FIN 350 Prof. Porter Problem Set 4 1. Describe what happens to the total risk of a portfolio as the number of securities is increased. Differentiate between systematic risk and unsystematic risk and explain how total risk and systematic risk are measured. As the number of securities increases‚ the total risk of the portfolio decreases. This decrease occurs due to the benefits of diversification which is the process of acquiring a portfolio of securities that have dissimilar risk-return characteristics
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STUDENT’S NAME______________Jill Riester____89.97%_______________ CHAPTER 7 QUIZ Indicate whether the following statements are true or false. (3.35 points each). For any false statement‚ indicate why it is false. (3.33 points) __T___ 1. A direct cause-and-effect relationship exists between the revenues and expenses of an Internal Service Fund. _____________________________________________________________________________________ ___F__ 2. Internal Service Funds are used to account for activities
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Problem set 2.2 This question Is mainly concentration on the price changed effect. As the price raise ‚what is the changed to the quantity‚ turnover ‚and the market equilibrium. And the assumption are as following: The demand of the concert remain unchanged‚ the supply of the concert also unchanged( which consist on 3 concerts) ‚so the supply curve is vertical. In the question‚ the concert price in 2005 is $500 and all the tickets have been sold out which are 12000seats. The turnover is 12000seats
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Chapter 7 1. According to Karl Marx social class depends on a factor of a person’s relationship to the means of production. He distinguished two classes: owner of the means of production (bourgeoisie) and a worker who works on these factories‚ tools and land‚ proletariat. Marx believed that person’s life is shaped only with regard of what he owns and what he works on. Max Weber believed that social class is made up of three elements: property‚ power and prestige. According to Weber‚ property is
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Problem Set 3 - FINA 4200 Spring 2013 Due Wednesday February 26th before class I. Multiple Choices Chapter 2 1. According to the Capital Asset Pricing Model‚ investors are primarily concerned with portfolio risk‚ not the isolated risks of individual stocks. Thus‚ the relevant risk is an individual stock’s contribution to the overall riskiness of the portfolio. a. True b. False 2. Diversifiable risk‚ which is measured by beta‚ can be lowered by adding more stocks to a portfolio.
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Selected answer key for problem set 1 Econ262 C1.2 (i) There are 1‚388 observations in the sample. Tabulating the variable cigs shows that 212 women have cigs > 0. (ii) The average of cigs is about 2.09‚ but this includes the 1‚176 women who did not smoke. Reporting just the average masks the fact that almost 85 percent of the women did not smoke. It makes more sense to say that the “typical” woman does not smoke during pregnancy; indeed‚ the median number
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Corporations disseminate more information to investors 3) More new investors choose to invest in individual stocks on their own rather than invest in mutual funds 4) More stock transactions are conducted online than on the floor of an exchange b) Which of the following would BEST achieve diversification? 1) Investing in 10 securities of companies in the same industry in Canada 2) Investing in 10 securities of companies in the same industry in Canada‚ the United States‚ and Mexico 3) Investing
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are the amounts and character of Barbara’s recognized gain or loss? According to section 351‚ the exchange is tax-free and no gain or loss can be recognized. Also‚ any property transferred to a corporation in exchange for stock cannot be recognized. b. What is Barbara’s basis in the Moore stock? ($13‚000) c. What is Moore’s basis in the machinery? $7‚000 d. What are the amounts and character of Sam’s recognized gain or loss? Sam recognizes a gain of $17‚000 as this is now the Fair Market Value
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Chapter 7- Outline IntroductionA. Mid 9th century losing control1. Rebellious governors2. New challenging dynastiesB. …but still creative – ironically – a golden age without political stability1. architecture2. fine arts3. literature4. philosophy5. mathematics and scienceC. Territorial growth – warriors‚ traders‚ wandering mystics1. political conquest2. peaceful conversionD. Conduit for exchange – between urban/agrarian centers and between nomadic peoples1. ideas2. plants and medicines3. commercial
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Chapter 13 Problems (2‚ 9‚ 11‚ & 14) 2) Determine the coefficient of correlation and the coefficient of determination. Interpret the association between X and Y. X Y x^2 xy 5 13 25 65 3 15 9 45 6 7 36 42 3 12 9 36 4 13 16 52 4 11 16 44 6 9 36 54 8 5 64 40 39 85 211 378 r = (378) - (39)(85) / 8 = -36.375 √[211 - (39)^2 / 8] *
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