jeopardy -investments (week 5)

Basic InvestmentsCPCU 556 Personal Financial Planning

Donna M. Kesot, CPCU

Donna M. Kesot, CPCU, Copyright 2012 . All Rights Reserved, 4-11-2012

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Risks Investing 101

MiscellaneousMutual Funds

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C1 100 Question

The risk that an asset cannot be sold on short notice without incurring a loss

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What is liquidity risk?

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C1 200 Question

Name 4 investment risks

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What are: Inflation risk Financial risk Business risk Exchange Rate risk Interest Rate risk Market risk Specific/unsystematic risk Systematic risk?

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C1 300 Question

Specific risk or unsystematic risk

C1 300 AnswerWhat risk that arises from features that are unique to a particular risk?

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C1 400 Question

Risk that is common to all securities of the same general class and therefore cannot be eliminated by diversification

C1 400 AnswerWhat is systematic risk?

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C2 100 Question

Advantages of mutual funds

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What are diversification, professional management, convenience, and ready marketability?

Disadvantages are Cost of Intermediary Expense can vary Selection issue

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C2 200 Question

Mutual Fund Investment Co. Types (3)

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What are1. Face Amount Certificates2. Unit Investment Trusts mutual funds?3. Management Companies?

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For additional 400 points. Are these more or less secure than US Treasury issues?

C2 300 Question

The market value of a fund share

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What is Net Asset Value (NAV)?

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(Mutual fund net worth) ÷ (# of mutual fund shares outstanding)

C2 400 Question

Mutual Fund Types

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What are Open-ended Funds Closed-end Funds Load & No-Load Funds?

› Front end loads are funds where the investor pays a fee at purchase but not at redemption

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C3 100 Question

A large investment portfolio comprising many different securities—either stocks, bonds, or both—in addition to other investments

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What is a mutual fund?

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C3 200 Question

Index Fund

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A mutual that tracks the market rather than trying to outperform the market

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C3 300 Question

The practice of using borrowed money to invest

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What is leverage?

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C3 400 Question

Steps of an Investment Plan

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What are 1. Determine investment goals2. Estimate savings requirements and set priorities3. Determine acceptable level of investment risk4. ID investment alternatives5. Select the appropriate investment approach6. Monitor & review the investment plan?

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C4 100 Question

The profit a securities or capital investment usually, an annual percentage rate

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What is an investment return?

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C4 200 Question

Exchange Traded Fund

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What is a fund purchases assets and sells shares like a mutual but which can be traded like a stock because the shares represent proportional ownership

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C4 300 Question

Two Acts which regulates investment companies

C4 300 AnswerWhat are:Sale of shares1. Securities Act of 1933 2. Securities Exchange Ac t of 1934

Operations Company Act of 1940 (operations Investors Advisement Act of 1940

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C4 400 Question

Two ways to measure administrative performance of funds

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What are expense ratio and income ratio?

E/R = Total operating expenses ÷fund net assets I/R= Total operating expenses ÷ Fund Incomes Total operating expenses includes management

fees and expenses

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