Management expense ratio is defined as the combined total of management fees, operating expenses and taxes charged for a fund during a given year expressed as a percentage of funds average net assets for that year. All mutual funds have MER.
POD is payable on death. It is an arrangement that an individual makes with financial institutions to designate beneficiaries to their bank accounts and certificate of deposits.
Diversification: it is defined as allocating funds into different stocks or mutual funds inorder to reduce the overall risk. Diversification helps in reducing risk and managing same returns.
Portfolio: Portfolio can be considered as collection of investments held by a financial institution or investment company.
Long term performance of stocks: any performance of a stock when looked at more than 1 year of investment is generally considered as long term performance. It is to look at what returns the fund is giving.
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Use the following table: SeriesAverage returnLarge stocks11.78%Small stocks16.48Long-term corporate bonds6.24Long-term government bonds6.10U.S. Treasury bills3.84Inflation3.10a. Determine the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in large-company stocks and long-term corporate bonds. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in small stocks and Treasury bills? (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to...
Use the following table of returns from 1926 through 2017: Series Large stocks Small stocks Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation Average return 12.1% 16.5 6.4 6.0 3.4 3.0 a. Determine the return on a portfolio that was equally invested in large-company stocks and long-term corporate bonds. (Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places, e.g., 32.16.) b. What was the return on a portfolio that was...
Average return Standard Deviation 12.1 % Series Large-company stocks Small-company stocks Long-term corporate bonds Long-term government bonds Intermediate-term government bonds U.S. Treasury bills Inflation 19.8% 31.7 16.5 6.4 8.3 6.0 9.9 5.2 5.6 3.4 3.1 3.0 4.0 a. What range of returns would you expect to see 68 percent of the time for long-term corporate bonds? (A negative answer should be indicated by a minus sign. Enter your answers from lowest to highest. Do not round intermediate calculations and enter...
Describe the IPO process. Compare the short term and long term performance of IPOs.
the budgeting process includes both short term and long term planning for an organizations performance to be effective. which one is more important to an organizations financial success?
research instances where a company’s stock prices are affected more by long-term or short-term performance
4. Money market funds invest mostly in: a. stocks b. long-term bonds c. short-term fixed income securities d. short-term stocks 5. Protective covenants associated with bond agreements: a. are designed to protect the bondholder b. are designed to protect the bond issuer c. are generally disclosed at bond maturity d. are not required but increase the risk of the bond issue 6. Mutual funds composed of stocks that have potential for very high growth, but may also be unproven, are...
Historical average returns for Large Company Common Stocks, Long Term Government Bonds, and US Treasury Bills for the period 10-year period of 1999 through 2008 are shown in the following table. Use these data to solve the next several problems. Year Large Common Stock Long Term Government Bonds US Treasury Bills 1999 0.2104 -0.0751 0.0480 2000 -0.0910 0.1722 0.0598 2001 -0.1189 0.0551 0.0333 2002 -0.2210 0.1515 0.0161 2003 0.2889 0.0201 0.0094 2004 0.1088 0.0812 0.0114 2005 0.0491 0.0689 0.0279 2006 0.1579...
You invest in an open-ended mutual fund with an MER of 0.5%. One year ago, the fund’s NAV was $20. This past year, the stocks held by the fund increased by 10% on average. What is the NAV today?
what are factors to scout for when investing in short term stocks? What is the most effective method when looking to maximize profits when investing in stocks? provide an explanation.