------------------------------------------------- FINAL EXAM ------------------------------------------------- Fall 2015 ------------------------------------------------- Investments ------------------------------------------------- BUS 315 Student Name: _____________________________Student Number:_________________ DURATION: 3 HOURS No. of Students: 125 Department Name & Course Number: BUSI 315 Section: D100 Course Instructor(s): Yuriy Zabolotnyuk ------------------------------------------------- AUTHORIZED MEMORANDA Financial calculator Students MUST count the number of pages in this examination question paper before beginning to write, and report any discrepancy to a proctor. This question paper has …show more content…
b) Security prices quickly reflect new information. c) Investors react to all information releases rapidly. d) It is impossible to make profit. 13) Assume that you sold short 500 shares of common stock at $35 per share. The initial margin is 40%. No dividends were paid during the period, and no interest is paid on borrowed funds during the period. What would be the minimum margin requirement, if a margin call is made at a stock price of $40? a) 20% b) 40% c) 23% d) 33% 14) An investor has the following utility function: U = E(r) – 0.5Aσ2. Portfolio X has an expected rate of return of 12.5% and a standard deviation of 0.15. Portfolio Y has an
15. Investment A has an expected return of $25 million and investment B has an expected return of $5 million. Market risk analysts believe the standard deviation of the return A is $10 million, and for B is $30 million (negative returns are possible here).
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Problem 1: Jonathon Barrs is a manager for Easy Manufacturing, LLC. He wishes to evaluate three possible investments. These investments are for the purchase of new machine tools from Germany, Japan, and a local US manufacturer. The firm earns 10% on its investments and they have a risk index of 5%. The chart below lays out the expected return and expected risks of the three projects.
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1. Stocks offer an expected rate of return of 18%, with a standard deviation of 22%. Gold offers an expected return of 10% with a standard deviation of 30%.
A total of fifty proctors were assigned to the exam center. For the present research, twelve of them were available for the interview that took place at the end of the exam. They consist of two accountants, two secretaries, one office clerk, four