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BUS 405 Entire Course For more classes
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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
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BUS 405 Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns
Chapter 3 problem 18 For more classes
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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.
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BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Blumes Formula, Allocation,
and Selection For more classes
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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 For more
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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 For more
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1 Quiz Chapters 1-4
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BUS 405 Week 2 Assignment Abbott Laboratories
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com 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.
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BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Primary and Secondary
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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 For
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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 For more
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2 Quiz Chapters 5-8
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BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping Chapter
10 Problem 31 For more classes
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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.
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BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Forward Interest Rates For
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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 STRIP on February 15, 2011? What is
the corresponding implied forward rate? How does
your answer compare to the current yield on a
one-year STRIP?
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BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 2 Bond Prices versus Yields
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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?
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BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10 For more
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3 Quiz Chapters 9-10
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BUS 405 Week 4 Assignment Performance Metrics
Chapter 13 Problem 22 For more classes
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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
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BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Expected Returns and
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l.com 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.
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BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 2 Portfolio Weights For more
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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?
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BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13 For more
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4 Quiz Chapters 11-13
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BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 1 Hedging with Futures For
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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 For more
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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 For more classes
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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.
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