.8. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

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Exhibit 7.6
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-Refer to Exhibit 7.6. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

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Exhibit 7.16
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Based on the economic outlook for the industry a financial analyst covering Top Choice Corporation has determined the following three possible returns given three different states of the economy over the next period.
-Refer to Exhibit 7.16. What is the standard deviation for Top Choice Corporation?

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Exhibit 7.9
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-Refer to Exhibit 7.9. What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

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Semivariance, when applied to portfolio theory, is concerned with
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