Deck 1: The Process of Portfolio Management

Question 1

Classical security analysis is sometimes called

A) ABC analysis
B) EIC analysis
C) GBY analysis
D) CPI analysis

Answer 1

EIC analysis

Question 2

The modern trend in investments is to ______ security analysis and ______ portfolio management.

A) emphasize, emphasize
B) emphasize, de-emphasize
C) de-emphasize, emphasize
D) de-emphasize, de-emphasize

Answer 2

de-emphasize, emphasize

Question 3

Portfolio management is primarily concerned with

A) increasing return
B) reducing risk
C) predicting the future
D) explaining the past

Answer 3

reducing risk

Question 4

Most of the academic literature of the past two decades has supported the

A) arbitrage pricing theory
B) benefits of high PE stocks
C) usefulness of stock charts
D) efficient markets paradigm

Question 5

"The lower the dispersion in returns, the greater the accumulated value of otherwise equal investments." This statement is

A) true
B) false
C) true for the short run, but not necessarily true for the long run
D) true for the long run, but not necessarily true for the short run

Question 6

______ is cheap in the investment business.

A) Risk
B) Return
C) Time
D) Talk

Question 7

Which of the following is a key concept in finance?

A) A dollar today is worth more than a dollar tomorrow
B) Regardless of anything else, the higher the stock price, the better
C) Regardless of anything else, the lower the risk, the better
D) Risk averse people will not take a risk

Question 8

Understanding ______ is essential to bond portfolio management.

A) convexity
B) duration
C) semi-variance
D) bond betas

Question 9

According to the book, the first step in portfolio management is

A) setting portfolio objectives
B) formulating an investment strategy
C) learning the basic principles of finance
D) having a game plan for portfolio revision

Question 10

A portfolio should have both ______ and ______ objective.

A) a short term, a long term
B) a primary, a secondary
C) an initial, a final
D) an explicit, an implicit

Question 11

One of the most consequential bits of academic research regarding portfolio construction is a paper by

A) Evans and Archer
B) Andrew and McLaughlin
C) Lawrence and Philippatos
D) Miles and Ezzell

Question 12

______ is a topic in this textbook that most others omit.

A) Real estate
B) Security screening
C) Performance evaluation
D) Principles of the futures market

Question 13

Real assets discussed in this book include

A) art
B) rare coins
C) timberland
D) diamonds

Question 14

Which of the following is a popular means of increasing income from a portfolio?

A) Selling bonds
B) Selling stock short
C) Buying put options
D) Option overwriting

Question 15

Portfolio protection was called ______ until the stock market crash in 1987.

A) portfolio insurance
B) portfolio hedging
C) dynamic hedging
D) arbitrage

Question 16

In this text, the chapter on contemporary issues includes all of the following except

A) tactical asset allocation
B) stock lending
C) program trading
D) put-call parity

Question 17

A stock is a good investment if the company is

A) well-run
B) in a growing industry
C) poorly run but the stock is underpriced
D) extremely popular among investors

Question 18

As an introduction, the two key concepts in finance are

A) buy low and sell high
B) the time value of money and adjustment for risk
C) be patient, but strike when the time is right
D) manage earnings and save judiciously

Question 19

According to Chapter 1, should investors invest in stocks today?

A) Yes, because it can be a costly decision to try to time the market
B) Yes, because the economy looks good now
C) No, because the market is too high now
D) No, because the market is too volatile now