A mutual fund is a type of investment instrument that consists of | ||||||
a portfolio of stocks, bonds, and other securities. | ||||||
Mutual funds give individual investors access to diversified | ||||||
professionally managed portfolios. | ||||||
d) All of these options. |
course:Portfolio fund and Management Q1-Mutual funds provide the following for their shareholders. A. diversification B. professional...
5) Which one of these correctly applies to mutual funds? A) You can generally buy additional shares in the fund at any time. B) Funds are required to limit their annual fees and expenses to less than 1 percent of the portfolio value. C) Mutual funds are a costly means of achieving portfolio diversification. D) Shareholders sell their shares to other shareholders.
Term Answer Description A. Pooled diversification This term refers to the value of a mutual fund that is derived by deducting the fund's liabilities from the market value of the shares. Net asset value This is an investment asset usually real estate, bought with the goal of earning periodic income in the form of rent or lease. Tax exempt money fund This fund limits its investments to short-term, tax-exempt municipal securities. D. Automatic reinvestment plan This plan enables an investor...
Poforlio and fund management
Question A pension fund manager is considering three mutual funds. The first is a stock fund, the second is a long-term government and corporate bond fund, and the third is a T-bill money market fund that yields a sure rate of 5.5%. The probability distributions of the risky funds are: Expected Return|Standard Deviation Stock fund (S) 15% 32% Bond fund (B) 23 9 The correlation between the fund returns is .15. Tabulate and draw the investment...
Commingled funds are A. amounts invested in equity and fixed-income mutual funds. B. funds that may be purchased at intervals of 3, 6, or 12 months at the discretion of management. C. amounts invested in domestic and global equities. D. closed-end funds that may be repurchased only once every two years at the discretion of mutual fund management. E. partnerships of investors that pool their funds, which are then managed for a fee.
Exchange Traded Funds ETFs
1. Define the following terms: a. spiders b. mutual fund c. net asset value d. counterparty risk 2. What is meant by financial innovation? Identify and explain the main forces that motivate the search for financial innovations. 3. What are exchange-traded funds (EFTs)? a. What was the first ETF? b. What was the first example of an ETF innovated in the United States? 4. How does a closed-end mutual fund differ from an open-end fund? a....
A) index funds/ money market mutual funds/ sector funds
B)esctor funds/index funds/money market mutual funds
C) money market mutual funds/index funds/sector funds
6. Mutual funds by risk and return Risk and Return of Money Market Mutual Funds, Sector Funds, and Index Funds The following three fund types differ in general price volatility and potential for return money market mutual funds, sector funds, and index funds Label the graph that follows to show the relative volatility and potential return of these...
Mutual fund expense ratios include all of the following except? a. Management fees. b. 12b-1 fees. c. Operating expenses. d. Investment losses. Which of the following is not an investment company? a. Closed-end fund. b. ETF. c. UIT. d. CMO.
In an efficient market, professional portfolio management can offer all of the following benefits except which of the following? Low-cost diversification A targeted risk level Low-cost record keeping A superior risk-return trade-off
If all of the following mutual funds are designed to passively mimic the S&P 500 stock index, then which mutual fund would be the best choice? a. Mutual Fund D with an expense ratio of 0.12%. b. Mutual Fund C with an expense ratio of 0.07%. c. Mutual Fund B with an expense ratio of 0.59%. d. Mutual Fund A with an expense ratio of 0.28%.
which of the following is not considered an investment professional on the management team of a mutual fund? a. security analysts b. broker c. security trader d. portfolio manager