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pehormance within of an index of share returns for a particular country or industry sector a corporation rather than purchased. 9. Commercial paper is a short-term security issued by A. the Federal Reserve Bank D. the New York Stock Exchange 10. Theindex represents the performance of the Canadian stock market. A. DAX 11. Shelf registration A. is a way of placing issues in the primary market. B. allows firms to register securities for sale over a two-year period. C. increases transaction costs to the issuing firm. D. A and B. E. A and C. 12. Growth Fund had year-end assets of $862,000,000 and liabilities of $12,000,000. There were 32,675,254 shares in the fund at A. $28.17 to raise funds C large, well-known companies B. commercial banks E. state and local governments B. FTSE C. TSX D. Hang Seng E. None of the above year-end. What was Growth Fund's Net Asset Value? B. $25.24 C. $19.62 D. $26.01 E. $21.56 13. You purchased a share of stock for $30. One year later you received $1.50 as dividend and sold the share for $32.25. What was your holding period returni? A. 12.5% 14, An investment provides a 2.1% return quarterly, its effective annual rate is B. 12.0% C. 13.6% D. 11.8% E. none of the above B. 8.4%. C. 8.56% D. 8.67% E. none of the above 15, lf a portfolio had a return of 15%, the risk free asset return was 5%, and the standard deviation of the portfolio's excess returns was 30%, the Sharpe measure would be- A. 0.20 B. 0.35 C.0.45 D. 0.33 E. 0.25 16. The Capital Allocation Line can be described as the A. investment opportunity set formed with a risky asset and a risk-free asset B. investment opportunity set formed with two risky assets. C. line on which lie all portfolios that offer the same utility to a particular investor. D. line on which lie all portfolios with the same expected rate of return and different standard deviations. E. none of the above. 17. In the mean-standard deviation graph, the line that connects the risk-free rate and the optimal risky portfolio, P, is called A. the Security Market Line C. the Indifference Curve 18. Other things equal, diversification is most effective when B. the Capital Allocation Line E. none of the above D. the investor's utility line A. securities' returns are uncorrelated. B. securities' returns are positively correlated. C securities' returns are high. D. securities' returns are negatively correlated. E. B and C.