Deck 2: Asset Classes and Financial Instruments

Question 1

Which of the following is not a nickname for an agency associated with the mortgage markets?

A) Fannie Mae
B) Freddie Mac
C) Sallie Mae
D) Ginnie Mae

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When computing the bank discount yield you would use ____ days in the year.

A) 260
B) 360
C) 365
D) 366

Answer 2

B

Question 3

An individual who goes short in a futures position

A) commits to delivering the underlying commodity at contract maturity
B) commits to purchasing the underlying commodity at contract maturity
C) has the right to deliver the underlying commodity at contract maturity
D) has the right to purchase the underlying commodity at contract maturity

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Deposits of commercial banks at the Federal Reserve are called _____.

A) bankers acceptances
B) federal funds
C) repurchase agreements
D) time deposits

Question 5

_____ is considered to be an emerging market country.

A) France
B) Norway
C) Brazil
D) Canada

Question 6

Which of the following is not a true statement regarding municipal bonds?

A) A municipal bond is a debt obligation issued by state or local governments.
B) A municipal bond is a debt obligation issued by the Federal Government.
C) The interest income from a municipal bond is exempt from federal income taxation.
D) The interest income from a municipal bond is exempt from state and local taxation in the issuing state.

Question 7

The bid price of a treasury bill is _________.

A) the price at which the dealer in treasury bills is willing to sell the bill
B) the price at which the dealer in treasury bills is willing to buy the bill
C) greater than the ask price of the treasury bill expressed in dollar terms
D) the price at which the investor can buy the treasury bill

Question 8

Which one of the following is a true statement?

A) Dividends on preferred stocks are tax-deductible to individual investors but not to corporate investors
B) Common dividends cannot be paid if preferred dividends are in arrears on cumulative preferred stock
C) Preferred stockholders have voting power
D) Investors can sue managers for nonpayment of preferred dividends

Question 9

The most actively traded money market security is

A) Treasury bills
B) Bankers' Acceptances
C) Certificates of Deposit
D) Common stock

Question 10

Which of the following is not a characteristic of a money market instrument?

A) Liquidity
B) Marketability
C) Low risk
D) Maturity greater than one year

Question 11

Which of the following is not a money market instrument?

A) Treasury bill
B) Commercial paper
C) Preferred stock
D) Banker's acceptance

Question 12

A dollar denominated deposit at a London bank is called _____.

A) eurodollars
B) LIBOR
C) fed funds
D) banker's acceptance

Question 13

Commercial paper is a short-term security issued by __________ to raise funds.

A) the Federal Reserve
B) commercial banks
C) large well-known companies
D) the New York Stock Exchange

Question 14

Thirteen week T-bill auctions are conducted ____.

A) daily
B) weekly
C) monthly
D) quarterly

Question 15

______ would not be included in the EAFE index.

A) Australia
B) Canada
C) France
D) Japan

Question 16

Money market securities are sometimes referred to as "cash equivalent" because _____.

A) they are safe and marketable
B) they are not liquid
C) they are high risk
D) they are low denomination

Question 17

The German stock market is measured by which market index?

A) FTSE
B) Dow Jones 30
C) DAX
D) Nikkei

Question 18

An investor in a T-bill earns interest by _________.

A) receiving interest payments every 90 days
B) receiving dividend payments every 30 days
C) converting the T-bill at maturity into a higher valued T-note
D) buying the bill at a discount from the face value received at maturity

Question 19

______ voting of common stock gives minority shareholders the most representation on the board of directors.

A) Majority
B) Cumulative
C) Rights
D) Proxy

Question 20

The maximum maturity on commercial paper is

A) 270 days
B) 180 days
C) 90 days
D) 30 days

Question 21

A T-bill quote sheet has 90 day T-bill quotes with a 4.92 bid and a 4.86 ask.If the bill has a $10,000 face value an investor could buy this bill for

A) $10,000.00
B) $9,878.50
C) $9,877.00
D) $9,880.16

Question 22

The interest rate charged by large banks in London to lend money among themselves is called _________.

A) the prime rate
B) the discount rate
C) the federal funds rate
D) LIBOR

Question 23

The yield on tax-exempt bonds is ______.

A) usually less than 50% of the yield on taxable bonds
B) normally about 90% of the yield on taxable bonds
C) greater than the yield on taxable bonds
D) less than the yield on taxable bonds

Question 24

Currently the Dow Jones Industrial Average is computed by _________.

A) adding the prices of 30 large "blue-chip" stocks and dividing by 30
B) calculating the total market value of the 30 firms in the index and dividing by 30
C) measuring the current total market value of the 30 stocks in the index relative to the total value on the previous day
D) adding the prices of 30 large "blue-chip" stocks and dividing by a divisor adjusted for stock splits and large stock dividends

Question 25

Which one of the following is a true statement regarding the Dow Jones Industrial Average?

A) It is a value-weighted average of 30 large industrial stocks
B) It is a price-weighted average of 30 large industrial stocks
C) It is a price-weighted average of 100 large stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange
D) It is a value-weighted average of all stocks traded on the New York Stock Exchange

Question 26

__________ is not a money market instrument.

A) A certificate of deposit
B) A treasury bill
C) A treasury bond
D) Commercial paper

Question 27

Which one of the following is a true statement regarding corporate bonds?

A) A corporate callable bond gives its holder the right to exchange it for a specified number of the company's common shares
B) A corporate debenture is a secured bond
C) A corporate convertible bond gives its holder the right to exchange it for a specified number of the company's common shares
D) Holders of corporate bonds have voting rights in the company

Question 28

Which of the following indices are market-value weighted?
I)The NYSE Composite
II)The S&P 500
III)The Wilshire 5000

A) I and II only
B) II and III only
C) I and III only
D) I, II and III

Question 29

The U.K.stock index is the _________.

A) DAX
B) FTSE
C) GSE
D) TSE

Question 30

An investor purchases one municipal and one corporate bond that pay rates of return of 5.00% and 6.40% respectively.If the investor is in the 15% tax bracket,his after tax rates of return on the municipal and corporate bonds would be respectively

A) 5.00% and 6.40%
B) 5.00% and 5.44%
C) 4.25% and 6.40%
D) 5.75% and 5.44%

Question 31

Treasury bills are financial instruments issued by __________ to raise funds.

A) commercial banks
B) the Federal Government
C) large corporations
D) state and city governments

Question 32

A __________ gives its holder the right to sell an asset for a specified exercise price on or before a specified expiration date.

A) call option
B) futures contract
C) put option
D) interest rate swap

Question 33

A bond that has no collateral is called _________.

A) a callable bond
B) a debenture
C) a junk bond
D) a mortgage

Question 34

Which of the following are true statements about T-bills?
I)T-bills typically sell in denominations of $10,000
II)Income earned on T-bills is exempt from all Federal taxes
III)Income earned on T-bills is exempt from state and local taxes

A) I only
B) I and II only
C) I and III only
D) I, II and III

Question 35

TIPS are ______.

A) Treasury bonds that pay a variable rate of interest
B) U.K. bonds that protect investors from default risk
C) securities that trade on the Toronto stock index
D) Treasury bonds that protect investors from inflation

Question 36

A firm that has large securities holdings that wishes to raise money for a short length of time may be able to find the cheapest financing from which of the following?

A) Reverse repurchase agreement
B) Banker's acceptance
C) Commercial paper
D) Repurchase agreement

Question 37

If a treasury note has a bid price of $996.25,the quoted bid price in the Wall Street Journal would be _________.

A) 99:25
B) 99:63
C) 99:20
D) 99:08

Question 38

A __________ gives its holder the right to buy an asset for a specified exercise price on or before a specified expiration date.

A) call option
B) futures contract
C) put option
D) interest rate swap

Question 39

An investor buys a T-bill at a bank discount quote of 4.80 with 150 days to maturity.The investor's actual annual rate of return on this investment was _____.

A) 4.80%
B) 4.97%
C) 5.47%
D) 5.74%

Question 40

Which one of the following provides the best example of securitization?

A) convertible bond
B) call option
C) mortgage pass-through security
D) preferred stock

Question 41

June call and put options on King Books Inc are available with exercise prices of $30,$35 and $40.Among the different exercise prices,the call option with the _____ exercise price and the put option with the _____ exercise price will have the greatest value.

A) $40; $30
B) $30; $40
C) $35; $35
D) $40; $40

Question 42

The Hang Seng index reflects market performance on which of the following major stock markets?

A) Japan
B) Singapore
C) Taiwan
D) Hong Kong

Question 43

If the market prices of the 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average all change by the same dollar amount on a given day,assuming there are no stock splits which stock will have the greatest impact on the average?

A) The one with the highest price
B) The one with the lowest price
C) All 30 stocks will have the same impact
D) The answer cannot be determined by the information given

Question 44

Which of the following is most like a short-term collateralized loan?

A) Certificate of deposit
B) Repurchase agreement
C) Banker's acceptance
D) Commercial paper

Question 45

Ownership of a put option entitles the owner to the __________ to ___________ a specific stock,on or before a specific date,at a specific price.

A) right, buy
B) right, sell
C) obligation, buy
D) obligation, sell

Question 46

The ________ the ratio of municipal bond yields to corporate bond yields the _________ the cutoff tax bracket where more individuals will prefer to hold municipal debt.

A) higher; lower
B) lower; lower
C) lower; higher
D) higher; higher

Question 47

Investors will earn higher rates of returns on TIPS than equivalent default risk standard bonds if _______________.

A) inflation is lower than anticipated over the investment period
B) inflation is higher than anticipated over the investment period
C) the U.S. dollar increases in value against the euro
D) the spread between commercial paper and Treasury securities remains low

Question 48

The purchase of a futures contract gives the buyer _________.

A) the right to buy an item at a specified price
B) the right to sell an item at a specified price
C) the obligation to buy an item at a specified price
D) the obligation to sell an item at a specified price

Question 49

An investor in a 28% tax bracket is trying to decide whether to invest in a municipal bond or a corporate bond.She looks up municipal bond yields (r_m)but wishes to calculate the taxable equivalent yield r.The formula she should use is given by ______.

A) r = r_m * (1 - 28%)
B) r = r_m/(1 - 72%)
C) r = r_m * (1 - 72%)
D) r = r_m/(1 - 28%)

Question 50

A firm that fails to pay dividends on its preferred stock is said to be _________.

A) insolvent
B) in arrears
C) insufferable
D) delinquent

Question 51

Large well-known companies often issue their own short term unsecured debt notes directly to the public,rather than borrowing from banks,their notes are called _________.

A) certificates of deposit
B) repurchase agreements
C) banker's acceptances
D) commercial paper

Question 52

In calculating the Dow Jones Industrial Average,the adjustment for a stock split occurs _________.

A) automatically
B) by adjusting the divisor
C) by adjusting the numerator
D) by adjusting the market value weights

Question 53

Which of the following does not approximate the performance of a buy and hold portfolio strategy?

A) An equally weighted index
B) A price weighted index
C) A value weighted index
D) Weights are not a factor in this situation

Question 54

The price quotations of treasury bonds in the Wall Street Journal show a bid price of 102:12 and an ask price of 102:14.If you sold the bond you expect to receive _________.

A) $1,024.75
B) $1,024.38
C) $1,023.75
D) $1,022.50

Question 55

Ownership of a call option entitles the owner to the __________ to __________ a specific stock,on or before a specific date,at a specific price.

A) right, buy
B) right, sell
C) obligation, buy
D) obligation, sell

Question 56

The Standard and Poors 500 is a(n)__________ weighted index.

A) equally
B) price
C) value
D) share

Question 57

Which of the following types of bonds are excluded from most bond indices?

A) Corporate bonds
B) Junk bonds
C) Municipal bonds
D) None of the above

Question 58

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is _________.

A) a price weighted average
B) a value weight and average
C) an equally weighted average
D) an unweighted average

Question 59

Preferred stock is like long-term debt in that ___________.

A) it gives the holder voting power regarding the firm's management
B) it promises to pay to its holder a fixed stream of income each year
C) the preferred dividend is a tax-deductible expense for the firm
D) in the event of bankruptcy preferred stock has equal status with debt

Question 60

A bond issued by the State of Alabama is priced to yield 6.25%.If you are in the 28% tax bracket this bond would provide you with an equivalent taxable yield of _________.

A) 4.50%
B) 7.25%
C) 8.68%
D) none of the above

Question 61

The Federal Reserve Board of Governors directly controls which of the following interest rates?

A) Bankers acceptances
B) Brokers call
C) Federal funds
D) LIBOR

Question 62

A typical bond price quote includes all but which one of the following?

A) Daily high price for the bond
B) Closing bond price
C) Yield to maturity
D) Dividend yield

Question 63

What are business firms most likely to use derivative securities for?

A) Hedging
B) Speculating
C) Doing calculus problems
D) Market making

Question 64

A stock quote indicates a stock price of $60 and a dividend yield of 3%.The latest quarterly dividend received by stock investors must have been ______ per share.

A) $0.55
B) $1.80
C) $0.45
D) $1.25

Question 65

Which of the following are not characteristic of common stock ownership?

A) Residual claimant
B) Unlimited liability
C) Voting rights
D) Limited life of the security

Question 66

Three stocks have share prices of $12,$75,and $30 with total market values of $400 million,$350 million and $150 million respectively.If you were to construct a price-weighted index of the three stocks what would be the index value?

A) 300
B) 39
C) 43
D) 30

Question 67

Which of the following is not considered a money market investment?

A) Bankers acceptances
B) Eurodollar
C) Repurchase agreement
D) Treasury note

Question 68

You decide to purchase an equal number of shares of stocks of firms to create a portfolio.If you wished to construct an index to track your portfolio performance your best match for your portfolio would be to construct a/an ______.

A) value weighted index
B) equal weighted index
C) price weighted index
D) bond price index

Question 69

A tax free municipal bond provides a yield of 2.34%.What is the equivalent taxable yield on the bond given a 28% tax bracket?

A) 2.34%
B) 2.68%
C) 3.25%
D) 4.92%

Question 70

If you thought prices of stock would be rising over the next few months you may wish to __________________ on the stock.

A) purchase a call option
B) purchase a put option
C) sell a futures contract
D) place a short sale order

Question 71

What would you expect to have happened to the spread between yields on commercial paper and Treasury bills immediately after September 11,2001?

A) No change, as both yields will remain the same.
B) Increase, the spread usually increases in response to a crisis.
C) Decrease, the spread usually decreases in response to a crisis.
D) No change, as both yields will move in the same direction.

Question 72

A tax free municipal bond provides a yield of 3.2%.What is the equivalent taxable yield on the bond given a 35% tax bracket?

A) 3.20%
B) 3.68%
C) 4.92%
D) 5.00%

Question 73

Treasury notes have initial maturities between ________ years.

A) 2 and 4
B) 5 and 10
C) 10 and 30
D) 1 and 10

Question 74

In a ___________ index changes in the value of the stock with the greatest market value will move the index value the most everything else equal.

A) value weighted index
B) equal weighted index
C) price weighted index
D) bond price index

Question 75

What is the tax exempt equivalent yield on a 9% bond yield given a marginal tax rate of 28%?

A) 6.48%
B) 7.25%
C) 8.02%
D) 9.00%

Question 76

All but which one of the following indices is value weighted?

A) Nasdaq Composite
B) S&P 500
C) Wilshire 5000
D) DJIA

Question 77

An index computed from a simple average of returns is a/an _____.

A) equal weighted index
B) value weighted index
C) price weighted index
D) share weighted index

Question 78

Eurodollars are _________.

A) dollar denominated deposits at any foreign bank or foreign branch of an American bank
B) dollar denominated bonds issued by firms outside their home market
C) currency issued by Euro Disney and traded in France
D) dollars that wind up in banks as a result of money laundering activities

Question 79

Which of the following is used to back international sales of goods and services?

A) Certificate of deposit
B) Banker's acceptance
C) Eurodollar deposits
D) Commercial paper

Question 80

A corporation in a 34% tax bracket invests in the preferred stock of another company and earns a 6% pre-tax rate of return.An individual investor in a 15% tax bracket invests in the same preferred stock and earns the same pre-tax return.The after tax return to the corporation is _______ and the after tax return to the individual investor is _______.

A) 3.96%; 5.1%
B) 5.39%; 5.1%
C) 6.00%; 6.00%
D) 3.96%; 6.00%