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FIN 402 Final Exam Guide FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com FIN 402 Investment
Fundamentals and Portfolio Management Final Exam
Guide True/False 1.___ ___ The balance sheet
shows what assets the firm controls at a point in
time and how it financed the assets.
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are capital market
instruments? How are they used? Which is most
important? Explain your answer.
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What is an asset class?
How are asset classes selected? What factors
affect the selection?
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FIN 402 Week 1 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What is a derivative?
What are the different types of derivatives? How
do businesses use derivatives to mitigate risks?
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com The Problem Set
is provided to you to enable you to practice the
concepts outlined in the textbook. Select THREE
completed problems from the assignment and post
your solutions to those problems. 1. Creating
prices for securities and allowing for liquidity
are functions
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FIN 402 Week 1 Individual Weekly Question FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com Submit
your Weekly Questions, with original questions,
in a Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show
your work to earn full credit. Do not use
Investopedia, About.com, Wikipedia, or other
generic internet websites as sources. Use
credible sources only. Also, do not use quotes in
lieu of a response in your own words.
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to stockholders? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are liquidity
ratios? Why are they important? How may an
investor use liquidity ratios when making
investment decisions?
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FIN 402 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are different
ratio categories? Which category is most
important to bondholders? Why? Which category is
most important to stockholders? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Portfolio
Selection Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com Resources Electronic
Reserve Readings, Internet, University
Library Select one publicly traded bond. Select
five organizations from the following list. These
organizations represent the stocks that comprise
your portfolio. Cisco Systems, Inc.
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com The Problem Set
is provided to you to enable you to practice the
concepts outlined in the textbook. Select THREE
completed problems from the assignment and post
your solutions to those problems. In your
solutions, provide an explanation as to why you
choose the answer. 1. If RF 6 percent, b
1.3, and the ERP 6.5 percent, compute Ke(the
required rate of return)
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FIN 402 Week 2 Weekly Question FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com 1. (2 point)
Calculate the expected return of the following
stocks using CAPM. You can use internet websites
to get Beta figures, such as Yahoo! Finance,
Google Finance, MSN Money, Marketwatch, etc. Use
4 as the risk free rate and 6 as the risk
premium.
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What is the difference
between systematic and unsystematic risk? How is
the beta coefficient used to assess risk? Is it
better to maximize return or minimize risk? Why?
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What is the
relationship between inflation and interest
rates? How does this relationship affect asset
prices? How does the unemployment rate affect
interest rates?
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FIN 402 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What factors must be
taken into consideration when creating an
investment portfolio? How must a portfolios
components be weighted?
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FIN 402 Week 3 Individual Assignment CAPM Web
Exercise FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.
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Web Exercise ResourceFundamentals of Investment
Management Prepare a response to the following
assignment
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com The Problem Set
is provided to you to enable you to practice the
concepts outlined in the textbook. Select THREE
completed problems from the assignment and post
your solutions to those problems. In your
solutions, provide an explanation as to why you
choose the answer. 1. Which of the following are
assumptions of the simple CAPM model?
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FIN 402 Week 3 Weekly Question FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com Submit your Weekly
Questions, with original questions, in a
Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show your
work to earn full credit. 1. (2 point) Use
the expected return and Beta calculated in Week 2
Homework Questions 1 for the stocks listed PG,
Microsoft, Macys, JP Morgan Chase and Southern
Company. You will make three portfolios
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are examples of
active and passive portfolio management
techniques? Why would a portfolio manager pursue
active instead of passive techniques?
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com Does international
diversification enhance risk reduction? Why or
why not? What measures may be taken to reduce
risks of international portfolio investing?
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FIN 402 Week 4 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are unique risks
associated with foreign investments? How might an
investor protect his or her portfolio against
such risks? Is it possible to protect a portfolio
from all risk?
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FIN 402 Week 4 Individual Assignment Risk and
Return Tradeoff Memo (2 Papers) FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com FIN 402 Week 4
Individual Assignment Risk and Return Tradeoff
Memo Resources Constructing and Managing a
Portfolio Simulation, Electronic Reserve
Readings, University Library Complete the
Constructing and Managing a Portfolio simulation
on the student website.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper (Portfolio Risk Analysis)
FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com FIN
402 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Risk and
Return Analysis Paper Complete the following
activities
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com The Problem Set
is provided to you to enable you to practice the
concepts outlined in the textbook. Select THREE
completed problems from the assignment and post
your solutions to those problems. 1. The weak
form of the EMH states that ________ must be
reflected in the current stock price.
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FIN 402 Week 4 Weekly Question FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com 1. (2 point) Go to
Morningstar.com. Find the listed mutual funds
profiles on the website. Under Ratings Risk,
find and submit the Sharpe Ratio for each fund.
Then discuss, using the ratio, which fund you
believe provides a better investment.
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are different
types of alternative investment vehicles? Which
is preferable? What factors could affect the
choice of such a vehicle?
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What is an individual
retirement account? Is it important to have an
individual retirement account?
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FIN 402 Week 5 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com What are derivatives?
How may they be used to manage a portfolio?
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FIN 402 Week 5 Individual Assignment Investment
Enhancement Paper FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.fin402guide.com Prepare a 1,050- to
1,750-word paper in which you address the
following Analyze effects of international
portfolio diversification on an investment
portfolio. Examine alternative investment
vehicles.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Problem Set FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com 1. You purchase
one IBM July 125 call contract for a premium of
5. You hold the option until the expiration date
when IBM stock sells for 123 per share. You will
realize a ______ on the investment.
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FIN 402 Week 5 Weekly Questions FOR MORE
CLASSES VISIT www.fin402guide.com Submit your
Weekly Questions, with original questions, in a
Microsoft Word or text file. Be sure to show your
work to earn full credit. Do not use
Investopedia, About.com, Wikipedia, or other
generic internet websites as sources. Use
credible sources only. Also, do not use quotes in
lieu of a response in your own words.
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