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FINA 3000 EXAM 2 CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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FINA 3000 EXAM 2 CONCEPTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

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A typical stock will have an expected return of ______ and a stand-alone risk of _____


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E(r); Standard Deviation

That's why we combine assets to reduce average risk




IRR Decision Rule


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If the IRR > Cost of Capital, we accept

,Profitability Index


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Ranks projects by efficiency: Payoff (Returned) /Resources Used

Budget: NPV + |initial cost|/ |initial cost|
Resource: NPV/# Resources Used

Increase in PI, Increase in efficiency




What does B measure?


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Regression Coefficient


How does the market portfolio return influence stock "i"'s returns




What are the limits of diversification?


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After 20-30 assets, we are fully diversified and we can't get rid of anymore
diversifiable risk.


Benchmark level of risk (diversified portfolio risk)

,What does Historical Risk and Return mean?


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That we are using ACTUAL data for our calculations




Increase in Net Income for the Firm


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Increase in Net Income, Increase in Dividends, Increase in Present Value,
and Increase in Stock Price




What is a return?


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The interest of % that we earn over a time period (typically a year or month)




Primary Market


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When an existing public company issues new shares of stock to raise
capital

, Finite Holding Periods


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In a multiple period setting, investors will seek to estimate all the cash flows
that the stock will generate.

Once an investor has estimated all the cash flows, they can then discount of
"capitalize" all the flows to arrive at their personal estimation of the present
value of the stock OR their Intrinsic value for the stock.




Fundamental Analysis


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One has to examine fundamental information on the firm's operations and
management to make an accurate estimation of the firm's earnings and
ultimately its dividends, future price, and return.




Internal Rate of Return (IRR)


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The internal rate of return sets the NPV of a project equal to zero. This gives
us a percentage return.

- Units are percents, so it's an interest rate
- Rate of return on every dollar invested
- Rate that sets NPV = 0

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