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FIN-375 Fall'24 Exam 2 Prep Quiz
FIN-375 Fall'24 Exam 2 Prep Quiz
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1
Investors will benefit from converting their convertible bonds when the company's shares drop in value
True
False
2
Which type of savings bonds include an inflation-based interest adjustment which reduces purchasing power risk?
Series EE
Series E
Series HH
Series I
3
Using a "reasonable" amount of information instead of all relevant information is a short cut that is in alignment with:
Modern Portfolio Theory
Efficient Market Hypothesis
Prospect Theory
All of the above
4
Which of the following will have the lowest duration?
a 20 year bond with a 5% coupon
a 15 year bond with a 10% coupon
A 30 year, zero coupon bond
5
In T-bills auctions, competitive bidders always get their full request filled.
False
True
6
Professional money managers do not succumb to herding, confirmation bias, and overconfidence bias.
False
True
7
Which of the following is the highest rated bond?
A
AAA
BBB
C
8
In a Treasury bills auction, all noncompetitive bids are filled before competitive bids.
True
False
9
A 12-year bond is selling at $1,090. Which of the following is the highest number?
the yield to maturity
the coupon rate
the current yield
the yield to call
10
Which of the following is NOT true about the coupon rate on a corporate bond?
The coupon is usually a fixed percentage of par value
The coupon is typically semi-annual
The coupon is subject to capital gains taxes
11
All else equal, callable bond will have a higher YTM than a puttable bond.
True
False
12
The amount that a buyer would pay for a bond includes
a. the bid price
c. accrued interest
both b and c
b. the ASK price
13
A bond's YTM is the return an investor will earn if all coupon payments are reinvested at what rate?
at the market rate when each coupon payment is made
at the Federal Funds rate
at the expected return rate of the bond
at prime rate
14
The asset allocation strategy that allows the weights to follow market performance (buy stocks rising in value) is the..
Dynamic allocation strategy
Tactical allocation strategy
Constant weighting strategy
Buy and hold strategy
15
When a fin. institution or govt securities broker turns a T-bond into a series of zero-coupon bonds, these are called:
munis
FRNs
TIPS
STRIPS
16
Which of the following is NOT an assumption of Modern Portfolio Theory
Investors are rational.
Investors make decisions to maximize their utility or expected wealth
Investors are risk averse
Investors make cognitive errors and have emotional biases
17
Todd holds on to his losing stock too long. He is most likely influenced by
anchoring
hindsight bias
confirmation bias
irrational escalation
18
T-bills are not subject to OID rules
False
True
19
Stock market anomalies, such as the January Effect, suggest that the market is not completely efficient.
True
False
20
Mary finds stocks to buy by looking for patterns, and believes history repeats itself. She is using...
Indexing
Technical analysis
strong form of Efficient Market Hypothesis
Fundamental analysis