Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 24 Asset Valuation - 28 Questions - 42 minutes Question: 81 - 28562 Which one of the following statements is TRUE? The optimal capital structure: A) maximizes expected EPS, maximizes the price per share of common stock. B) maximizes the stock price, minimizes the weighted average cost of capital. C) minimizes the interest rate on debt, maximizes the expected EPS. D) minimizes the required rate on equity, maximizes the stock price. Question: 82 - 28563 Use the following information about a firm: • They expect to have net income of $100,000 next year • The current capital structure is 50 percent debt and 50 percent equity • The optimal capital budget for next year is expected to be $150,000 If the company uses the residual dividend model to determine next year's dividend payout, how much will they pay out in dividends next year? A) $50,000. B) $0. C) $10,000. D) $25,000. Question: 83 - 13879 Which of the following sets of indexes are price-weighted? A) Dow Jones World Stock Index and Russell Index. B) S&P 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average. C) Morgan Stanley Capital International Index and S&P 500 Index. D) Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nikkei Dow Jones Stock Market Average. Question: 84 - 28547 Which of the following statements are FALSE? A) A national market system is expected to provide centralized reporting of all transactions, a centralized quotation system, and competition among all qualified market makers. B) Primary capital markets represent the major national markets providing investors with liquidity and continuous price information. C) Underwriters provide issuers with origination, risk bearing, and distribution. D) Good capital markets provide information, liquidity, low transactions costs, and rapid price adjustments to new information. Question: 85 - 28548 Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 25 Which of the following statements relating to indexes is TRUE? A) The Financial Times/Standard & Poor Actuaries World indexes are all market value weighted. B) The Nikkei-Dow Jones average is a price-weighted index of 225 stocks from the first tier of the Tokyo Stock Exchange. C) The three principle weighting schemes used in the construction of an index are: price weighting, value weighting, and equal weighting. D) All of these choices are correct. Question: 86 - 28560 Which of the following is NOT a perceived advantage of technical analysis? A) Technicians do not rely on getting information first. B) Technical trading techniques are difficult to mimic. C) Technical investors are only invested once price movement has begun. D) Technical investors do not depend on accounting information, which can be manipulated. Question: 87 - 28561 Which of the following statements is TRUE? A) All of these choices are correct. B) Firms with low price/book value (P/BV) ratios tend to outperform high P/BV ratio firms on a risk-adjusted basis. C) Cash flow figures are typically more stable than earnings figures. D) P/BV and price/cash flow (P/CF) ratios should be used in conjunction with price/earnings (P/E) ratios in fundamental analysis. Question: 88 - 29374 Billie Blake is interested in a stock that has an expected dividend one year from today of $1.50, i.e., D 1 = $1.50, D 2 = $1.75 and D 3 = 2.05. She expects to sell the stock for $47.50 at the end of year 3. What is Billie willing to pay one year from today if investor’s require a 12 percent return on the stock. A) $38.01. B) $41.06. C) $33.45. D) $52.30. Question: 89 - 29375 A firm has an expected dividend payout ratio of 50 percent, a required rate of return of 12 percent and a dividend growth rate of 6 percent. If you expect next year’s earnings to be $4.00, what is the value of the stock today? A) $35.33. B) $66.67. C) $33.33. D) $16.67. Question: 90 - 29376 Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 26 Sam Seymour is interested in using the free cash-flow to equity (FCFE) method to value Jojaba, Inc. The required rate of return is 14 percent. Jojaba has 10 million shares of stock outstanding. Sam thinks the stock will sell at a multiple of 25 times predicted FCFE in 3 years. What will Sam pay per share for Jojaba? The FCFE for the next 3 years are as follows: Year 1 $15 million, Year 2 $20 million and Year 3 $25 million. A) $46.73. B) $41.55. C) $68.50. D) $52.50. Question: 91 - 13567 Which of the following statements about the call feature is FALSE? A) The call feature exposes investors to additional reinvestment rate risk. B) The cash flow pattern of callable bonds cannot be known with certainty. C) The call feature reduces the bond's capital appreciation potential. D) The call feature lengthens the bond's duration, increasing price risk. Question: 92 - 28546 Which of the following statements are TRUE? A) A Yen denominated bond issued by a Japanese company in Japan is an example of a domestic bond. B) A Yen denominated bond issued by a German company in Luxembourg is an example of a foreign bond. C) A Yen denominated bond issued by a German company in Japan is an example of a Eurobond. D) All of these choices are correct. Question: 93 - 29377 All of the following are examples of embedded options that favor the bondholder EXCEPT: A) conversion provisions. B) accelerated sinking fund provision. C) floor placed under the floating coupon rate bond. D) a put option. Question: 94 - 29378 Non-callable bond prices go up faster than they go down. This is referred to as: A) inverse features. B) negative convexity. C) embedded benefits. D) positive convexity. Question: 95 - 28544 Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 27 A 7 percent coupon bond with semi-annual coupons has a convexity in years of 80. The bond is currently priced at a yield to maturity (YTM) of 8.5 percent. If the YTM decreases to 8 percent, the predicted contribution to the percentage change in price due to convexity would be: A) rise 20 basis points. B) rise 40 basis points. C) rise 1%. D) fall 50 basis points. Question: 96 - 28545 You have a 1-year, 7 percent semi-annual coupon bond with a price of $985. If the 6- month T-bill rate is 5 percent, what is the one-year annualized theoretical spot rate? A) 6.5%. B) 7.4%. C) 8.6%. D) 8.0%. Question: 97 - 29373 Jane Peebles purchased a T-bill that matures in 200 days for $97,500. The face value of the bill is $100,000. What is the money market yield on the bill? A) 4.500%. B) 4.756%. C) 5.000%. D) 4.615%. Question: 98 - 29379 What is the present value of a 7 percent semi-annual pay bond with a $1000 face value and 20 years to maturity if similar bonds are now yielding 6.375 percent? A) $1000.00. B) $1121.23. C) $1070.09. D) $912.34. Question: 99 - 29380 What is the yield to call on a bond that has an 8 percent coupon paid annually, $1000 face value, 10 years to maturity and is first callable in 6 years? The current market price is $1100. The call price is the face value plus 1-year’s interest. A) 6.00%. B) 7.14%. C) 9.06%. D) 7.02%. Question: 100 - 13940 Derivatives are important because: Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 28 A) they enable arbitrage. B) all of these choices are correct. C) they enable traders to speculate. D) they enable firms to manage their risk by hedging. Question: 101 - 28549 Which of the following statements about forward contracts is FALSE? A) Forwards are unique contracts. B) Forwards are private contracts. C) Forwards require no up front cash. D) Forwards are default risk free. Question: 102 - 28550 Which of the following statements is FALSE? A) Hedging is the prime social rationale for futures trading. B) The clearinghouse protects futures traders from the risk of default on contracts. C) Initial margin can only be posted in cash. D) The futures markets allow market participants to discover the market's expectation of future cash market prices. Question: 103 - 28551 Which of the following statements about options is TRUE? A) Standardization of options contracts promotes liquidity. B) Most options throughout the world are European options. C) A put writer who deposits shares of the underlying stock has written a covered put. D) An open call position can be closed before expiration by buying put options on the underlying stocks. Question: 104 - 28552 Which one of the following statements about swaps is FALSE? A) In an interest rate swap, only the net interest payments are swapped. B) In a currency swap, only net interest payments are made. C) In a currency swap, the notational principal is actually swapped twice, once at the beginning of the swap and again at the termination of the swap. D) Swaps are a zero sum game. Question: 105 - 28553 Which of the following statements about puts and calls is TRUE? A) The most the writer of a call can lose is the stock's price less the premium. B) A put holder will exercise the put if the price of the stock is equal to or less than the strike price. C) The most the buyer of a call can lose is the premium. D) The potential loss to the writer of a put is unlimited. Question: 106 - 28554 Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 29 Which is the most common method of closing a futures contract? A) Reversing or offsetting trade. B) Physical delivery. C) Exchange of physicals. D) Clearinghouse adjustment. Question: 107 - 10788 Which of the following statements about REITs is FALSE? A) Equity REITs invest in properties such as apartments, office buildings, shopping centers, and hotels. B) REITs have historically yielded 1 to 2 percent above money market funds and about the same as high-grade corporate bond funds. C) REITs must pay out 95 percent of earnings as dividends. D) REITs must have all of their assets invested in real estate. Question: 108 - 28527 Which of the following statements about investment companies is FALSE? A) Generally the investment advisory firm initiating the fund will also act as the fund's investment management company. B) The investment company's board of directors hires an investment management company to select securities, manage the portfolio, and handle administrative duties. C) The typical management fee is 1/4 to 1 percent of the fund's net asset value. D) Investment companies are generally wholly owned subsidiaries of the investment advisory firm that creates them. Portfolio Management - 12 Questions - 18 minutes Question: 109 - 11168 If the real rate of interest was 3 percent and the inflation expectation was 4 percent what is the nominal rate of interest? A) 10.55%. B) 11.00%. C) 12.35%. D) 7.12%. Question: 110 - 28528 An analyst observes the following return behavior between stocks X and Y. Time Period X's Return Y's return 1 7 5 2 9 8 3 10 11 4 10 8 What is the covariance of returns between stocks X and Y? Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 30 A) + 2.75. B) + 2.25. C) - 1.50. D) + 1.50. Question: 111 - 28529 Which one of the following portfolios does not lie on the efficient frontier? Portfolio Expected Return Standard Deviation A 7 5 B 9 12 C 11 10 D 15 15 A) B. B) A. C) C. D) D. Question: 112 - 28530 Using the following correlation matrix, which two stocks would make the best portfolio (assume the stocks have equal risk and returns)? Stock A B C A + 1 B - 0.2 + 1 C + 0.6 - 0.1 + 1 A) A and C. B) A and B. C) C and B. D) B alone. Question: 113 - 28533 A stock has a beta of .9 and an expected return of 10 percent. The risk free rate is 7 percent and the market is expected to yield 11 percent. This stock is: A) overpriced. B) underpriced. C) properly priced. D) cannot be determined from the information given. Question: 114 - 28534 Using the arbitrage pricing theory (APT) to determine the expected return on a stock you determine that the risk free rate is 5 percent; B 1 is 2.5; B 2 is 2; risk factor F 1 is .02 and risk factor F 2 is .03. What return would you expect to receive on the stock? A) 9.5. B) 12.2. C) 16.0. D) 14.5. Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 31 Question: 115 - 28535 If a stock has a beta of 1.0 and the risk free rate is 6 percent, what return would you expect when the market return is 12 percent? A) 13.2%. B) 14.4%. C) 12.0%. D) 15.2%. Question: 116 - 28536 Which of the following statements about the security market line (SML) is FALSE? A) Securities that fall above the SML are undervalued. B) The risk free rate defines where the SML intersects the Y-axis. C) The market portfolio consists of all the risky assets in the universe. D) Securities that fall on the SML have no intrinsic value to the investor. Question: 117 - 28537 The portfolio management process involves: A) Developing and implementing strategies through the optimal combinations of assets. B) Making portfolio adjustments. C) All of these choices are correct. D) Identifying the investor's objectives, preferences and constraints. Question: 118 - 28538 An analyst is managing two portfolios. Portfolio A is income oriented, has a low risk tolerance, and is taxable. Portfolio B has a total return objective and has an infinite life. Portfolio A is: A) a pension fund's portfolio while B is a retiree's portfolio. B) an endowment fund's portfolio while B is an investment fund's portfolio. C) a retiree's portfolio while B is a pension fund's portfolio. D) an investment company's portfolio while B is an endowment fund's portfolio. Question: 119 - 28543 A bond's nominal rate of interest is 12 percent, the risk free rate of interest is 4 percent, and the expected inflation rate is 3 percent. What is the expected risk premium built into the nominal yield of this bond? A) 6%. B) 7%. C) 5%. D) 4%. Question: 120 - 29370 James Billings is investing in a two stock portfolio. He wants to know the risk, measured by standard deviation, of the two-stock portfolio. The expected return of Vietnam Stock Exchange Forum – Diễn đàn chứng khoán Việt Nam http://diendan.vse.vn Cổng thông tin chứng khoán Việt Nam – http://www.vse.vn 32 stock A is 20% with a standard deviation of 30% and the expected return of stock B is 15% with a standard deviation of 18%. Being more conservative, James intends to invest 30% of his money in stock A, and 70% in stock B. The correlation coefficient between the two stocks is 0.4. What is the standard deviation of the two stock portfolio? A) Standard Deviation = 18.18%. B) Standard Deviation = 21.60%. C) Standard Deviation = 14.85%. D) Standard Deviation = 14.02%. . similar bonds are now yielding 6 .37 5 percent? A) $10 00.00. B) $11 21. 23. C) $10 70.09. D) $ 912 .34 . Question: 99 - 2 938 0 What is the yield to call. what is the value of the stock today? A) $35 .33 . B) $66.67. C) $33 .33 . D) $16 .67. 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