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BUS 405 Entire Course
BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Blumes Formula, Allocation,
and Selection BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Money Market
Funds BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4 BUS 405
Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns Chapter 3
problem 18 BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Primary and
Secondary Markets BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Contrarian
Investing BUS 405 Week 2 Assignment Abbott
Laboratories Problem BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters
5-8 BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Forward Interest
Rates BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 2 Bond Prices versus
Yields BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping
Chapter 10 Problem 31 BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz
Chapters 9-10
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BUS 405 Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns
Chapter 3 problem 18
Annualized Returns. Complete problem 18 in
Chapter 3 (shown below) and submit to the
instructor. Show your work to find the annualized
return for each of the listed share prices. Write
a 100 word analysis of the process to calculate
these annualized returns. Suppose you have
28,000 to invest. Youre considering
Miller-Moore Equine Enterprises (MMEE), which is
currently selling for 40 per share. You also
notice that a call option with a 40 strike price
and six months to maturity is available. The
premium is 4.00. MMEE pays no dividends. What is
your annualized return from these two investments
if, in six months, MMEE is selling for 48 per
share? What about 36 per share?
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BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Blumes Formula, Allocation,
and Selection
Blumes Formula, Allocation, and Selection. From
Chapter 1, answer Concept Question 5 What is
Blumes formula? When would you want to use it in
practice? Also, from Chapter 2, answer Concept
Question 4 What is the difference between asset
allocation and security selection? Remember to
complete all parts of the questions and support
your answers with examples from the text and
other resources. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings outside of your own thread.
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BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Money Market Funds
Money Market Funds. From Chapter 4, complete
Problem 4 The Aqua Liquid Assets Money Market
Mutual Fund has a NAV of 1 per share. During the
year, the assets held by this fund appreciated by
2.5 percent. If you had invested 50,000 in this
fund at the start of the year, how many shares
would you own at the end of the year? What will
the NAV of this fund be at the end of the year?
Why? Remember to complete all parts of the
question, show your work, and report the results
of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings outside of your own thread.
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BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4
BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4
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BUS 405 Week 2 Assignment Abbott Laboratories
Problem
Abbott Laboratories Problem. After reading the
Value Line figures and information on Abbott
Laboratories in the Questions and Problems
section of Chapter 6 (just before Problem 27),
complete Problems 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31 and
submit to your instructor. Show your calculations
and in your response to problem 31 write a 100 to
200 word defense of your position as to the value
of Abbott Laboratories stock at its current price
of 50 per share. 27. What is the sustainable
growth rate and required return for Abbott
Laboratories? Using these values, calculate the
2010 share price of Abbott Laboratories
Industries stock according to the constant
dividend growth model. 28. Using the P/E, P/CF,
and P/S ratios, estimate the 2010 share price for
Abbott Laboratories. Use the average stock price
each year to calculate the price ratios.
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BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Primary and Secondary Markets
Primary and Secondary Markets. Complete Concept
Question 1 from Chapter 5 If you were to visit
your local Chevrolet retailer, there is both a
primary and a secondary market in action.
Explain. Is the Chevy retailer a dealer or a
broker? Remember to complete all parts of the
question and support your answers with examples
from the text and other resources. Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings outside of
your own thread.
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BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Contrarian Investing
Contrarian Investing. Complete Concept Question 9
from Chapter 8 What does it mean to be a
contrarian investor? How would a contrarian
investor use technical analysis? Post your
answers to the discussion board. Remember to
complete all parts of the question and support
your answers with examples from the text and
other resources. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings outside of your own thread.
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BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8
BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8
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BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping Chapter
10 Problem 31
Bootstrapping. Complete problem 31 of Chapter 10
(shown below), and submit to your instructor.
Show your calculations and the algebraic
manipulation of the price equation for the bond.
In addition to solving the problem, write a 100
to 200 word essay on the term structure of fixed
income securities. One method used to obtain an
estimate of the term structure of interest rates
is called bootstrapping. Suppose you have a
one-year zero coupon bond with a rate of r1 and a
two-year bond with an annual coupon payment of C.
To bootstrap the two-year rate, you can set up
the following equation for the price (P) of the
coupon bond
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BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Forward Interest Rates
Forward Interest Rates. Complete Problem 16 from
the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 9
According to the pure expectations theory of
interest rates, how much do you expect to pay for
a one-year STRIPS on February 15, 2011? What is
the corresponding implied forward rate? How does
your answer compare to the current yield on a
one-year STRIPS? What does this tell you about
the relationship between implied forward rates,
the shape of the zero coupon yield curve, and
market expectations about future spot interest
rates? Remember to complete all parts of the
questions, and report the results of your
analysis. Respond to at least two of your
classmates postings outside of your own thread.
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BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 2 Bond Prices versus Yields
Bond Prices versus Yields. Complete Concept
Question 9 of Chapter 10 (a) What is the
relationship between the price of a bond and its
YTM? (b) Explain why some bonds sell at a premium
to par value, and other bonds sell at a discount.
What do you know about the relationship between
the coupon rate and the YTM for premium bonds?
What about discount bonds? For bonds selling at
par value? (c) What is the relationship between
the current yield and YTM for premium bonds? For
discount bonds? For bonds selling at par value?
Remember to complete all parts of the questions,
and report the results of your analysis. Respond
to at least two of your classmates postings
outside of your own thread.
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BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10
BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10
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BUS 405 Week 4 Assignment Performance Metrics
Chapter 13 Problem 22
Performance Metrics. Complete Problem 22 in the
Questions and Problems section of Chapter 13
(shown below). When you pick the best choice for
your portfolio, defend your decision in a 100 -
200 word essay. You have been given the following
return information for two mutual funds (Papa and
Mama), the market index, and the risk-free rate.
Year Papa Fund Mama Fund Market Risk-Free
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BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Expected Returns and Deviation
Expected Returns and Deviation. Complete Problems
1, 2, and 3 from the Questions and Problems
section of Chapter 11 (shown below). Remember to
complete all parts of the questions, and report
the results of your analysis. Respond to at least
two of your classmates postings outside of your
own thread. a. Use the following information on
states of the economy and stock returns to
calculate the expected return for Dingaling
Telephone.
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BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 2 Portfolio Weights
Portfolio Weights. Complete Problem 10 from the
Questions and Problems section of Chapter 12 A
stock has a beta of .9 and an expected return of
9 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 4
percent. a. What is the expected return on a
portfolio that is equally invested in the two
assets? b. If a portfolio of the two assets has a
beta of .5, what are the portfolio weights? c. If
a portfolio of the two assets has an expected
return of 8 percent, what is its beta? d. If a
portfolio of the two assets has a beta of 1.80,
what are the portfolio weights? How do you
interpret the weights for the two assets in this
case? Explain.
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BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13
BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13
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BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 1 Hedging with Futures
Hedging with Futures. Complete Concept Question 7
from Chapter 14 The town of South Park is
planning a bond issue in six months and Kenny,
the town treasurer, is worried that interest
rates may rise, thereby reducing the value of the
bond issue. Should Kenny buy or sell Treasury
bond futures contracts to hedge the impending
bond issue? Remember to complete all parts of the
question and support your answers with examples
from the text and other resources. Respond to at
least two of your classmates postings outside of
your own thread
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BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 2 Option Strategies
Option Strategies. Complete Concept Question 12
from Chapter 15 Recall the options strategies of
a protective put and covered call discussed in
the text. Suppose you have sold short some shares
of stock. Discuss analogous option strategies and
how you would implement them. (Hint Theyre
called protective calls and covered puts.)
Remember to complete all parts of the question
and support your answers with examples from the
text and other resources. Respond to at least two
of your classmates postings outside of your own
thread.
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BUS 405 Week 5 Final Project Construct a
well-diversified portfolio
Focus of the Final Project The student will
construct a well-diversified portfolio using an
initial investment stake of 50,000 (the
portfolio should use 95 of the fund, but they
may not use more than 50,000). The student may
include stocks, common or preferred bonds,
corporate or U.S. Treasury bonds mutual funds
and futures contract or options. The student will
use the closing prices from the first day of the
class to determine the price of each issue. Only
whole lots of any issues may be acquired, that is
no less than 100 shares of common or preferred
stock no less than 5 corporate bonds or 10,000
for U.S. Treasury Bonds no fewer than the
minimum required investment for any mutual fund
and no fewer than 5 contracts for any option or
futures position.
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