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You invest $1,000 in a complete portfolio. The complete portfolio is composed of a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 16% and a standard deviation of 20% and a Treasury bill with a rate of return of 6%. A portfolio that has an expected value in 1 year of $1,100 could be formed if you ________.

A) place 40% of your money in the risky portfolio and the rest in the risk-free asset
B) place 55% of your money in the risky portfolio and the rest in the risk-free asset
C) place 60% of your money in the risky portfolio and the rest in the risk-free asset
D) place 75% of your money in the risky portfolio and the rest in the risk-free asset

E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

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The Manhawkin Fund has an expected return of 16% and a standard deviation of 20%. The risk-free rate is 4%. What is the reward-to-volatility ratio for the Manhawkin Fund?

A) .8
B) .6
C) 9
D) 1

E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Annual percentage rates can be converted to effective annual rates by means of the following formula:

The buyer of a new home is quoted a mortgage rate of .5% per month. What is the APR on the loan?

If you are promised a nominal return of 12% on a 1-year investment, and you expect the rate of inflation to be 3%, what real rate do you expect to earn?

The price of a stock is $38 at the beginning of the year and $41 at the end of the year. If the stock paid a $2.50 dividend, what is the holding-period return for the year?

You are considering investing $1,000 in a complete portfolio. The complete portfolio is composed of Treasury bills that pay 5% and a risky portfolio, P, constructed with two risky securities, X and Y. The optimal weights of X and Y in P are 60% and 40%, respectively. X has an expected rate of return of 14%, and Y has an expected rate of return of 10%. The dollar values of your positions in X, Y, and Treasury bills would be ________, ________, and ________, respectively, if you decide to hold a complete portfolio that has an expected return of 8%.

You are considering investing $1,000 in a complete portfolio. The complete portfolio is composed of Treasury bills that pay 5% and a risky portfolio, P, constructed with two risky securities, X and Y. The optimal weights of X and Y in P are 60% and 40%, respectively. X has an expected rate of return of 14%, and Y has an expected rate of return of 10%. If you decide to hold 25% of your complete portfolio in the risky portfolio and 75% in the Treasury bills, then the dollar values of your positions in X and Y, respectively, would be ________ and ________.

What is the geometric average return over 1 year if the quarterly returns are 8%, 9%, 5%, and 12%?

You have an EAR of 9%. The equivalent APR with continuous compounding is ________.

The CAL provided by combinations of 1-month T-bills and a broad index of common stocks is called the ________.

You invest $10,000 in a complete portfolio. The complete portfolio is composed of a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 15% and a standard deviation of 21% and a Treasury bill with a rate of return of 5%. How much money should be invested in the risky asset to form a portfolio with an expected return of 11%?

Consider a Treasury bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities: Security A: E(r) = .15; variance = .0400 Security B: E(r) = .10; variance = .0225 Security C: E(r) = .12; variance = .1000 Security D: E(r) = .13; variance = .0625 The investor must develop a complete portfolio by combining the risk-free asset with one of the securities mentioned above. The security the investor should choose as part of her complete portfolio to achieve the best CAL would be ________.

A loan for a new car costs the borrower .8% per month. What is the EAR?

If you require a real growth in the purchasing power of your investment of 8%, and you expect the rate of inflation over the next year to be 3%, what is the lowest nominal return that you would be satisfied with?

An investment earns 10% the first year, earns 15% the second year, and loses 12% the third year. The total compound return over the 3 years was ________.

During the 1986-2013 period, the Sharpe ratio was lowest for which of the following asset classes?

The formula is used to calculate the ________.

Your investment has a 20% chance of earning a 30% rate of return, a 50% chance of earning a 10% rate of return, and a 30% chance of losing 6%. What is your expected return on this investment?

What is the geometric average return of the following quarterly returns: 3%, 5%, 4%, and 7%?