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1. I, II, III & IV I, II, III & IV

The custodian may take all of the actions listed. A custodian is prohibited from allowing the rights to expire. Therefore, the custodian must either sell or exercise the rights. The is no regulation as to the price at which the rights may be sold

2. An investor may use the dividend end discount model to calculate an approximate: Market price for the stock Market price for the stock

The dividend discount model calculates the present value of all future dividends to be paid and is used to estimate a market price for the stock.

3. An investor placed $5,000 in a growth fund 10 years ago. The account is now worth $10,000 as the market has performed well over the last few years. The investor’s annual return is: 7.2 percent 7.2 percent

Using the rule of 72 an investor can calculate the return for a portfolio. To determine the return the investors would take the number 72 and divide it by the number of years it takes the investment to double in this case 10. 72 / 10 = 7.2%&

4. An investor purchased 1000 shares of XYZ at $40 12 months ago. The investor has received four quarterly dividends of 50 cents and sells the shares at $38. The investor’s total return is: 0 percent 5 percent

The investor received a total of $2 in dividends and realized a $2 capital loss for a total return of $0 for the entire investment . The investor broke even when the dividends and capital loss are considered.

5. An investor wants to save $100,000 to purchase a second home in 5 years. He wants to make a lump sum deposit to meet this 5 year goal. To calculate his required deposit he will need to know all of the following except: Future value of $100,000 Interest rates

The investor will not need to know the future value of $100,000 as $100,000 is the amount he wants to have in the future. The investor will need to know the net present value of $100,000 based on interest rates and compounding periods.

6. One reason an investor would not use internal rate of return to analyze a potential investment in common stock is: There is no maturity date There is no maturity date

In order to calculate the internal rate of return an investor would need a price and maturity date. Common stock has no maturity date

7. The FOMC has been reducing the size of its balance sheet in line with its mandate. Which of the following will occur? I. Interest rates will increase II. The money supply will decrease III. Interest rates will decrease IV. The money supply will increase I & II I & II

AS the FOMC sells bonds to reduce the amount of bonds it is holding on its balance sheet the money supply will be reduced as the payments for the bonds are sent to the FOMC. As the money supply shrinks interest rates will rise.

8. Which of the following companies would be considered the most highly leveraged ? A regulated utility company whose has issued a significant amount of bonds to build a new power plant and has a small float of common stock A regulated utility company whose has issued a significant amount of bonds to build a new power plant and has a small float of common stock

A highly leveraged corporation is one that has borrowed a large percentage of its capital usually through the sale of bonds. When a corporation borrows money it is anticipating that it can use the borrowed funds to generate a return on the capital that is greater than the cost of that capital

9. Which of the following prescribe that lower taxes will encourage economic activity and help the economy grow resulting in a higher overall level tax collection? Supply side policy Monetary policy

Supply side economic policy believes that lower taxes will encourage economic activity and help the economy grow resulting in a higher overall level tax collection?

10. XYA a manufacturer of computer circuit boards has $50,000,000 worth of subordinated debentures outstanding. Each debenture carries an interest rate of 6.5% and has warrants attached to the debenture to purchase 5 shares of XYA at $25 per share. XYA’s stock is trading in the market place at $28 per share and the warrants are about to expire. How many new shares can XYA reasonably expect to issue? 250,000 250,000

There are 50,000 $1,000 par bonds (50,000,000 / 1000) outstanding each bond has warrants attached to purchase 5 shares of stock at $25 per share. The company would expect that all of the warrants will be exercised as the warrants are in the money and about to expire. As a result the company would expect to issue 250,000 new shares.

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