Version 1 FINANCE 261 FINANCE 261 Test Answer Sheet Name: __________________________________________ Student ID Number:_______________________________ Please use CAPITAL LETTERS when writing your answers. Question Answer Question Answer Question Answer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Question Answer 16 17 18 19 20 1 Version 1 FINANCE 261 THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND Department of Accounting and Finance FINANCE
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independent of the others and assumptions from one question do not carry over to the others. 4. Use of a calculator is allowed. 5. Some useful equations are printed below. (a) Standard deviation: n (ri − r¯)2 i=1 σ(r) = n−1 (b) Variance of a portfolio: σ 2 = w12 σ12 + w22 σ22 + 2w1 w2 σ1 σ2 cov(R1 ‚ R2 ) = w12 σ12 + w22 σ22 + 2w1 w2 σ1 σ2 ρ1‚2 (c) Weighted average cost of capital: W ACC = ke × D E + kd (1 − t) × V V GOOD LUCK! Q UESTIONS 1 AND 2 (16 MARKS EACH ) 1. Inflation‚ recession‚ and
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American Civil War Portfolio Description: You will create a portfolio that includes primary documents‚ writing‚ and the self-analysis of your project. This project will be completed independently and the majority of the project will be completed on your own time. Grade: Your portfolio will count as a major grade for the third six weeks. Due Date: December 9 (A-day) and December 10 (B-day) at the start of class. Writing Requirements: Each essay must be - Two pages in length
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Angela Cusumano November 28‚ 2010 Portfolio Review Committee University of Illinois at Chicago 601 South Morgan Street Chicago‚ Illinois 60607 Dear Portfolio Review Committee‚ My first semester here at UIC I was obligated to take English 160. I can honestly say I thought I would be easily passing this course. I was used to the 5 paragraph essay in high school and assumed that things would be the same in college. After writing my first project for English 160 I felt invincible until I
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User Ms Julie Ciarlante Course FIN-601-001 - FA 13-14 Test FIN 601 Final Exam Started 12/12/13 7:19 PM Submitted 12/12/13 9:25 PM Status Completed Attempt Score 126 out of 135 points Time Elapsed 2 hours‚ 5 minutes out of 5 hours. Question 1 3 out of 3 points A bond with an annual coupon of $70 and originally sold at par for $1‚000. The current market interest rate (yield to maturity) is 8%. This bond will sell at _______. Assuming no change in market interest rates
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Executive Summary This report was commissioned to summarise X career portfolio. It will include the skills he has and skills he needs to acquire in order to match the job specification required to be a Business and Marketing Officer. The portfolio draws concentration on a variety of skills including: • Interpersonal skills • Communication skills • Self-management skills • Intellectual skills His main strengths and weaknesses have been identified so hhe now knows which areas he needs to keep
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Portfolio 2 Method: Once‚ the simple returns have been calculated for all the stocks of choice in the portfolio; average returns should also be computed. It is essential to compute the covariance matrix for the selected stocks. This matrix can be used to determine the relatively consider the amounts of different assets that one should choose to hold in a context of diversification. The Matrix can be evaluated using MMULT and TRANSPOSE functions in excel. Furthermore‚ using known risk-free rate we
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1. Refer to the following information: Stock | E(r) | | Correlation Coefficients | 1 | 0.06 | 0.20 | 1 with 2: -0.10 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.10 | 1 with 3: +0.60 | 3 | 0.15 | 0.15 | 2 with 3: +0.05 | A portfolio is formed as follows: sell short $1‚000 of Stock 1; buy $1‚500 of Stock 2; buy $1‚500 of Stock 3. The investor uses $1‚000 of his own equity‚ with the remaining amount borrowed at a risk-free interest rate of 4% (with continuous compounding). (a) Assuming that there are no restrictions
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Competency Goal I: Candidate provide safe environment to prevent and reduce injuries. Functional Area 1: Safety As a teacher I believe safety is one of the most important things to give to a child besides health and education. A child and adult should feel safe as soon as they walk into the building in the morning. I practice safety in my classroom by placing items for children at their reach and all other items out of their sight. "Out of sight out of mind!" I cover all
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