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BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Blumes Formula, Allocation, and Selection
BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Money Market Funds
BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4
BUS 405 Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns Chapter 3 problem 18
BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Primary and Secondary Markets
BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Contrarian Investing
BUS 405 Week 2 Assignment Abbott Laboratories Problem
BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8
BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Forward Interest Rates
BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 2 Bond Prices versus Yields
BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping Chapter 10 Problem 31
BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10
BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Expected Returns and Deviation
BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 2 Portfolio Weights
BUS 405 Week 4 Assignment Performance Metrics Chapter 13 Problem 22
BUS 405 Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns Chapter 3 problem 18
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Annualized Returns. Complete problem 18 in Chapter 3 (shown below) and submit to
the instructor. Show your work to find the annualized return for each of the listed share
prices. Write a 100 word analysis of the process to calculate these annualized returns.
Suppose you have $28,000 to invest. You’re considering Miller-Moore Equine Enterprises
(MMEE), which is currently selling for $40 per share. You also notice that a call option
with a $40 strike price and six months to maturity is available. The premium is $4.00.
MMEE pays no dividends. What is your annualized return from these two investments if,
in six months, MMEE is selling for $48 per share? What about $36 per share?
BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Blumes Formula, Allocation, and Selection
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Blume’s Formula, Allocation, and Selection. From Chapter 1, answer Concept Question
5: What is Blume’s formula? When would you want to use it in practice? Also, from
Chapter 2, answer Concept Question 4: What is the difference between asset allocation
and security selection? Remember to complete all parts of the questions and support
your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two
of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Money Market Funds
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Money Market Funds. From Chapter 4, complete Problem 4: The Aqua Liquid Assets
Money Market Mutual Fund has a NAV of $1 per share. During the year, the assets held
by this fund appreciated by 2.5 percent. If you had invested $50,000 in this fund at the
start of the year, how many shares would you own at the end of the year? What will the
NAV of this fund be at the end of the year? Why? Remember to complete all parts of the
question, show your work, and report the results of your analysis. Respond to at least
two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4 (All possible Questions)
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BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4
400 Question Set
BUS 405 Week 2 Assignment Abbott Laboratories Problem
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Abbott Laboratories Problem. After reading the Value Line figures and information on
Abbott Laboratories in the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 6 (just before
Problem 27), complete Problems 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 and submit to your instructor.
Show your calculations and in your response to problem 31 write a 100 to 200 word
defense of your position as to the value of Abbott Laboratories stock at its current price
of $50 per share.
27. What is the sustainable growth rate and required return for Abbott Laboratories?
Using these values, calculate the 2010 share price of Abbott Laboratories Industries
stock according to the constant dividend growth model.
28. Using the P/E, P/CF, and P/S ratios, estimate the 2010 share price for Abbott
Laboratories. Use the average stock price each year to calculate the price ratios.
BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Primary and Secondary Markets
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Primary and Secondary Markets. Complete Concept Question 1 from Chapter 5: If you
were to visit your local Chevrolet retailer, there is both a primary and a secondary
market in action. Explain. Is the Chevy retailer a dealer or a broker? Remember to
complete all parts of the question and support your answers with examples from the
text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside
of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Contrarian Investing
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Contrarian Investing. Complete Concept Question 9 from Chapter 8: What does it mean
to be a contrarian investor? How would a contrarian investor use technical analysis?
Post your answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the
question and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources.
Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8 (All Possible Question)
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BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8
400 Question Set
BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping Chapter 10 Problem 31
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ootstrapping. Complete problem 31 of Chapter 10 (shown below), and submit to your
instructor. Show your calculations and the algebraic manipulation of the price equation
for the bond. In addition to solving the problem, write a 100 to 200 word essay on the
term structure of fixed income securities.
One method used to obtain an estimate of the term structure of interest rates is called
bootstrapping. Suppose you have a one-year zero coupon bond with a rate of r1 and a
two-year bond with an annual coupon payment of C. To bootstrap the two-year rate,
you can set up the following equation for the price (P) of the coupon bond:
Because you can observe all of the variables except r2, the spot rate for two years, you
can solve for this interest rate. Suppose there is a zero coupon bond with one year to
maturity that sells for $949 and a two-year bond with a 7.5 percent coupon paid
annually that sells for $1,020. What is the interest rate for two years? Suppose a bond
with three years until maturity and an 8.5 percent annual coupon sells for $1,029. What
is the interest rate for three years?
BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Forward Interest Rates
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Forward Interest Rates. Complete Problem 16 from the Questions and Problems section
of Chapter 9: According to the pure expectations theory of interest rates, how much do
you expect to pay for a one-year STRIPS on February 15, 2011? What is the
corresponding implied forward rate? How does your answer compare to the current
yield on a one-year STRIPS? What does this tell you about the relationship between
implied forward rates, the shape of the zero coupon yield curve, and market
expectations about future spot interest rates? Remember to complete all parts of the
questions, and report the results of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 2 Bond Prices versus Yields
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Bond Prices versus Yields. Complete Concept Question 9 of Chapter 10: (a) What is the
relationship between the price of a bond and its YTM? (b) Explain why some bonds sell
at a premium to par value, and other bonds sell at a discount. What do you know about
the relationship between the coupon rate and the YTM for premium bonds? What
about discount bonds? For bonds selling at par value? (c) What is the relationship
between the current yield and YTM for premium bonds? For discount bonds? For bonds
selling at par value? Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and report the
results of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of
your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10 (All Possible Question)
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BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10
200 Question Set
BUS 405 Week 4 Assignment Performance Metrics Chapter 13 Problem 22
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Performance Metrics. Complete Problem 22 in the Questions and Problems section of
Chapter 13 (shown below). When you pick the best choice for your portfolio, defend
your decision in a 100 - 200 word essay.
You have been given the following return information for two mutual funds (Papa and
Mama), the market index, and the risk-free rate. Year
Papa Fund
Mama Fund
Market
Risk-Free
2008
-12.6%
-22.6
-24.5%
1%
2009
BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Expected Returns and Deviation
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of Chapter 11 (shown below). Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and
report the results of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings
outside of your own thread.
a. Use the following information on states of the economy and stock returns to
calculate the expected return for Dingaling Telephone.
State of Economy
Probability of State of the Economy
Security Return if State Occurs
Recession
.30
-8%
Normal
.40
13
Boom
.30
23
BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 2 Portfolio Weights
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Portfolio Weights. Complete Problem 10 from the Questions and Problems section of
Chapter 12: A stock has a beta of .9 and an expected return of 9 percent. A risk-free
asset currently earns 4 percent.
a. What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets?
b. If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of .5, what are the portfolio weights?
c. If a portfolio of the two assets has an expected return of 8 percent, what is its beta?
d. If a portfolio of the two assets has a beta of 1.80, what are the portfolio weights?
How do you interpret the weights for the two assets in this case? Explain.
Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and report the results of your
analysis. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own
thread.
BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13 (All Possible Question)
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BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13
300 Question Set
BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 1 Hedging with Futures
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Hedging with Futures. Complete Concept Question 7 from Chapter 14: The town of
South Park is planning a bond issue in six months and Kenny, the town treasurer, is
worried that interest rates may rise, thereby reducing the value of the bond issue.
Should Kenny buy or sell Treasury bond futures contracts to hedge the impending bond
issue? Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with
examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 2 Option Strategies
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Option Strategies. Complete Concept Question 12 from Chapter 15: Recall the options
strategies of a protective put and covered call discussed in the text. Suppose you have
sold short some shares of stock. Discuss analogous option strategies and how you
would implement them. (Hint: They’re called protective calls and covered puts.)
Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with
examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your
classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.
BUS 405 Week 5 Final Project Construct a well-diversified portfolio (2 Paper)
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This Tutorial contains 2 Papers
Focus of the Final Project
The student will construct a well-diversified portfolio using an initial investment stake of
$50,000 (the portfolio should use 95% of the fund, but they may not use more than
$50,000). The student may include stocks, common or preferred; bonds, corporate or
U.S. Treasury bonds; mutual funds; and futures contract or options. The student will use
the closing prices from the first day of the class to determine the price of each issue.
Only whole lots of any issues may be acquired, that is no less than 100 shares of
common or preferred stock; no less than 5 corporate bonds or $10,000 for U.S. Treasury
Bonds; no fewer than the minimum required investment for any mutual fund; and no
fewer than 5 contracts for any option or futures position. The settlement date will be
the first day of Week 3. The student does not have to use all of the above mentioned
securities, but they must use more than one class. Transaction costs are ignored in the
creation of the portfolio.
The paper is to be written in accordance with the APA guidelines (6th Edition).
The student will write a paper that:
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