投资学10版习题答案24

投资学习题+答案一、单选题（共30题，每题1分，共30分）1、若提高一只债券的初始到期收益率,其他因素不变,该债券的久期( )。

A、变小B、无法判断C、变大D、不变正确答案：A2、以下说法不正确的是( )。

A、价格高开低收产生阴K线B、光头阳K线说明以当日最高价收盘C、价格低开高收产生阳K线D、今日价格高于前日价格必定是阳K线正确答案：D3、在周期天数少的移动平均线从下向上突破周期天数较多的移动平均线时,为股票的( )。

A、卖出信号B、买入信号C、等待信号D、持有信号正确答案：B4、合格的境内机构投资者的英文简称为( )。

A、QFIIB、QDIIC、RQFIID、RQDII正确答案：B5、有四种面值均为100元的债券,投资者预期未来市场利率会下降,应该买入( )。

债券名称到期期限票面利率甲 10年 6%乙 8年 5%丙 8年 6%丁 10年 5%A、乙B、丙C、甲D、丁正确答案：D6、投资与投机事实上在追求( )目标上是一致的。

A、风险B、处理风险的态度上C、投资收益D、组织结构上正确答案：C7、除权的原因不包括( )。

A、发放红股B、配股C、对外进行重大投资D、资本公积金转增股票正确答案：C8、一个股票看跌期权卖方承受的最大损失是( )。

A、执行价格减去看跌期权价格B、执行价格C、股价减去看跌期权价格D、看跌期权价格正确答案：A9、某项投资不融资时获得的收益率是20%,如果融资保证金比例为80%,则投资人融资时在该项投资上最高可以获得的收益率是( )。

A、28%B、40%C、58%D、45%正确答案：D10、股票看涨期权卖方承受的最大损失可能是( )。

A、无限大B、执行价格减去看涨期权价格C、看涨期权价格D、执行价格正确答案：A11、下面哪一种形态是股价反转向上的形态( )。

A、头肩顶B、三重顶C、双底D、双顶正确答案：C12、下列关于证券投资的风险与收益的描述中,错误的是( )。

A、在证券投资中,收益和风险形影相随,收益以风险为代价,风险用收益来补偿B、风险和收益的本质联系可以用公式表述为:预期收益率=无风险利率+风险补偿C、美国一般将联邦政府发行的短期国库券视为无风险证券,把短期国库券利率视为无风险利率D、在通货膨胀严重的情况下,债券的票面利率会提高或是会发行浮动利率债券,这种情况是对利率风险的补偿正确答案：D13、若提高一只债券的票面利率,其他因素不变,该债券的久期( )。

投资学（博迪）第10版课后习题答...CHAPTER 10: ARBITRAGE PRICING THEORY ANDMULTIFACTOR MODELS OF RISK AND RETURN PROBLEM SETS1. The revised estimate of the expected rate of return on the stock would be the oldestimate plus the sum of the products of the unexpected change in each factor times the respective sensitivity coefficient: Revised estimate = 12% + [(1 × 2%) + (0.5 × 3%)] = 15.5%Note that the IP estimate is computed as: 1 × (5% - 3%), and the IR estimate iscomputed as: 0.5 × (8% - 5%).2. The APT factors must correlate with major sources of uncertainty, i.e., sources ofuncertainty that are of concern to many investors. Researchers should investigatefactors that correlate with uncertainty in consumption and investment opportunities.GDP, the inflation rate, and interest rates are among the factors that can be expected to determine risk premiums. In particular, industrial production (IP) is a goodindicator of changes in the business cycle. Thus, IP is a candidate for a factor that is highly correlated with uncertainties that have to do with investment andconsumption opportunities in the economy.3. Any pattern of returns can be explained if we are free to choose an indefinitelylarge number of explanatory factors. If a theory of asset pricing is to have value, itmust explain returns using a reasonably limited number of explanatory variables(i.e., systematic factors such as unemployment levels, GDP, and oil prices).4. Equation 10.11 applies here:E(r p) = r f + βP1 [E(r1 ) ?r f ] + βP2 [E(r2 ) – r f]We need to find the risk premium (RP) for each of the two factors:RP1 = [E(r1 ) ?r f] and RP2 = [E(r2 ) ?r f]In order to do so, we solve the following system of two equations with two unknowns: .31 = .06 + (1.5 ×RP1 ) + (2.0 ×RP2 ).27 = .06 + (2.2 ×RP1 ) + [(–0.2) ×RP2 ]The solution to this set of equations isRP1 = 10% and RP2 = 5%Thus, the expected return-beta relationship isE(r P) = 6% + (βP1× 10%) + (βP2× 5%)5. The expected return for portfolio F equals the risk-free rate since its beta equals 0.For portfolio A, the ratio of risk premium to beta is (12 ?6)/1.2 = 5For portfolio E, the ratio is lower at (8 – 6)/0.6 = 3.33This implies that an arbitrage opportunity exists. For instance, you can create aportfolio G with beta equal to 0.6 (the same as E’s) by combining portfolio A and portfolio F in equal weights. The expected return and beta for portfolio G are then: E(r G) = (0.5 × 12%) + (0.5 × 6%) = 9%βG = (0.5 × 1.2) + (0.5 × 0%) = 0.6Comparing portfolio G to portfolio E, G has the same betaand higher return.Therefore, an arbitrage opportunity exists by buying portfolio G and selling anequal amount of portfolio E. The profit for this arbitrage will ber G –r E =[9% + (0.6 ×F)] ?[8% + (0.6 ×F)] = 1%That is, 1% of the funds (long or short) in each portfolio.6. Substituting the portfolio returns and betas in the expected return-beta relationship,we obtain two equations with two unknowns, the risk-free rate (r f) and the factor risk premium (RP):12% = r f + (1.2 ×RP)9% = r f + (0.8 ×RP)Solving these equations, we obtainr f = 3% and RP = 7.5%7. a. Shorting an equally weighted portfolio of the ten negative-alpha stocks andinvesting the proceeds in an equally-weighted portfolio of the 10 positive-alpha stocks eliminates the market exposure and creates a zero-investmentportfolio. Denoting the systematic market factor as R M, the expected dollarreturn is (noting that the expectation of nonsystematic risk, e, is zero):$1,000,000 × [0.02 + (1.0 ×R M)] ? $1,000,000 × [(–0.02) + (1.0 ×R M)]= $1,000,000 × 0.04 = $40,000The sensitivity of the payoff of this portfolio to the market factor is zerobecause the exposures of the positive alpha and negative alpha stocks cancelout. (Notice that the terms involving R M sum to zero.) Thus, the systematiccomponent of total risk is also zero. The variance of the analyst’s profit is notzero, however, since this portfolio is not well diversified.For n = 20 stocks (i.e., long 10 stocks and short 10 stocks) the investor willhave a $100,000 position (either long or short) in each stock. Net marketexposure is zero, but firm-specific risk has not been fully diversified. Thevariance of dollar returns from the positions in the 20 stocks is20 × [(100,000 × 0.30)2] = 18,000,000,000The standard deviation of dollar returns is $134,164.b. If n = 50 stocks (25 stocks long and 25 stocks short), the investor will have a$40,000 position in each stock, and the variance of dollar returns is50 × [(40,000 × 0.30)2] = 7,200,000,000The standard deviation of dollar returns is $84,853.Similarly, if n = 100 stocks (50 stocks long and 50 stocks short), the investorwill have a $20,000 position in each stock, and the variance of dollar returns is100 × [(20,000 × 0.30)2] = 3,600,000,000The standard deviation of dollar returns is $60,000.Notice that, when the number of stocks increases by a factorof 5 (i.e., from 20 to 100), standard deviation decreases by a factor of 5= 2.23607 (from$134,164 to $60,000).8. a. )(σσβσ2222e M +=88125)208.0(σ2222=+×=A50010)200.1(σ2222=+×=B97620)202.1(σ2222=+×=Cb. If there are an infinite number of assets with identical characteristics, then awell-diversified portfolio of each type will have only systematic risk since thenonsystematic risk will approach zero with large n. Each variance is simply β2 × market variance:222Well-diversified σ256Well-diversified σ400Well-diversified σ576A B C;;;The mean will equal that of the individual (identical) stocks.c. There is no arbitrage opportunity because the well-diversified portfolios allplot on the security market line (SML). Because they are fairly priced, there isno arbitrage.9. a. A long position in a portfolio (P) composed of portfoliosA andB will offer anexpected return-beta trade-off lying on a straight linebetween points A and B.Therefore, we can choose weights such that βP = βC but with expected returnhigher than that of portfolio C. Hence, combining P with a short position in Cwill create an arbitrage portfolio with zero investment, zero beta, and positiverate of return.b. The argument in part (a) leads to the proposition that the coefficient of β2must be zero in order to preclude arbitrage opportunities.10. a. E(r) = 6% + (1.2 × 6%) + (0.5 × 8%) + (0.3 × 3%) = 18.1%b.Surprises in the macroeconomic factors will result in surprises in the return ofthe stock:Unexpected return from macro factors =[1.2 × (4% –5%)] + [0.5 × (6% –3%)] + [0.3 × (0% – 2%)] = –0.3%E(r) =18.1% ? 0.3% = 17.8%11. The APT required (i.e., equilibrium) rate of return on the stock based on r f and thefactor betas isRequired E(r) = 6% + (1 × 6%) + (0.5 × 2%) + (0.75 × 4%) = 16% According to the equation for the return on the stock, the actually expected return on the stock is 15% (because the expected surprises on all factors are zero bydefinition). Because the actually expected return based on risk is less than theequilibrium return, we conclude that the stock is overpriced.12. The first two factors seem promising with respect to thelikely impact on the firm’scost of capital. Both are macro factors that would elicit hedging demands acrossbroad sectors of investors. The third factor, while important to Pork Products, is a poor choice for a multifactor SML because the price of hogs is of minor importance to most investors and is therefore highly unlikely to be a priced risk factor. Better choices would focus on variables that investors in aggregate might find moreimportant to their welfare. Examples include: inflation uncertainty, short-terminterest-rate risk, energy price risk, or exchange rate risk. The important point here is that, in specifying a multifactor SML, we not confuse risk factors that are important toa particular investor with factors that are important to investors in general; only the latter are likely to command a risk premium in the capital markets.13. The formula is ()0.04 1.250.08 1.50.02.1717%E r =+×+×==14. If 4%f r = and based on the sensitivities to real GDP (0.75) and inflation (1.25),McCracken would calculate the expected return for the Orb Large Cap Fund to be:()0.040.750.08 1.250.02.040.0858.5% above the risk free rate E r =+×+×=+=Therefore, Kwon’s fundamental analysis estimate is congruent with McCr acken’sAPT estimate. If we assume that both Kwon and McCracken’s estimates on the return of Orb’s Large Cap Fund are accurate, then no arbitrage profit is possible.15. In order to eliminate inflation, the following three equations must be solvedsimultaneously, where the GDP sensitivity will equal 1 in the first equation,inflation sensitivity will equal 0 in the second equation and the sum of the weights must equal 1 in the third equation.1.1.250.75 1.012.1.5 1.25 2.003.1wx wy wz wz wy wz wx wy wz ++=++=++=Here, x represents Orb’s High Growth Fund, y represents Large Cap Fund and z represents Utility Fund. Using algebraic manipulation will yield wx = wy = 1.6 and wz = -2.2.16. Since retirees living off a steady income would be hurt by inflation, this portfoliowould not be appropriate for them. Retirees would want a portfolio with a return positively correlated with inflation to preserve value, and less correlated with the variable growth of GDP. Thus, Stiles is wrong. McCracken is correct in that supply side macroeconomic policies are generally designed to increase output at aminimum of inflationary pressure. Increased output would mean higher GDP, which in turn would increase returns of a fund positively correlated with GDP.17. The maximum residual variance is tied to the number of securities (n ) in theportfolio because, as we increase the number of securities, we are more likely to encounter securities with larger residual variances. The starting point is todetermine the practical limit on the portfolio residualstandard deviation, σ(e P ), that still qualifies as a well-diversified portfolio. A reasonable approach is to compareσ2(e P) to the market variance, or equivalently, to compare σ(e P) to the market standard deviation. Suppose we do n ot allow σ(e P) to exceed pσM, where p is a small decimal fraction, for example, 0.05; then, the smaller the value we choose for p, the more stringent our criterion for defining how diversified a well-diversified portfolio must be.Now construct a portfolio of n securities with weights w1, w2,…,w n, so that Σw i =1. The portfolio residual variance is σ2(e P) = Σw12σ2(e i)To meet our practical definition of sufficiently diversified, we require this residual variance to be less than (pσM)2. A sure and simple way to proceed is to assume the worst, that is, assume that the residual variance of each security is the highest possible value allowed under the assumptions of the problem: σ2(e i) = nσ2MIn that case σ2(e P) = Σw i2 nσM2Now apply the constraint: Σw i2nσM2 ≤ (pσM)2This requires that: nΣw i2 ≤ p2Or, equivalently, that: Σw i2 ≤ p2/nA relatively easy way to generate a set of well-diversified portfolios is to use portfolio weights that follow a geometric progression, since the computations then become relatively straightforward. Choose w1 and a common factor q for the geometric progression such that q < 1. Therefore, the weight on each stock is a fraction q of the weight on the previous stock in the series. Then the sum of n terms is:Σw i= w1(1– q n)/(1– q) = 1or: w1 = (1– q)/(1– q n)The sum of the n squared weights is similarly obtained from w12 and a common geometric progression factor of q2. ThereforeΣw i2 = w12(1– q2n)/(1– q 2)Substituting for w1 from above, we obtainΣw i2 = [(1– q)2/(1– q n)2] × [(1– q2n)/(1– q 2)]For sufficient diversification, we choose q so that Σw i2 ≤ p2/nFor example, continue to assume that p = 0.05 and n = 1,000. If we chooseq = 0.9973, then we will satisfy the required condition. At this value for q w1 = 0.0029 and w n = 0.0029 × 0.99731,000 In this case, w1 is about 15 times w n. Despite this significant departure from equal weighting, this portfolio is nevertheless well diversified. Any value of q between0.9973 and 1.0 results in a well-diversified portfolio. As q gets closer to 1, theportfolio approaches equal weighting.18. a. Assume a single-factor economy, with a factor risk premium E M and a (large)set of well-diversified portfolios with beta βP. Suppose we create a portfolio Zby allocating the portion w to portfolio P and (1 – w) to the market portfolioM. The rate of return on portfolio Z is:R Z = (w × R P) + [(1 –w) × R M]Portfolio Z is riskless if we choose w so that βZ = 0. This requires that:βZ = (w × βP) + [(1 –w) × 1] = 0 ?w = 1/(1 –βP) and (1 – w) = –βP/(1 –βP)Substitute this value for w in the expression for R Z:R Z = {[1/(1 –βP)] × R P} –{[βP/(1 –βP)] × R M}Since βZ = 0, then, in order to avoid arbitrage, R Z must be zero.This implies that: R P = βP × R MTaking expectations we have:E P = βP × E MThis is the SML for well-diversified portfolios.b. The same argument can be used to show that, in a three-factor model withfactor risk premiums E M, E1 and E2, in order to avoid arbitrage, we must have:E P = (βPM × E M) + (βP1 × E1) + (βP2 × E2)This is the SML for a three-factor economy.19. a. The Fama-French (FF) three-factor model holds that one of the factors drivingreturns is firm size. An index with returns highly correlated with firm size (i.e.,firm capitalization) that captures this factor is SMB (small minus big), thereturn for a portfolio of small stocks in excess of the return for a portfolio oflarge stocks. The returns for a small firm will be positively correlated withSMB. Moreover, the smaller the firm, the greater its residual from the othertwo factors, the market portfolio and the HML portfolio, which is the returnfor a portfolio of high book-to-market stocks in excess of the return for aportfolio of low book-to-market stocks. Hence, the ratio of the variance of thisresidual to the variance of the return on SMB will be larger and, together withthe higher correlation, results in a high beta on the SMB factor.b.This question appears to point to a flaw in the FF model. The model predictsthat firm size affects average returns so that, if two firms merge into a largerfirm, then the FF model predicts lower average returns for the merged firm.However, there seems to be no reason for the merged firm to underperformthe returns of the component companies, assuming that the component firmswere unrelated and that they will now be operated independently. We mighttherefore expect that the performance of the merged firm would be the sameas the performance of a portfolio of the originally independent firms, but theFF model predicts that the increased firm size will result in lower averagereturns. Therefore, the question revolves around the behavior of returns for aportfolio of small firms, compared to the return for larger firms that resultfrom merging those small firms into larger ones. Had past mergers of smallfirms into larger firms resulted, on average, in no change in the resultantlarger firms’ stock return characteristics (compared to the portfolio of stocksof the merged firms), the size factor in the FF model would have failed.Perhaps the reason the size factor seems to help explain stock returns is that,when small firms become large, the characteristics of their fortunes (andhence their stock returns) change in a significant way. Put differently, stocksof large firms that result from a merger of smaller firms appear empirically tobehave differently from portfolios of the smaller component firms.Specifically, the FF model predicts that the large firm will have a smaller riskpremium. Notice that this development is not necessarily a bad thing for thestockholders of the smaller firms that merge. The lower risk premium may bedue, in part, to the increase in value of the larger firm relative to the mergedfirms.CFA PROBLEMS1. a. This statement is incorrect. The CAPM requires a mean-variance efficientmarket portfolio, but APT does not.b.This statement is incorrect. The CAPM assumes normallydistributed securityreturns, but APT does not.c. This statement is correct.2. b. Since portfolio X has β = 1.0, then X is the market portfolio and E(R M) =16%.Using E(R M ) = 16% and r f = 8%, the expected return for portfolio Y is notconsistent.3. d.4. c.5. d.6. c. Investors will take on as large a position as possible only if the mispricingopportunity is an arbitrage. Otherwise, considerations of risk anddiversification will limit the position they attempt to take in the mispricedsecurity.7. d.8. d.。

CHAPTER 7: OPTIMAL RISKY PORTFOLIOSPROBLEM SETS1. (a) and (e). Short-term rates and labor issues are factors thatare common to all firms and therefore must be considered as market risk factors. The remaining three factors are unique to this corporation and are not a part of market risk.2. (a) and (c). After real estate is added to the portfolio, there arefour asset classes in the portfolio: stocks, bonds, cash, and real estate. Portfolio variance now includes a variance term for real estate returns and a covariance term for real estate returns with returns for each of the other three asset classes. Therefore,portfolio risk is affected by the variance (or standard deviation) of real estate returns and the correlation between real estatereturns and returns for each of the other asset classes. (Note that the correlation between real estate returns and returns for cash is most likely zero.)3. (a) Answer (a) is valid because it provides the definition of theminimum variance portfolio.4. The parameters of the opportunity set are:E (r S ) = 20%, E (r B ) = 12%, σS = 30%, σB = 15%, ρ =From the standard deviations and the correlation coefficient we generate the covariance matrix [note that (,)S B S B Cov r r ρσσ=⨯⨯]: Bonds Stocks Bonds 225 45 Stocks 45 900The minimum-variance portfolio is computed as follows:w Min (S ) =1739.0)452(22590045225)(Cov 2)(Cov 222=⨯-+-=-+-B S B S B S B ,r r ,r r σσσ w Min (B ) = 1 =The minimum variance portfolio mean and standard deviation are:E (r Min ) = × .20) + × .12) = .1339 = %σMin = 2/12222)],(Cov 2[B S B S B B S Sr r w w w w ++σσ = [ 900) + 225) + (2 45)]1/2= %5.Proportion in Stock Fund Proportionin Bond Fund ExpectedReturnStandard Deviation% % % %minimumtangencyGraph shown below.0.005.0010.0015.0020.0025.000.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00Tangency PortfolioMinimum Variance PortfolioEfficient frontier of risky assetsCMLINVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY SETr f = 8.006. The above graph indicates that the optimal portfolio is thetangency portfolio with expected return approximately % andstandard deviation approximately %.7. The proportion of the optimal risky portfolio invested in the stockfund is given by:222[()][()](,)[()][()][()()](,)S f B B f S B S S f B B f SS f B f S B E r r E r r Cov r r w E r r E r r E r r E r r Cov r r σσσ-⨯--⨯=-⨯+-⨯--+-⨯[(.20.08)225][(.12.08)45]0.4516[(.20.08)225][(.12.08)900][(.20.08.12.08)45]-⨯--⨯==-⨯+-⨯--+-⨯10.45160.5484B w =-=The mean and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio are:E (r P ) = × .20) + × .12) = .1561 = % σp = [ 900) +225) + (2× 45)]1/2= %8. The reward-to-volatility ratio of the optimal CAL is:().1561.080.4601.1654p fpE r r σ--==9. a. If you require that your portfolio yield an expected return of14%, then you can find the corresponding standard deviation from the optimal CAL. The equation for this CAL is:()().080.4601p fC f C C PE r r E r r σσσ-=+=+If E (r C ) is equal to 14%, then the standard deviation of the portfolio is %.b. To find the proportion invested in the T-bill fund, rememberthat the mean of the complete portfolio ., 14%) is an average of the T-bill rate and the optimal combination of stocks and bonds (P ). Let y be the proportion invested in the portfolio P . The mean of any portfolio along the optimal CAL is:()(1)()[()].08(.1561.08)C f P f P f E r y r y E r r y E r r y =-⨯+⨯=+⨯-=+⨯-Setting E (r C ) = 14% we find: y = and (1 − y ) = (the proportion invested in the T-bill fund).To find the proportions invested in each of the funds, multiply times the respective proportions of stocks and bonds in the optimal risky portfolio:Proportion of stocks in complete portfolio = =Proportion of bonds in complete portfolio = =10. Using only the stock and bond funds to achieve a portfolio expectedreturn of 14%, we must find the appropriate proportion in the stock fund (w S) and the appropriate proportion in the bond fund (w B = 1 −w S) as follows:= × w S + × (1 −w S) = + × w S w S =So the proportions are 25% invested in the stock fund and 75% inthe bond fund. The standard deviation of this portfolio will be:σP = [ 900) + 225) + (2 45)]1/2 = %This is considerably greater than the standard deviation of %achieved using T-bills and the optimal portfolio.11. a.Even though it seems that gold is dominated by stocks, gold mightstill be an attractive asset to hold as a part of a portfolio. Ifthe correlation between gold and stocks is sufficiently low, goldwill be held as a component in a portfolio, specifically, theoptimal tangency portfolio.b.If the correlation between gold and stocks equals +1, then no onewould hold gold. The optimal CAL would be composed of bills andstocks only. Since the set of risk/return combinations of stocksand gold would plot as a straight line with a negative slope (seethe following graph), these combinations would be dominated bythe stock portfolio. Of course, this situation could not persist.If no one desired gold, its price would fall and its expectedrate of return would increase until it became sufficientlyattractive to include in a portfolio.12. Since Stock A and Stock B are perfectly negatively correlated, arisk-free portfolio can be created and the rate of return for thisportfolio, in equilibrium, will be the risk-free rate. To find theproportions of this portfolio [with the proportion w A invested inStock A and w B = (1 –w A) invested in Stock B], set the standarddeviation equal to zero. With perfect negative correlation, theportfolio standard deviation is:σP = Absolute value [w AσA w BσB]0 = 5 × w A− [10 (1 –w A)] w A =The expected rate of return for this risk-free portfolio is:E(r) = × 10) + × 15) = %Therefore, the risk-free rate is: %13. False. If the borrowing and lending rates are not identical, then,depending on the tastes of the individuals (that is, the shape oftheir indifference curves), borrowers and lenders could havedifferent optimal risky portfolios.14. False. The portfolio standard deviation equals the weighted averageof the component-asset standard deviations only in the special case that all assets are perfectly positively correlated. Otherwise, as the formula for portfolio standard deviation shows, the portfoliostandard deviation is less than the weighted average of thecomponent-asset standard deviations. The portfolio variance is aweighted sum of the elements in the covariance matrix, with theproducts of the portfolio proportions as weights.15. The probability distribution is:Probability Rate ofReturn100%−50Mean = [ × 100%] + [ × (-50%)] = 55%Variance = [ × (100 − 55)2] + [ × (-50 − 55)2] = 4725Standard deviation = 47251/2 = %16. σP = 30 = y× σ = 40 × y y =E(r P) = 12 + (30 − 12) = %17. The correct choice is (c). Intuitively, we note that since allstocks have the same expected rate of return and standard deviation, we choose the stock that will result in lowest risk. This is thestock that has the lowest correlation with Stock A.More formally, we note that when all stocks have the same expected rate of return, the optimal portfolio for any risk-averse investor is the global minimum variance portfolio (G). When the portfolio is restricted to Stock A and one additional stock, the objective is to find G for any pair that includes Stock A, and then select thecombination with the lowest variance. With two stocks, I and J, theformula for the weights in G is:)(1)(),(Cov 2),(Cov )(222I w J w r r r r I w Min Min J I J I J I J Min -=-+-=σσσSince all standard deviations are equal to 20%:(,)400and ()()0.5I J I J Min Min Cov r r w I w J ρσσρ====This intuitive result is an implication of a property of any efficient frontier, namely, that the covariances of the global minimum variance portfolio with all other assets on the frontier are identical and equal to its own variance. (Otherwise, additional diversification would further reduce the variance.) In this case, the standard deviation of G(I, J) reduces to:1/2()[200(1)]Min IJ G σρ=⨯+This leads to the intuitive result that the desired addition would be the stock with the lowest correlation with Stock A, which is Stock D. The optimal portfolio is equally invested in Stock A and Stock D, and the standard deviation is %.18. No, the answer to Problem 17 would not change, at least as long asinvestors are not risk lovers. Risk neutral investors would not care which portfolio they held since all portfolios have an expected return of 8%.19. Yes, the answers to Problems 17 and 18 would change. The efficientfrontier of risky assets is horizontal at 8%, so the optimal CAL runs from the risk-free rate through G. This implies risk-averse investors will just hold Treasury bills.20. Rearrange the table (converting rows to columns) and compute serialcorrelation results in the following table:Nominal RatesFor example: to compute serial correlation in decade nominalreturns for large-company stocks, we set up the following twocolumns in an Excel spreadsheet. Then, use the Excel function“CORREL” to calculate the correlation for the data.Decade Previous1930s%%1940s%%1950s%%1960s%%1970s%%1980s%%1990s%%Note that each correlation is based on only seven observations, so we cannot arrive at any statistically significant conclusions.Looking at the results, however, it appears that, with theexception of large-company stocks, there is persistent serialcorrelation. (This conclusion changes when we turn to real rates in the next problem.)21. The table for real rates (using the approximation of subtracting adecade’s average inflation from the decade’s average nominalreturn) is:Real RatesSmall Company StocksLarge Company StocksLong-TermGovernmentBondsIntermed-TermGovernmentBondsTreasuryBills 1920s1930s1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990sSerialCorrelationWhile the serial correlation in decade nominal returns seems to be positive, it appears that real rates are serially uncorrelated. The decade time series (although again too short for any definitiveconclusions) suggest that real rates of return are independent from decade to decade.22. The 3-year risk premium for the S&P portfolio is, the 3-year risk premium for thehedge fund portfolio is S&P 3-year standard deviation is 0. The hedge fund 3-year standard deviation is 0. S&P Sharpe ratio is = , and the hedge fund Sharpe ratio is = .23. With a ρ = 0, the optimal asset allocation is,.With these weights,EThe resulting Sharpe ratio is = . Greta has a risk aversion of A=3, Therefore, she will investyof her wealth in this risky portfolio. The resulting investment composition will be S&P: = % and Hedge: = %. The remaining 26% will be invested in the risk-free asset.24. With ρ = , the annual covariance is .25. S&P 3-year standard deviation is . The hedge fund 3-year standard deviation is . Therefore, the 3-year covariance is 0.26. With a ρ=.3, the optimal asset allocation is, .With these weights,E. The resulting Sharpe ratio is = . Notice that the higher covariance results in a poorer Sharpe ratio.Greta will investyof her wealth in this risky portfolio. The resulting investment composition will be S&P: =% and hedge: = %. The remaining % will be invested in the risk-free asset.CFA PROBLEMS1. a. Restricting the portfolio to 20 stocks, rather than 40 to 50stocks, will increase the risk of the portfolio, but it ispossible that the increase in risk will be minimal. Suppose that, for instance, the 50 stocks in a universe have the same standard deviation () and the correlations between each pair areidentical, with correlation coefficient ρ. Then, the covariance between each pair of stocks would be ρσ2, and the variance of an equally weighted portfolio would be:222ρσ1σ1σnn n P -+=The effect of the reduction in n on the second term on theright-hand side would be relatively small (since 49/50 is close to 19/20 and ρσ2 is smaller than σ2), but thedenominator of the first term would be 20 instead of 50. For example, if σ = 45% and ρ = , then the standard deviation with 50 stocks would be %, and would rise to % when only 20 stocks are held. Such an increase might be acceptable if the expected return is increased sufficiently.b. Hennessy could contain the increase in risk by making sure thathe maintains reasonable diversification among the 20 stocks that remain in his portfolio. This entails maintaining a low correlation among the remaining stocks. For example, in part (a), with ρ = , the increase in portfolio risk was minimal. As a practical matter, this means that Hennessy would have to spread his portfolio among many industries; concentrating on just a few industries would result in higher correlations among the included stocks.2. Risk reduction benefits from diversification are not a linearfunction of the number of issues in the portfolio. Rather, the incremental benefits from additional diversification are mostimportant when you are least diversified. Restricting Hennessy to 10 instead of 20 issues would increase the risk of his portfolio by a greater amount than would a reduction in the size of theportfolio from 30 to 20 stocks. In our example, restricting the number of stocks to 10 will increase the standard deviation to %. The % increase in standard deviation resulting from giving up 10 of20 stocks is greater than the % increase that results from givingup 30 of 50 stocks.3. The point is well taken because the committee should be concernedwith the volatility of the entire portfolio. Since Hennessy’sportfolio is only one of six well-diversified portfolios and issmaller than the average, the concentration in fewer issues mighthave a minimal effect on the diversification of the total fund.Hence, unleashing Hennessy to do stock picking may be advantageous.4. d. Portfolio Y cannot be efficient because it is dominated byanother portfolio. For example, Portfolio X has both higherexpected return and lower standard deviation.5. c.6. d.7. b.8. a.9. c.10. Since we do not have any information about expected returns, wefocus exclusively on reducing variability. Stocks A and C have equal standard deviations, but the correlation of Stock B with Stock C is less than that of Stock A with Stock B . Therefore, a portfoliocomposed of Stocks B and C will have lower total risk than aportfolio composed of Stocks A and B.11. Fund D represents the single best addition to complementStephenson's current portfolio, given his selection criteria. Fund D’s expected return percent) has the potential to increase theportfolio’s return somewhat. Fund D’s relatively low correlation with his current portfolio (+ indicates that Fund D will providegreater diversification benefits than any of the other alternativesexcept Fund B. The result of adding Fund D should be a portfolio with approximately the same expected return and somewhat lower volatility compared to the original portfolio.The other three funds have shortcomings in terms of expected return enhancement or volatility reduction through diversification. Fund A offers the potential for increasing the portfolio’s return but is too highly correlated to provide substantial volatility reduction benefits through diversification. Fund B provides substantial volatility reduction through diversification benefits but is expected to generate a return well below the current portfolio’s return. Fund C has the greatest potential to increase the portfolio’s return but is too highly correlated with the current portfolio to provide substantial volatility reduction benefits through diversification.12. a. Subscript OP refers to the original portfolio, ABC to thenew stock, and NP to the new portfolio.i. E(r NP) = w OP E(r OP) + w ABC E(r ABC) = + = %ii. Cov = ρOP ABC = =iii. NP = [w OP2OP2 + w ABC2ABC2 + 2 w OP w ABC(Cov OP , ABC)]1/2= [ 2 + + (2 ]1/2= % %b. Subscript OP refers to the original portfolio, GS to governmentsecurities, and NP to the new portfolio.i. E(r NP) = w OP E(r OP) + w GS E(r GS) = + = %ii. Cov = ρOP GS = 0 0 = 0iii. NP = [w OP2OP2 + w GS2GS2 + 2 w OP w GS (Cov OP , GS)]1/2= [ + 0) + (2 0)]1/2= % %c. Adding the risk-free government securities would result in alower beta for the new portfolio. The new portfolio beta will bea weighted average of the individual security betas in theportfolio; the presence of the risk-free securities would lowerthat weighted average.d. The comment is not correct. Although the respective standarddeviations and expected returns for the two securities underconsideration are equal, the covariances between each security andthe original portfolio are unknown, making it impossible to drawthe conclusion stated. For instance, if the covariances aredifferent, selecting one security over the other may result in alower standard deviation for the portfolio as a whole. In such acase, that security would be the preferred investment, assumingall other factors are equal.e. i. Grace clearly expressed the sentiment that the risk of losswas more important to her than the opportunity for return. Usingvariance (or standard deviation) as a measure of risk in her casehas a serious limitation because standard deviation does notdistinguish between positive and negative price movements.ii. Two alternative risk measures that could be used instead ofvariance are:Range of returns, which considers the highest and lowestexpected returns in the future period, with a larger rangebeing a sign of greater variability and therefore of greaterrisk.Semivariance can be used to measure expected deviations ofreturns below the mean, or some other benchmark, such as zero.Either of these measures would potentially be superior tovariance for Grace. Range of returns would help to highlightthe full spectrum of risk she is assuming, especially thedownside portion of the range about which she is so concerned.Semivariance would also be effective, because it implicitlyassumes that the investor wants to minimize the likelihood ofreturns falling below some target rate; in Grace’s case, thetarget rate would be set at zero (to protect against negativereturns).13. a. Systematic risk refers to fluctuations in asset prices causedby macroeconomic factors that are common to all risky assets;hence systematic risk is often referred to as market risk.Examples of systematic risk factors include the business cycle,inflation, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and technologicalchanges.Firm-specific risk refers to fluctuations in asset pricescaused by factors that are independent of the market, such asindustry characteristics or firm characteristics. Examples offirm-specific risk factors include litigation, patents,management, operating cash flow changes, and financial leverage.b. Trudy should explain to the client that picking only the topfive best ideas would most likely result in the client holdinga much more risky portfolio. The total risk of a portfolio, orportfolio variance, is the combination of systematic risk andfirm-specific risk.The systematic component depends on the sensitivity of theindividual assets to market movements as measured by beta.Assuming the portfolio is well diversified, the number ofassets will not affect the systematic risk component ofportfolio variance. The portfolio beta depends on theindividual security betas and the portfolio weights of those securities.On the other hand, the components of firm-specific risk (sometimes called nonsystematic risk) are not perfectly positively correlated with each other and, as more assets are added to the portfolio, those additional assets tend to reduce portfolio risk. Hence, increasing the number of securities in a portfolio reduces firm-specific risk. For example, a patent expiration for one company would not affect the othersecurities in the portfolio. An increase in oil prices islikely to cause a drop in the price of an airline stock butwill likely result in an increase in the price of an energy stock. As the number of randomly selected securities increases, the total risk (variance) of the portfolio approaches its systematic variance.。

CHAPTER 7: OPTIMAL RISKY PORTFOLIOSPROBLEM SETS1.(a) and (e). Short-term rates and labor issues are factors that are common to all firms and therefore must be considered as market risk factors. The remaining three factors are unique to this corporation and are not a part of market risk.2.(a) and (c). After real estate is added to the portfolio, there are four asset classes in the portfolio: stocks, bonds, cash, and real estate. Portfolio variance now includes a variance term for real estate returns and a covariance term for real estate returns with returns for each of the other three asset classes. Therefore, portfolio risk is affected by the variance (or standard deviation) of real estate returns and thecorrelation between real estate returns and returns for each of the other asset classes. (Note that the correlation between real estate returns and returns for cash is most likely zero.)3.(a) Answer (a) is valid because it provides the definition of the minimum variance portfolio.4.The parameters of the opportunity set are:E (r S ) = 20%, E (r B ) = 12%, σS = 30%, σB = 15%, ρ = 0.10From the standard deviations and the correlation coefficient we generate the covariance matrix [note that ]:(,)S B S B Cov r r ρσσ=⨯⨯Bonds StocksBonds 22545Stocks45900The minimum-variance portfolio is computed as follows:w Min (S ) =1739.0)452(22590045225)(Cov 2)(Cov 222=⨯-+-=-+-B S B S B S B ,r r ,r r σσσw Min (B ) = 1 - 0.1739 = 0.8261The minimum variance portfolio mean and standard deviation are:E (r Min ) = (0.1739 × .20) + (0.8261 × .12) = .1339 = 13.39%σMin = 2/12222)],(Cov 2[B S B S B B S S r r w w w w ++σσ= [(0.17392 ⨯ 900) + (0.82612 ⨯ 225) + (2 ⨯ 0.1739 ⨯ 0.8261 ⨯ 45)]1/2= 13.92%5.Proportion in Stock Fund Proportion in Bond FundExpectedReturn Standard Deviation 0.00%100.00%12.00%15.00%17.3982.6113.3913.92minimum variance 20.0080.0013.6013.9440.0060.0015.2015.7045.1654.8415.6116.54tangency portfolio60.0040.0016.8019.5380.0020.0018.4024.48100.000.0020.0030.00Graph shown below.6.The above graph indicates that the optimal portfolio is the tangency portfolio with expected return approximately 15.6% and standard deviation approximately 16.5%.7.The proportion of the optimal risky portfolio invested in the stock fund is given by:222[()][()](,)[()][()][()()](,)S f B B f S B S S f B B f S S f B f S B E r r E r r Cov r r w E r r E r r E r r E r r Cov r r σσσ-⨯--⨯=-⨯+-⨯--+-⨯ [(.20.08)225][(.12.08)45]0.4516[(.20.08)225][(.12.08)900][(.20.08.12.08)45]-⨯--⨯==-⨯+-⨯--+-⨯10.45160.5484B w =-=The mean and standard deviation of the optimal risky portfolio are:E (r P ) = (0.4516 × .20) + (0.5484 × .12) = .1561 = 15.61% σp = [(0.45162 ⨯ 900) + (0.54842 ⨯ 225) + (2 ⨯ 0.4516 ⨯ 0.5484 × 45)]1/2= 16.54%8.The reward-to-volatility ratio of the optimal CAL is:().1561.080.4601.1654p fpE r r σ--==9.a.If you require that your portfolio yield an expected return of 14%, then you can find the corresponding standard deviation from the optimal CAL. The equation for this CAL is:()().080.4601p fC f C CPE r r E r r σσσ-=+=+If E (r C ) is equal to 14%, then the standard deviation of the portfolio is 13.04%.b.To find the proportion invested in the T-bill fund, remember that the mean of the complete portfolio (i.e., 14%) is an average of the T-bill rate and theoptimal combination of stocks and bonds (P ). Let y be the proportion invested in the portfolio P . The mean of any portfolio along the optimal CAL is:()(1)()[()].08(.1561.08)C f P f P f E r y r y E r r y E r r y =-⨯+⨯=+⨯-=+⨯-Setting E (r C ) = 14% we find: y = 0.7884 and (1 − y ) = 0.2119 (the proportion invested in the T-bill fund).To find the proportions invested in each of the funds, multiply 0.7884 times the respective proportions of stocks and bonds in the optimal risky portfolio:Proportion of stocks in complete portfolio = 0.7884 ⨯ 0.4516 = 0.3560Proportion of bonds in complete portfolio = 0.7884 ⨯ 0.5484 = 0.4323ing only the stock and bond funds to achieve a portfolio expected return of 14%, we must find the appropriate proportion in the stock fund (w S ) and the appropriate proportion in the bond fund (w B = 1 − w S ) as follows:0.14 = 0.20 × w S + 0.12 × (1 − w S ) = 0.12 + 0.08 × w S ⇒ w S = 0.25So the proportions are 25% invested in the stock fund and 75% in the bond fund. The standard deviation of this portfolio will be:σP = [(0.252 ⨯ 900) + (0.752 ⨯ 225) + (2 ⨯ 0.25 ⨯ 0.75 ⨯ 45)]1/2 = 14.13%This is considerably greater than the standard deviation of 13.04% achieved using T-bills and the optimal portfolio.11.a.Standard Deviation(%)0.005.0010.0015.0020.0025.00010203040Even though it seems that gold is dominated by stocks, gold might still be an attractive asset to hold as a part of a portfolio. If the correlation between gold and stocks is sufficiently low, gold will be held as a component in a portfolio, specifically, the optimal tangency portfolio.b.If the correlation between gold and stocks equals +1, then no one would holdgold. The optimal CAL would be composed of bills and stocks only. Since theset of risk/return combinations of stocks and gold would plot as a straight linewith a negative slope (see the following graph), these combinations would bedominated by the stock portfolio. Of course, this situation could not persist. If noone desired gold, its price would fall and its expected rate of return wouldincrease until it became sufficiently attractive to include in a portfolio.ll12.Since Stock A and Stock B are perfectly negatively correlated, a risk-free portfoliocan be created and the rate of return for this portfolio, in equilibrium, will be therisk-free rate. To find the proportions of this portfolio [with the proportion w Ainvested in Stock A and w B = (1 – w A) invested in Stock B], set the standarddeviation equal to zero. With perfect negative correlation, the portfolio standarddeviation is:σP = Absolute value [w AσA-w BσB]0 = 5 × w A− [10 ⨯ (1 – w A)] ⇒w A = 0.6667The expected rate of return for this risk-free portfolio is:E(r) = (0.6667 × 10) + (0.3333 × 15) = 11.667%Therefore, the risk-free rate is: 11.667%13.False. If the borrowing and lending rates are not identical, then, depending on the tastes of the individuals (that is, the shape of their indifference curves), borrowers and lenders could have different optimal risky portfolios.14.False. The portfolio standard deviation equals the weighted average of the component-asset standard deviations only in the special case that all assets are perfectly positively correlated. Otherwise, as the formula for portfolio standard deviation shows, the portfolio standard deviation is less than the weighted average of the component-asset standard deviations. The portfolio variance is a weighted sum of the elements in the covariance matrix, with the products of the portfolio proportions as weights.15.The probability distribution is:ProbabilityRate of Return0.7100%0.3−50Mean = [0.7 × 100%] + [0.3 × (-50%)] = 55%Variance = [0.7 × (100 − 55)2] + [0.3 × (-50 − 55)2] = 4725Standard deviation = 47251/2 = 68.74%16.σP = 30 = y × σ = 40 × y ⇒ y = 0.75E (r P ) = 12 + 0.75(30 − 12) = 25.5%17.The correct choice is (c). Intuitively, we note that since all stocks have the same expected rate of return and standard deviation, we choose the stock that will result in lowest risk. This is the stock that has the lowest correlation with Stock A.More formally, we note that when all stocks have the same expected rate of return, the optimal portfolio for any risk-averse investor is the global minimum variance portfolio (G). When the portfolio is restricted to Stock A and one additional stock, the objective is to find G for any pair that includes Stock A, and then select the combination with the lowest variance. With two stocks, I and J, the formula for the weights in G is:)(1)(),(Cov 2),(Cov )(222I w J w r r r r I w Min Min J I J I J I J Min -=-+-=σσσSince all standard deviations are equal to 20%:(,)400and ()()0.5I J I J Min Min Cov r r w I w J ρσσρ====This intuitive result is an implication of a property of any efficient frontier, namely, that the covariances of the global minimum variance portfolio with all other assets on the frontier are identical and equal to its own variance. (Otherwise, additional diversification would further reduce the variance.) In this case, the standard deviation of G(I, J) reduces to:1/2()[200(1)]Min IJ G σρ=⨯+This leads to the intuitive result that the desired addition would be the stock with the lowest correlation with Stock A, which is Stock D. The optimal portfolio is equally invested in Stock A and Stock D, and the standard deviation is 17.03%.18.No, the answer to Problem 17 would not change, at least as long as investors are not risk lovers. Risk neutral investors would not care which portfolio they held since all portfolios have an expected return of 8%.19.Yes, the answers to Problems 17 and 18 would change. The efficient frontier of risky assets is horizontal at 8%, so the optimal CAL runs from the risk-free rate through G. This implies risk-averse investors will just hold Treasury bills.20.Rearrange the table (converting rows to columns) and compute serial correlation results in the following table:Nominal RatesFor example: to compute serial correlation in decade nominal returns for large-company stocks, we set up the following two columns in an Excel spreadsheet. Then, use the Excel function “CORREL” to calculate the correlation for the data.Decade Previous 1930s -1.25%18.36%1940s 9.11%-1.25%1950s 19.41%9.11%1960s7.84%19.41%f 1970s 5.90%7.84%1980s 17.60% 5.90%1990s 18.20%17.60%Note that each correlation is based on only seven observations, so we cannot arrive at any statistically significant conclusions. Looking at the results, however, it appears that, with the exception of large-company stocks, there is persistent serial correlation. (This conclusion changes when we turn to real rates in the next problem.)21.The table for real rates (using the approximation of subtracting a decade’s average inflation from the decade’s average nominal return) is:Real RatesWhile the serial correlation in decade nominal returns seems to be positive, it appears that real rates are serially uncorrelated. The decade time series (although again too short for any definitive conclusions) suggest that real rates of return are independent from decade to decade.22. The 3-year risk premium for the S&P portfolio is, the 3-year risk premium for the hedge fund(1+.05)3‒1=0.1576 or 15.76%portfolio is S&P 3-year standard deviation is 0(1+.1)3‒1=0.3310 or 33.10%. . The hedge fund 3-year standard deviation is 0. S&P Sharpe ratio is 15.76/34.64 = 0.4550, and thehedge fund Sharpe ratio is 33.10/60.62 = 0.5460.23.With a ρ = 0, the optimal asset allocation isW S &P =,15.76×60.622‒33.10×(0×34.64×60.62)15.76×60.622+33.10×34.642‒[15.76+33.10]×(0×34.64×60.62)=0.5932.W Hedge =1‒0.5932=0.4068With these weights,ne iEσp=.59322×34.642+.40682×60.622+2×.5932×.4068×(0×=0.3210 or 32.10%The resulting Sharpe ratio is 22.81/32.10 = 0.7108. Greta has a risk aversion of A=3, Therefore, she will investyof her wealth in this risky portfolio. The resulting investment composition will be S&P: 0.7138 59.32 = 43.78% and Hedge: 0.7138 40.68 = 30.02%. The remaining 26% will be invested in the risk-free asset.24. With ρ = 0.3, the annual covariance is .25. S&P 3-year standard deviation is . The hedge fund 3-year standard deviation is . Therefore, the 3-yearcovariance is 0.26. With a ρ=.3, the optimal asset allocation isW S &P =,15.76×60.622‒33.10×(.3×34.64×60.62)15.76×60.622+33.10×34.642‒[15.76+33.10]×(.3×34.64×60.62)=0.5545.W Hedge =1‒0.5545=0.4455With these weights,Eσp=.55452×34.642+.44552×60.622+2×.5545×.4455×(.3×=0.3755 or 37.55%The resulting Sharpe ratio is 23.49/37.55 = 0.6256. Notice that the higher covariance results in a poorer Sharpe ratio. Greta will investyof her wealth in this risky portfolio. The resulting investment composition will be S&P: 0.5554 55.45 =30.79% and hedge: 0.5554 44.55= 24.74%. The remaining 44.46% will be invested in the risk-free asset.CFA PROBLEMS 1.a.Restricting the portfolio to 20 stocks, rather than 40 to 50 stocks, will increase the risk of the portfolio, but it is possible that the increase in risk will beminimal. Suppose that, for instance, the 50 stocks in a universe have the same standard deviation (σ) and the correlations between each pair are identical, with correlation coefficient ρ. Then, the covariance between each pair of stocks would be ρσ2, and the variance of an equally weighted portfolio would be:222ρσ1σ1σnn n P -+=The effect of the reduction in n on the second term on the right-hand side would be relatively small (since 49/50 is close to 19/20 and ρσ2 is smaller than σ2), but the denominator of the first term would be 20 instead of 50. For example, if σ = 45% and ρ = 0.2, then the standard deviation with 50 stocks would be 20.91%, and would rise to 22.05% when only 20 stocks are held. Such an increase might be acceptable if the expected return is increased sufficiently.b.Hennessy could contain the increase in risk by making sure that he maintains reasonable diversification among the 20 stocks that remain in his portfolio. This entails maintaining a low correlation among the remaining stocks. For example, in part (a), with ρ = 0.2, the increase in portfolio risk was minimal. As a practical matter, this means that Hennessy would have to spread hisportfolio among many industries; concentrating on just a few industries would result in higher correlations among the included stocks.2.Risk reduction benefits from diversification are not a linear function of the number of issues in the portfolio. Rather, the incremental benefits from additional diversification are most important when you are least diversified. Restricting Hennessy to 10 instead of 20 issues would increase the risk of his portfolio by a greater amount than would a reduction in the size of the portfolio from 30 to 20 stocks. In our example, restricting the number of stocks to 10 will increase the standard deviation to 23.81%. The 1.76% increase in standard deviation resulting from giving up 10 of 20 stocks is greater than the 1.14% increase that results from giving up 30 of 50 stocks.3.The point is well taken because the committee should be concerned with thevolatility of the entire portfolio. Since Hennessy’s portfolio is only one of six well-diversified portfolios and is smaller than the average, the concentration in fewer issues might have a minimal effect on the diversification of the total fund. Hence, unleashing Hennessy to do stock picking may be advantageous.4. d.Portfolio Y cannot be efficient because it is dominated by another portfolio.For example, Portfolio X has both higher expected return and lower standarddeviation.5. c.6. d.7. b.8. a.9. c.10.Since we do not have any information about expected returns, we focus exclusivelyon reducing variability. Stocks A and C have equal standard deviations, but thecorrelation of Stock B with Stock C (0.10) is less than that of Stock A with Stock B(0.90). Therefore, a portfolio composed of Stocks B and C will have lower total riskthan a portfolio composed of Stocks A and B.11.Fund D represents the single best addition to complement Stephenson's currentportfolio, given his selection criteria. Fund D’s expected return (14.0 percent) has the potential to increase the portfolio’s return somewhat. Fund D’s relatively lowcorrelation with his current portfolio (+0.65) indicates that Fund D will providegreater diversification benefits than any of the other alternatives except Fund B. The result of adding Fund D should be a portfolio with approximately the same expected return and somewhat lower volatility compared to the original portfolio.The other three funds have shortcomings in terms of expected return enhancement or volatility reduction through diversification. Fund A offers the potential forincreasing the portfolio’s return but is too highly correlated to provide substantialvolatility reduction benefits through diversification. Fund B provides substantialvolatility reduction through diversification benefits but is expected to generate areturn well below the current portfolio’s return. Fund C has the greatest potential to increase the portfolio’s return but is too highly correlated with the current portfolio to provide substantial volatility reduction benefits through diversification.12. a.Subscript OP refers to the original portfolio, ABC to the new stock, and NPto the new portfolio.i.E(r NP) = w OP E(r OP) + w ABC E(r ABC) = (0.9 ⨯ 0.67) + (0.1 ⨯ 1.25) = 0.728%ii.Cov = ρ⨯σOP⨯σABC = 0.40 ⨯ 2.37 ⨯ 2.95 = 2.7966 ≅ 2.80iii.σNP = [w OP2σOP2 + w ABC2σABC2 + 2 w OP w ABC(Cov OP , ABC)]1/2= [(0.9 2⨯ 2.372) + (0.12⨯ 2.952) + (2 ⨯ 0.9 ⨯ 0.1 ⨯ 2.80)]1/2= 2.2673% ≅ 2.27%b.Subscript OP refers to the original portfolio, GS to government securities, andNP to the new portfolio.i.E(r NP) = w OP E(r OP) + w GS E(r GS) = (0.9 ⨯ 0.67) + (0.1 ⨯ 0.42) = 0.645%ii.Cov = ρ⨯σOP⨯σGS = 0 ⨯ 2.37 ⨯ 0 = 0iii.σNP = [w OP2σOP2 + w GS2σGS2 + 2 w OP w GS (Cov OP , GS)]1/2= [(0.92⨯ 2.372) + (0.12⨯ 0) + (2 ⨯ 0.9 ⨯ 0.1 ⨯ 0)]1/2= 2.133% ≅ 2.13%c.Adding the risk-free government securities would result in a lower beta for thenew portfolio. The new portfolio beta will be a weighted average of theindividual security betas in the portfolio; the presence of the risk-free securitieswould lower that weighted average.d.The comment is not correct. Although the respective standard deviations andexpected returns for the two securities under consideration are equal, thecovariances between each security and the original portfolio are unknown, makingit impossible to draw the conclusion stated. For instance, if the covariances aredifferent, selecting one security over the other may result in a lower standarddeviation for the portfolio as a whole. In such a case, that security would be thepreferred investment, assuming all other factors are equal.e.i. Grace clearly expressed the sentiment that the risk of loss was more importantto her than the opportunity for return. Using variance (or standard deviation) as ameasure of risk in her case has a serious limitation because standard deviationdoes not distinguish between positive and negative price movements.ii. Two alternative risk measures that could be used instead of variance are:Range of returns, which considers the highest and lowest expected returns inthe future period, with a larger range being a sign of greater variability andtherefore of greater risk.Semivariance can be used to measure expected deviations of returns below themean, or some other benchmark, such as zero.Either of these measures would potentially be superior to variance for Grace.Range of returns would help to highlight the full spectrum of risk she isassuming, especially the downside portion of the range about which she is soconcerned. Semivariance would also be effective, because it implicitlyassumes that the investor wants to minimize the likelihood of returns fallingbelow some target rate; in Grace’s case, the target rate would be set at zero (toprotect against negative returns).13. a.Systematic risk refers to fluctuations in asset prices caused by macroeconomicfactors that are common to all risky assets; hence systematic risk is oftenreferred to as market risk. Examples of systematic risk factors include thebusiness cycle, inflation, monetary policy, fiscal policy, and technologicalchanges.Firm-specific risk refers to fluctuations in asset prices caused by factors thatare independent of the market, such as industry characteristics or firmcharacteristics. Examples of firm-specific risk factors include litigation,patents, management, operating cash flow changes, and financial leverage.b.Trudy should explain to the client that picking only the top five best ideaswould most likely result in the client holding a much more risky portfolio. Thetotal risk of a portfolio, or portfolio variance, is the combination of systematicrisk and firm-specific risk.The systematic component depends on the sensitivity of the individual assetsto market movements as measured by beta. Assuming the portfolio is welldiversified, the number of assets will not affect the systematic risk componentof portfolio variance. The portfolio beta depends on the individual securitybetas and the portfolio weights of those securities.On the other hand, the components of firm-specific risk (sometimes callednonsystematic risk) are not perfectly positively correlated with each other and,as more assets are added to the portfolio, those additional assets tend to reduceportfolio risk. Hence, increasing the number of securities in a portfolioreduces firm-specific risk. For example, a patent expiration for one companywould not affect the other securities in the portfolio. An increase in oil pricesis likely to cause a drop in the price of an airline stock but will likely result inan increase in the price of an energy stock. As the number of randomlyselected securities increases, the total risk (variance) of the portfolioapproaches its systematic variance.。

第三部分资本市场均衡第9章资本资产定价模型一、选择题1．如果一个股票的价值是高估的，则它应位于（）。

A．证券市场线的上方B．证券市场线的下方C．证券市场线上D．在纵轴上【答案】B【解析】证券市场线（SML）如图9-1所示，它主要用来说明投资组合报酬率与系统风险程度β系数之间的关系。

图9-1被高估的证券预期收益率低于市场收益率，因此位于证券市场线下方。

2．无风险利率和市场预期收益率分别是3.5%和10.5%。

根据资本资产定价模型，一只β值是1.63的证券的预期收益是（）。

A．10.12%B．14.91%C．16.56%D．18.79%【答案】B【解析】根据资本资产定价模型：E（r i）＝r f＋β[E（r M）－r f]＝3.5%＋1.63×（10.5%－3.5%）＝14.91%。

3．资本资产定价模型给出了精确预测（）的方法。

A．有效投资组合B．单一资产与风险资产组合期望收益率C．不同风险收益偏好下最优风险投资组合D．资产风险及其期望收益率之间的关系【答案】D【解析】根据资本资产定价模型，每一证券的期望收益率应等于无风险利率加上该证券由β系数测定的风险溢价。

4．假定一只股票定价合理，预期收益是15%，市场预期收益是10.5%，无风险利率是3.5%，这只股票的β值是（）。

A．1.36B．1.52C．1.64D．1.75【答案】C【解析】既然α值假定为零，证券的收益就等于CAPM设定的收益。

因此，将已知的数值代入CAPM，即15%＝[3.5%＋（10.5%－3.5%）β]，解得：β＝1.64。

5．根据CAPM模型，市场期望收益率和无风险收益率分别是0.12和0.06，β值为1.2的证券A的期望收益率是（）。

A．0.068B．0.12C．0.132D．0.142【答案】C【解析】根据资本资产定价模型，E（r i）＝r f＋[E（r M）－r f]βi＝0.06＋（0.12－0.06）×1.2＝0.132。

CHAPTER 14: BOND PRICES AND YIELDSPROBLEM SETS1. a. Catastrophe bond—A bond that allows the issuer to transfer“catastrophe risk” from the firm to the capital markets. Investors inthese bonds receive a compensation for taking on the risk in the form ofhigher coupon rates. In the event of a catastrophe, the bondholders willreceive only part or perhaps none of the principal payment due to themat maturity. Disaster can be defined by total insured losses or by criteriasuch as wind speed in a hurricane or Richter level in an earthquake.b. Eurobond—A bond that is denominated in one currency, usually thatof the issuer, but sold in other national markets.c. Zero-coupon bond—A bond that makes no coupon payments. Investorsreceive par value at the maturity date but receive no interest paymentsuntil then. These bonds are issued at prices below par value, and theinvestor’s return comes from the difference between issue price and thepayment of par value at maturity (capital gain).d. Samurai bond—Yen-dominated bonds sold in Japan by non-Japaneseissuers.e. Junk bond—A bond with a low credit rating due to its high default risk;also known as high-yield bonds.f. Convertible bond—A bond that gives the bondholders an option toexchange the bond for a specified number of shares of common stock ofthe firm.g. Serial bonds—Bonds issued with staggered maturity dates. As bondsmature sequentially, the principal repayment burden for the firm isspread over time.h. Equipment obligation bond—A collateralized bond for which thecollateral is equipment owned by the firm. If the firm defaults on thebond, the bondholders would receive the equipment.i. Original issue discount bond—A bond issued at a discount to the facevalue.j. Indexed bond— A bond that makes payments that are tied to ageneral price index or the price of a particular commodity.k. Callable bond—A bond that gives the issuer the option to repurchase the bond at a specified call price before the maturity date.l. Puttable bond —A bond that gives the bondholder the option to sell back the bond at a specified put price before the maturity date.2. The bond callable at 105 should sell at a lower price because the call provision is more valuable to the firm. Therefore, its yield to maturity should be higher.3.Zero coupon bonds provide no coupons to be reinvested. Therefore, the investor's proceeds from the bond are independent of the rate at which coupons could be reinvested (if they were paid). There is no reinvestment rate uncertainty with zeros.4.A bond’s coupon interest payments and principal repayment are not affected by changes in market rates. Consequently, if market ratesincrease, bond investors in the secondary markets are not willing to pay as much for a claim on a gi ven bond’s fixed interest and principalpayments as they would if market rates were lower. This relationship is apparent from the inverse relationship between interest rates and present value. An increase in the discount rate (i.e., the market rate. decreases the present value of the future cash flows. 5. Annual coupon rate: 4.80% $48 Coupon paymentsCurrent yield:$48 4.95%$970⎛⎫= ⎪⎝⎭6. a.Effective annual rate for 3-month T-bill:%0.10100.0102412.11645,97000,10044==-=-⎪⎭⎫ ⎝⎛b. Effective annual interest rate for coupon bond paying 5% semiannually:(1.05.2—1 = 0.1025 or 10.25%Therefore the coupon bond has the higher effective annual interest rate. 7.The effective annual yield on the semiannual coupon bonds is 8.16%. If the annual coupon bonds are to sell at par they must offer the same yield, which requires an annual coupon rate of 8.16%.8. The bond price will be lower. As time passes, the bond price, which isnow above par value, will approach par.9. Yield to maturity: Using a financial calculator, enter the following:n = 3; PV = -953.10; FV = 1000; PMT = 80; COMP iThis results in: YTM = 9.88%Realized compound yield: First, find the future value (FV. of reinvestedcoupons and principal:FV = ($80 * 1.10 *1.12. + ($80 * 1.12. + $1,080 = $1,268.16Then find the rate (y realized . that makes the FV of the purchase price equal to $1,268.16:$953.10 ⨯ (1 + y realized .3 = $1,268.16 ⇒y realized = 9.99% or approximately 10% Using a financial calculator, enter the following: N = 3; PV = -953.10; FV =1,268.16; PMT = 0; COMP I. Answer is 9.99%.10.a. Zero coupon 8%10% couponcouponCurrent prices $463.19 $1,000.00 $1,134.20b. Price 1 year from now $500.25 $1,000.00 $1,124.94Price increase $ 37.06 $ 0.00 − $ 9.26Coupon income $ 0.00 $ 80.00 $100.00Pretax income $ 37.06 $ 80.00 $ 90.74Pretax rate of return 8.00% 8.00% 8.00%Taxes* $ 11.12 $ 24.00 $ 28.15After-tax income $ 25.94 $ 56.00 $ 62.59After-tax rate of return 5.60% 5.60% 5.52%c. Price 1 year from now $543.93 $1,065.15 $1,195.46Price increase $ 80.74 $ 65.15 $ 61.26Coupon income $ 0.00 $ 80.00 $100.00Pretax income $ 80.74 $145.15 $161.26Pretax rate of return 17.43% 14.52% 14.22%Taxes†$ 19.86 $ 37.03 $ 42.25After-tax income $ 60.88 $108.12 $119.01After-tax rate of return 13.14% 10.81% 10.49%* In computing taxes, we assume that the 10% coupon bond was issued at par and that the decrease in price when the bond is sold at year-end is treated as a capital loss and therefore is not treated as an offset to ordinary income.† In computing taxes for the zero coupon bond, $37.06 is taxed as ordinary income (see part (b); the remainder of the price increase is taxed as a capital gain.11. a. On a financial calculator, enter the following:n = 40; FV = 1000; PV = –950; PMT = 40You will find that the yield to maturity on a semiannual basis is 4.26%.This implies a bond equivalent yield to maturity equal to: 4.26% * 2 =8.52%Effective annual yield to maturity = (1.0426)2– 1 = 0.0870 = 8.70%b. Since the bond is selling at par, the yield to maturity on a semiannualbasis is the same as the semiannual coupon rate, i.e., 4%. The bondequivalent yield to maturity is 8%.Effective annual yield to maturity = (1.04)2– 1 = 0.0816 = 8.16%c. Keeping other inputs unchanged but setting PV = –1050, we find abond equivalent yield to maturity of 7.52%, or 3.76% on a semiannualbasis.Effective annual yield to maturity = (1.0376)2– 1 = 0.0766 = 7.66%12. Since the bond payments are now made annually instead of semiannually,the bond equivalent yield to maturity is the same as the effective annual yield to maturity. [On a financial calculator, n = 20; FV = 1000; PV = –price; PMT = 80]The resulting yields for the three bonds are:Bond Price Bond Equivalent Yield= Effective Annual Yield$950 8.53%1,000 8.001,050 7.51The yields computed in this case are lower than the yields calculatedwith semiannual payments. All else equal, bonds with annual payments are less attractive to investors because more time elapses beforepayments are received. If the bond price is the same with annualpayments, then the bond's yield to maturity is lower.13.Price Maturity(years.BondEquivalentYTM$400.00 20.00 4.688% 500.00 20.00 3.526 500.00 10.00 7.177385.54 10.00 10.000 463.19 10.00 8.000 400.00 11.91 8.00014. a. The bond pays $50 every 6 months. The current price is:[$50 × Annuity factor (4%, 6)] + [$1,000 × PV factor (4%, 6)] = $1,052.42 Alternatively, PMT = $50; FV = $1,000; I = 4; N = 6. Solve for PV = $1,052.42.If the market interest rate remains 4% per half year, price six months from now is:[$50 × Annuity factor (4%, 5)] + [$1,000 × PV factor (4%, 5)] = $1,044.52Alternatively, PMT = $50; FV = $1,000; I = 4; N = 5. Solve for PV = $1,044.52.b. Rate of return $50($1,044.52$1,052.42)$50$7.904.0%$1,052.42$1,052.42+--===15.The reported bond price is: $1,001.250However, 15 days have passed since the last semiannual coupon was paid, so:Accrued interest = $35 * (15/182) = $2.885The invoice price is the reported price plus accrued interest: $1,004.1416. If the yield to maturity is greater than the current yield, then the bond offers the prospect of price appreciation as it approaches its maturity date. Therefore, the bond must be selling below par value.17. The coupon rate is less than 9%. If coupon divided by price equals 9%, and price is less than par, then price divided by par is less than 9%.18.Time Inflation in YearJust EndedPar Value Coupon Payment Principal Repayment 0 $1,000.001 2% 1,020.00 $40.80 $ 0.002 3% $1,050.60 $42.02 $ 0.00 31%$1,061.11$42.44$1,061.11The nominal rate of return and real rate of return on the bond in each year are computed as follows:Nominal rate of return = interest + price appreciationinitial priceReal rate of return = 1 + nominal return1 + inflation - 1Second YearThird YearNominal return 071196.0020,1$60.30$02.42$=+050400.060.050,1$51.10$44.42$=+Real return%0.4040.0103.1071196.1==- %0.4040.0101.1050400.1==- The real rate of return in each year is precisely the 4% real yield on the bond.19.The price schedule is as follows: Year Remaining Maturity (T).Constant Yield Value $1,000/(1.08)TImputed Interest (increase inconstant yield value)0 (now) 20 years$214.551 19 231.71 $17.162 18 250.25 18.54 19 1 925.93 201,000.0074.0720.The bond is issued at a price of $800. Therefore, its yield to maturity is: 6.8245%Therefore, using the constant yield method, we find that the price in one year (when maturity falls to 9 years) will be (at an unchanged yield. $814.60, representing an increase of $14.60. Total taxable income is: $40.00 + $14.60 = $54.6021. a. The bond sells for $1,124.72 based on the 3.5% yield to maturity .[n = 60; i = 3.5; FV = 1000; PMT = 40]Therefore, yield to call is 3.368% semiannually, 6.736% annually. [n = 10 semiannual periods; PV = –1124.72; FV = 1100; PMT = 40]b. If the call price were $1,050, we would set FV = 1,050 and redo part (a) to find that yield to call is 2.976% semiannually, 5.952% annually. With a lower call price, the yield to call is lower.c. Yield to call is 3.031% semiannually, 6.062% annually. [n = 4; PV = −1124.72; FV = 1100; PMT = 40]22. The stated yield to maturity, based on promised payments, equals 16.075%.[n = 10; PV = –900; FV = 1000; PMT = 140]Based on expected reduced coupon payments of $70 annually, theexpected yield to maturity is 8.526%.23. The bond is selling at par value. Its yield to maturity equals the couponrate, 10%. If the first-year coupon is reinvested at an interest rate of rpercent, then total proceeds at the end of the second year will be: [$100 *(1 + r)] + $1,100Therefore, realized compound yield to maturity is a function of r, as shown in the following table:8% $1,208 1208/1000 – 1 = 0.0991 = 9.91%10% $1,210 1210/1000 – 1 = 0.1000 = 10.00%12% $1,212 1212/1000 – 1 = 0.1009 = 10.09%24. April 15 is midway through the semiannual coupon period. Therefore,the invoice price will be higher than the stated ask price by an amountequal to one-half of the semiannual coupon. The ask price is 101.25percent of par, so the invoice price is:$1,012.50 + (½*$50) = $1,037.5025. Factors that might make the ABC debt more attractive to investors,therefore justifying a lower coupon rate and yield to maturity, are:i. The ABC debt is a larger issue and therefore may sell with greaterliquidity.ii. An option to extend the term from 10 years to 20 years is favorable ifinterest rates 10 years from now are lower than today’s interest rates. Incontrast, if interest rates increase, the investor can present the bond forpayment and reinvest the money for a higher return.iii. In the event of trouble, the ABC debt is a more senior claim. It hasmore underlying security in the form of a first claim against realproperty.iv. The call feature on the XYZ bonds makes the ABC bonds relativelymore attractive since ABC bonds cannot be called from the investor.v. The XYZ bond has a sinking fund requiring XYZ to retire part of theissue each year. Since most sinking funds give the firm the option toretire this amount at the lower of par or market value, the sinking fundcan be detrimental for bondholders.26. A. If an investor believes the firm’s credit prospects are poor in the nearterm and wishes to capitalize on this, the investor should buy a creditdefault swap. Although a short sale of a bond could accomplish the same objective, liquidity is often greater in the swap market than it is in theunderlying cash market. The investor could pick a swap with a maturitysimilar to the expected time horizon of the credit risk. By buying theswap, the investor would receive compensation if the bond experiencesan increase in credit risk.27. a. When credit risk increases, credit default swaps increase in valuebecause the protection they provide is more valuable. Credit defaultswaps do not provide protection against interest rate risk however.28. a. An increase in the firm’s times interest-earned ratio decreases thedefault risk of the firm→increases the bond’s price → decreases the YTM.b. An increase in the issuing firm’s debt-equity ratio increases thedefault risk of the firm → decreases the bond’s price → increases YTM.c. An increase in the issuing firm’s quick ratio increases short-runliquidity, → implying a decrease in default risk of the firm → increasesthe bond’s price → decreases YTM.29. a. The floating rate note pays a coupon that adjusts to market levels.Therefore, it will not experience dramatic price changes as marketyields fluctuate. The fixed rate note will therefore have a greater pricerange.b. Floating rate notes may not sell at par for any of several reasons:(i) The yield spread between one-year Treasury bills and othermoney market instruments of comparable maturity could be wider(or narrower. than when the bond was issued.(ii) The credit standing of the firm may have eroded (or improved.relative to Treasury securities, which have no credit risk.Therefore, the 2% premium would become insufficient to sustainthe issue at par.(iii) The coupon increases are implemented with a lag, i.e., onceevery year. During a period of changing interest rates, even thisbrief lag will be reflected in the price of the security.c. The risk of call is low. Because the bond will almost surely not sell for much above par value (given its adjustable coupon rate), it is unlikely that the bond will ever be called.d. The fixed-rate note currently sells at only 88% of the call price, so that yield to maturity is greater than the coupon rate. Call risk iscurrently low, since yields would need to fall substantially for the firm to use its option to call the bond.e. The 9% coupon notes currently have a remaining maturity of 15 years and sell at a yield to maturity of 9.9%. This is the coupon rate thatwould be needed for a newly issued 15-year maturity bond to sell at par.f. Because the floating rate note pays a variable stream of interestpayments to maturity, the effective maturity for comparative purposes with other debt securities is closer to the next coupon reset date than the final maturity date. Therefore, yield-to-maturity is anindeterminable calculation for a floating rate note, with “yield -to-recoupon date” a more meaningful measure of return.30. a. The yield to maturity on the par bond equals its coupon rate, 8.75%.All else equal, the 4% coupon bond would be more attractive because its coupon rate is far below current market yields, and its price is far below the call price. Therefore, if yields fall, capital gains on the bond will not be limited by the call price. In contrast, the 8¾% coupon bond canincrease in value to at most $1,050, offering a maximum possible gain of only 0.5%. The disadvantage of the 8¾% coupon bond, in terms ofvulnerability to being called, shows up in its higher promised yield to maturity.b. If an investor expects yields to fall substantially, the 4% bond offers a greater expected return.c. Implicit call protection is offered in the sense that any likely fallin yields would not be nearly enough to make the firm considercalling the bond. In this sense, the call feature is almost irrelevant.31. a. Initial price P 0 = $705.46 [n = 20; PMT = 50; FV = 1000; i = 8]Next year's price P 1 = $793.29 [n = 19; PMT = 50; FV = 1000; i = 7] HPR %54.191954.046.705$)46.705$29.793($50$==-+=b. Using OID tax rules, the cost basis and imputed interest under theconstant yield method are obtained by discounting bond payments at the original 8% yield and simply reducing maturity by one year at a time: Constant yield prices (compare these to actual prices to compute capital gains.: P 0 = $705.46P 1 = $711.89 ⇒ implicit interest over first year = $6.43P 2 = $718.84 ⇒ implicit interest over second year = $6.95Tax on explicit interest plus implicit interest in first year =0.40*($50 + $6.43) = $22.57Capital gain in first year = Actual price at 7% YTM —constant yield price =$793.29—$711.89 = $81.40Tax on capital gain = 0.30*$81.40 = $24.42Total taxes = $22.57 + $24.42 = $46.99c. After tax HPR =%88.121288.046.705$99.46$)46.705$29.793($50$==--+d. Value of bond after two years = $798.82 [using n = 18; i = 7%; PMT = $50; FV = $1,000]Reinvested income from the coupon interest payments = $50*1.03 + $50 = $101.50Total funds after two years = $798.82 + $101.50 = $900.32Therefore, the investment of $705.46 grows to $900.32 in two years:$705.46 (1 + r )2 = $900.32 ⇒ r = 0.1297 = 12.97%e. Coupon interest received in first year: $50.00Less: tax on coupon interest 40%: – 20.00Less: tax on imputed interest (0.40*$6.43): – 2.57Net cash flow in first year: $27.43The year-1 cash flow can be invested at an after-tax rate of:3% × (1 – 0.40) = 1.8%By year 2, this investment will grow to: $27.43 × 1.018 = $27.92In two years, sell the bond for: $798.82 [n = 18; i = 7%%; PMT =$50; FV = $1,000]Less: tax on imputed interest in second year:– 2.78 [0.40 × $6.95] Add: after-tax coupon interest received in second year: + 30.00 [$50 × (1 – 0.40)]Less: Capital gains tax on(sales price – constant yield value): – 23.99 [0.30 × (798.82 – 718.84)] Add: CF from first year's coupon (reinvested):+ 27.92 [from above]Total $829.97$705.46 (1 + r)2 = $829.97 r = 0.0847 = 8.47%CFA PROBLEMS1. a. A sinking fund provision requires the early redemption of a bond issue.The provision may be for a specific number of bonds or a percentage ofthe bond issue over a specified time period. The sinking fund can retireall or a portion of an issue over the life of the issue.b. (i) Compared to a bond without a sinking fund, the sinking fundreduces the average life of the overall issue because some of thebonds are retired prior to the stated maturity.(ii) The company will make the same total principal payments overthe life of the issue, although the timing of these payments will beaffected. The total interest payments associated with the issue willbe reduced given the early redemption of principal.c. From the investor’s point of view, the key reason for demanding asinking fund is to reduce credit risk. Default risk is reduced by theorderly retirement of the issue.2. a. (i) Current yield = Coupon/Price = $70/$960 = 0.0729 = 7.29%(ii) YTM = 3.993% semiannually, or 7.986% annual bond equivalent yield.On a financial calculator, enter: n = 10; PV = –960; FV = 1000; PMT = 35Compute the interest rate.(iii) Realized compound yield is 4.166% (semiannually), or 8.332% annualbond equivalent yield. To obtain this value, first find the future value(FV) of reinvested coupons and principal. There will be six payments of$35 each, reinvested semiannually at 3% per period. On a financialcalculator, enter:PV = 0; PMT = 35; n = 6; i = 3%. Compute: FV = 226.39Three years from now, the bond will be selling at the par value of $1,000because the yield to maturity is forecast to equal the coupon rate.Therefore, total proceeds in three years will be: $226.39 + $1,000 =$1,226.39Then find the rate (y realized. that makes the FV of the purchaseprice equal to $1,226.39:$960 × (1 + y realized.6 = $1,226.39 y realized = 4.166% (semiannual.Alternatively, PV = −$960; FV = $1,226.39; N = 6; PMT = $0. Solve for I =4.16%.b. Shortcomings of each measure:(i) Current yield does not account for capital gains or losses on bondsbought at prices other than par value. It also does not account forreinvestment income on coupon payments.(ii) Yield to maturity assumes the bond is held until maturity and that all coupon income can be reinvested at a rate equal to the yield to maturity.(iii) Realized compound yield is affected by the forecast ofreinvestment rates, holding period, and yield of the bond at the endof the investor's holding period.3. a. The maturity of each bond is 10 years, and we assume that couponsare paid semiannually. Since both bonds are selling at par value, thecurrent yield for each bond is equal to its coupon rate.If the yield declines by 1% to 5% (2.5% semiannual yield., the Sentinalbond will increase in value to $107.79 [n=20; i = 2.5%; FV = 100; PMT = 3].The price of the Colina bond will increase, but only to the call price of102. The present value of scheduled payments is greater than 102, butthe call price puts a ceiling on the actual bond price.b. If rates are expected to fall, the Sentinal bond is more attractive:since it is not subject to call, its potential capital gains are greater.If rates are expected to rise, Colina is a relatively better investment. Itshigher coupon (which presumably is compensation to investors for thecall feature of the bond. will provide a higher rate of return than theSentinal bond.c. An increase in the volatility of rates will increase the value of thefirm’s option to call back the Colina bond. If rates go down, the firm can call the bond, which puts a cap on possible capital gains. So, greatervolatility makes the option to call back the bond more valuable to theissuer. This makes the bond less attractive to the investor.4. Market conversion value = Value if converted into stock = 20.83 × $28 =$583.24Conversion premium = Bond price – Market conversion value= $775.00 – $583.24 = $191.765. a. The call feature requires the firm to offer a higher coupon (or higherpromised yield to maturity) on the bond in order to compensate theinvestor for the firm's option to call back the bond at a specified priceif interest rate falls sufficiently. Investors are willing to grant thisvaluable option to the issuer, but only for a price that reflects thepossibility that the bond will be called. That price is the higherpromised yield at which they are willing to buy the bond.b. The call feature reduces the expected life of the bond. If interestrates fall substantially so that the likelihood of a call increases,investors will treat the bond as if it will "mature" and be paid off at thecall date, not at the stated maturity date. On the other hand, if ratesrise, the bond must be paid off at the maturity date, not later. Thisasymmetry means that the expected life of the bond is less than thestated maturity.c. The advantage of a callable bond is the higher coupon (and higherpromised yield to maturity) when the bond is issued. If the bond is never called, then an investor earns a higher realized compound yield on acallable bond issued at par than a noncallable bond issued at par on the same date. The disadvantage of the callable bond is the risk of call. Ifrates fall and the bond is called, then the investor receives the call price and then has to reinvest the proceeds at interest rates that are lowerthan the yield to maturity at which the bond originally was issued. Inthis event, the firm's savings in interest payments is the investor's loss.6. a. (iii)b. (iii) The yield to maturity on the callable bond must compensatethe investor for the risk of call.Choice (i) is wrong because, although the owner of a callablebond receives a premium plus the principal in the event of a call,the interest rate at which he can reinvest will be low. The lowinterest rate that makes it profitable for the issuer to call thebond also makes it a bad deal f or the bond’s holder.Choice (ii) is wrong because a bond is more apt to be called wheninterest rates are low. Only if rates are low will there be aninterest saving for the issuer.c. (iii)d. (ii)。

第一章1. 答：交易机制指市场的交易规则和保证规则实施的技术以及规则和技术对定价机制的影响。

它的主要研究内容包括：从市场微观结构的角度去看，价格是在什么样的规则和程序中形成的，并分析交易机制对资产交易的过程和结果的影响。

2. 答：报价驱动机制与指令驱动机制的区别在于：①价格形成方式不同。

在采用做市商制度的市场上，证券的开盘价格和随后的交易价格是由做市商报出的，而指令驱动制度的开盘价与随后的交易价格都是竞价形成的。

前者从交易系统外部输入价格，后者的成交价格是在交易系统内部生成的。

②信息传递范围与速度不同。

采用做市商机制，投资者买卖指令首先报给做市商，做市商是唯一全面及时知晓买卖信息的交易商，成交量与成交价随后才会传递给整个市场。

在指令驱动机制中，买卖指令、成交量与成交价几乎同步传递给整个市场。

③交易量与价格维护机制不同。

在报价驱动机制中，做市商有义务维护交易量与交易价格。

而指令驱动机制则不存在交易量与交易价格的维护机制。

④处理大额买卖指令的能力不同。

做市商报价驱动机制能够有效处理大额买卖指令。

而在指令驱动机制中，大额买卖指令要等待交易对手的买卖盘，完成交易常常要等待较长时间。

其它交易机制还包括混合交易机制、特殊会员制度等。

3. 答：一般来说，做市商市场的流动性要高于竞价市场，即投资者在竞价市场所面临的执行风险要大于做市商市场。

但是，竞价市场的透明度要好于做市商市场，同时，做市商市场的平均交易成本要高于竞价市场。

竞价市场的优点：①透明度高。

在指令驱动制度中，买卖盘信息、成交量与成交价格信息等及时对整个市场发布，投资者几乎可以同步了解到交易信息。

透明度高，有利于投资者观察市场。

②信息传递速度快、范围广。

指令驱动制度几乎可以实现交易信息同步传递，整个市场可以同时分享交易信息，很难发生交易信息垄断。

③运行费用较低。

投资者买卖指令竞价成交，交易价格在系统内部生成，系统本身表现出自运行特征。

这种指令驱动系统，在处理大量小额交易指令方面，优越性较明显。

CHAPTER 4: MUTUAL FUNDS AND OTHER INVESTMENTCOMPANIESPROBLEM SETS1. The unit investment trust should have lower operating expenses.Because the investment trust portfolio is fixed once the trust isestablished, it does not have to pay portfolio managers toconstantly monitor and rebalance the portfolio as perceived needsor opportunities change. Because the portfolio is fixed, the unitinvestment trust also incurs virtually no trading costs.2. a. Unit investment trusts: Diversification from large-scaleinvesting, lower transaction costs associated with large-scaletrading, low management fees, predictable portfolio composition,guaranteed low portfolio turnover rate.b. Open-end mutual funds: Diversification from large-scaleinvesting, lower transaction costs associated with large-scaletrading, professional management that may be able to takeadvantage of buy or sell opportunities as they arise, recordkeeping.c. Individual stocks and bonds: No management fee; ability tocoordinate realization of capital gains or losses withinvestors’ personal tax situation s; capability of designingportfolio to investor’s specific risk and return profile.3. Open-end funds are obligated to redeem investor's shares at netasset value and thus must keep cash or cash-equivalent securitieson hand in order to meet potential redemptions. Closed-end funds do not need the cash reserves because there are no redemptions forclosed-end funds. Investors in closed-end funds sell their shareswhen they wish to cash out.4. Balanced funds keep relatively stable proportions of funds investedin each asset class. They are meant as convenient instruments toprovide participation in a range of asset classes. Life-cycle fundsare balanced funds whose asset mix generally depends on the age of the investor. Aggressive life-cycle funds, with larger investments in equities, are marketed to younger investors, while conservative life-cycle funds, with larger investments in fixed-income securities, are designed for older investors. Asset allocation funds, in contrast, may vary the proportions invested in each asset class by large amounts as predictions of relative performance across classes vary. Asset allocation funds therefore engage in more aggressive market timing.5. Unlike an open-end fund, in which underlying shares are redeemedwhen the fund is redeemed, a closed-end fund trades as a security in the market. Thus, their prices may differ from the NAV.6. Advantages of an ETF over a mutual fund:ETFs are continuously traded and can be sold or purchased on margin.There are no capital gains tax triggers when an ETF is sold(shares are just sold from one investor to another).Investors buy from brokers, thus eliminating the cost ofdirect marketing to individual small investors. This implieslower management fees.Disadvantages of an ETF over a mutual fund:Prices can depart from NAV (unlike an open-end fund).There is a broker fee when buying and selling (unlike a no-load fund).7. The offering price includes a 6% front-end load, or salescommission, meaning that every dollar paid results in only $ going toward purchase of shares. Therefore: Offering price =06.0170.10$Load 1NAV -=-= $8. NAV = Offering price (1 –Load) = $ .95 = $9. Stock Value Held by FundA $ 7,000,000B 12,000,000C 8,000,000D 15,000,000Total $42,000,000Net asset value =000,000,4000,30$000,000,42$-= $10. Value of stocks sold and replaced = $15,000,000 Turnover rate =000,000,42$000,000,15$= , or %11. a. 40.39$000,000,5000,000,3$000,000,200$NAV =-=b. Premium (or discount) = NAVNAV ice Pr - = 40.39$40.39$36$-= –, or % The fund sells at an % discount from NAV.12. 100NAV NAV Distributions $12.10$12.50$1.500.088, or 8.8%NAV $12.50-+-+==13. a. Start-of-year price: P 0 = $ × = $End-of-year price: P 1 = $ × = $Although NAV increased by $, the price of the fund decreased by $. Rate of return =100Distributions $11.25$12.24$1.500.042, or 4.2%$12.24P P P -+-+==b. An investor holding the same securities as the fund managerwould have earned a rate of return based on the increase in the NAV of the portfolio:100NAV NAV Distributions $12.10$12.00$1.500.133, or 13.3%NAV $12.00-+-+==14. a. Empirical research indicates that past performance of mutualfunds is not highly predictive of future performance,especially for better-performing funds. While there may be some tendency for the fund to be an above average performer nextyear, it is unlikely to once again be a top 10% performer.b. On the other hand, the evidence is more suggestive of atendency for poor performance to persist. This tendency isprobably related to fund costs and turnover rates. Thus if the fund is among the poorest performers, investors should beconcerned that the poor performance will persist.15. NAV 0 = $200,000,000/10,000,000 = $20Dividends per share = $2,000,000/10,000,000 = $NAV1 is based on the 8% price gain, less the 1% 12b-1 fee: NAV1 = $20 (1 – = $Rate of return =20$20 .0$20$384.21$+-= , or %16. The excess of purchases over sales must be due to new inflows intothe fund. Therefore, $400 million of stock previously held by the fund was replaced by new holdings. So turnover is: $400/$2,200 = , or %.17. Fees paid to investment managers were: $ billion = $ millionSince the total expense ratio was % and the management fee was %, we conclude that % must be for other expenses. Therefore, other administrative expenses were: $ billion = $ million.18. As an initial approximation, your return equals the return on the shares minus the total of the expense ratio and purchase costs: 12% % 4% = %.But the precise return is less than this because the 4% load is paid up front, not at the end of the year. To purchase the shares, you would have had to invest: $20,000/(1 = $20,833. The shares increase in value from $20,000 to: $20,000 = $22,160. The rate of return is: ($22,160 $20,833)/$20,833 = %.19. Assume $1,000 investmentLoaded-Up Fund Economy Fund Yearly growth (r is 6%) (1.01.0075)r +-- (.98)(1.0025)r ⨯+- t = 1 year$1, $1, t = 3 years$1, $1, t = 10 years$1, $1,20. a. $450,000,000$10,000000$1044,000,000-= b. The redemption of 1 million shares will most likely triggercapital gains taxes which will lower the remaining portfolio by an amount greater than $10,000,000 (implying a remaining total value less than $440,000,000). The outstanding shares fall to 43 million and the NAV drops to below $10.21. Suppose you have $1,000 to invest. The initial investment in ClassA shares is $940 net of the front-end load. After four years, yourportfolio will be worth:$940 4 = $1,Class B shares allow you to invest the full $1,000, but yourinvestment performance net of 12b-1 fees will be only %, and you will pay a 1% back-end load fee if you sell after four years. Your portfolio value after four years will be:$1,000 4 = $1,After paying the back-end load fee, your portfolio value will be:$1, .99 = $1,Class B shares are the better choice if your horizon is four years.With a 15-year horizon, the Class A shares will be worth:$940 15 = $3,For the Class B shares, there is no back-end load in this casesince the horizon is greater than five years. Therefore, the value of the Class B shares will be:$1,000 15 = $3,At this longer horizon, Class B shares are no longer the betterchoice. The effect of Class B's % 12b-1 fees accumulates over time and finally overwhelms the 6% load charged to Class A investors.22. a. After two years, each dollar invested in a fund with a 4% loadand a portfolio return equal to r will grow to: $ (1 + r–2.Each dollar invested in the bank CD will grow to: $1 .If the mutual fund is to be the better investment, then theportfolio return (r) must satisfy:(1 + r–2 >(1 + r–2 >(1 + r–2 >1 + r– >1 + r >Therefore: r > = %b. If you invest for six years, then the portfolio return mustsatisfy:(1 + r–6 > =(1 + r–6 >1 + r– >r > %The cutoff rate of return is lower for the six-year investment because the “fixed cost” (the one-time front-end load) is spread over a greater number of years.c. With a 12b-1 fee instead of a front-end load, the portfoliomust earn a rate of return (r ) that satisfies:1 + r – – >In this case, r must exceed % regardless of the investmenthorizon.23. The turnover rate is 50%. This means that, on average, 50% of theportfolio is sold and replaced with other securities each year. Trading costs on the sell orders are % and the buy orders toreplace those securities entail another % in trading costs. Total trading costs will reduce portfolio returns by: 2 % = %24. For the bond fund, the fraction of portfolio income given up tofees is: %0.4%6.0= , or % For the equity fund, the fraction of investment earnings given up to fees is:%0.12%6.0= , or % Fees are a much higher fraction of expected earnings for the bond fund and therefore may be a more important factor in selecting the bond fund.This may help to explain why unmanaged unit investment trusts are concentrated in the fixed income market. The advantages of unit investment trusts are low turnover, low trading costs, and low management fees. This is a more important concern to bond-market investors.25. Suppose that finishing in the top half of all portfolio managers ispurely luck, and that the probability of doing so in any year is exactly ½. Then the probability that any particular manager would finish in the top half of the sample five years in a row is (½)5 = 1/32. We would then expect to find that [350 (1/32)] = 11managers finish in the top half for each of the five consecutiveyears. This is precisely what we found. Thus, we should not conclude that the consistent performance after five years is proof of skill. We would expect to find 11 managers exhibiting precisely this level of "consistency" even if performance is due solely to luck.。

1. 厌恶风险投资者的无差异曲线，预期收益与风险水平正相关；偏好风险投资者的无差异曲线，预期收益与风险水平负相关；见P304 图10-22. 分散原理，简单的说，就是利用不同证券的价格非完全同向变动，来减少整个资产组合的风险水平。

最极端的例子是，两个证券价格变动的相关系数为-1，若按照1:1分配投资比例，则投资组合的风险为零。

3. 证券组合，是指个人或机构投资者所持有的各种有价证券的总称。

有效组合，是指按照既定收益下风险最小或既定风险下收益最大的原则建立起来的证券组合。

最佳组合，是指投资者效用达到最大值的证券组合。

从图形上看，最佳组合是无差异曲线与有效边界的切点。

另外，根据投资者厌恶风险的假设，最佳组合必定是有效组合之一。

4. 证券组合理论的假设 见P310共5条。

资本资产定价模型的假设 见P322 共10条。

资本资产定价模型的假设前提更加严格，在证券组合理论的假设基础上，加入了一些具体的条件（存在无风险资产，没有赋税没有交易成本），以及一些从微观分析上升到宏观分析所附加的假设（投资者很多，每个投资者都是价格接受者；投资者使用相同的方法和策略）。

5. 见P324 （三）允许无风险借贷下的有效边界 附图10-206. 分离定理是关于投资于融资分离的决策理论。

详见 P325 （一）分离定理 第一段。

7. 资本市场线 CML ：M fp f p M r r r r σσ−=+×证券市场线 SML ： ()i f iM M f r r r r β=+×− 2iM iM Mσβσ= 在SML 中，资产的风险已经不再用预期收益的标准差来衡量，而是用该资产与市场组合的协方差来衡量。

这是因为，风险回避的投资者都尽量通过资产的多元化来降低风险，最终使得非系统风险等于0，只剩下不可分散的系统风险，自然单个资产的风险回报就应该与它对系统风险的贡献而不是总风险成正比例，因为其中的非系统风险已经通过组合消除了。

CHAPTER 1: THE INVESTMENT ENVIRONMENT PROBLEM SETS1. While it is ultimately true that real assets determine the material well-being of aneconomy, financial innovation in the form of bundling and unbundling securitiescreates opportunities for investors to form more efficient portfolios. Bothinstitutional and individual investors can benefit when financial engineering creates new products that allow them to manage their portfolios of financial assets moreefficiently. Bundling and unbundling create financial products with new properties and sensitivities to various sources of risk that allows investors to reduce volatility by hedging particular sources of risk more efficiently.2.Securitization requires access to a large number of potential investors. To attractthese investors, the capital market needs:1. a safe system of business laws and low probability of confiscatorytaxation/regulation;2. a well-developed investment banking industry;3. a well-developed system of brokerage and financial transactions; and4.well-developed media, particularly financial reporting.These characteristics are found in (indeed make for) a well-developed financialmarket.3. Securitization leads to disintermediation; that is, securitization provides a meansfor market participants to bypass intermediaries. For example, mortgage-backedsecurities channel funds to the housing market without requiring that banks orthrift institutions make loans from their own portfolios. Securitization works welland can benefit many, but only if the market for these securities is highly liquid.As securitization progresses, however, and financial intermediaries loseopportunities, they must increase other revenue-generating activities such asproviding short-term liquidity to consumers and small business and financialservices.4. The existence of efficient capital markets and the liquid trading of financial assetsmake it easy for large firms to raise the capital needed to finance their investments in real assets. If Ford, for example, could not issue stocks or bonds to the generalpublic, it would have a far more difficult time raising capital. Contraction of thesupply of financial assets would make financing more difficult, thereby increasing the cost of capital. A higher cost of capital results in less investment and lowerreal growth.5. Even if the firm does not need to issue stock in any particular year, the stock marketis still important to the financial manager. The stock price provides importantinformation about how the market values the firm's investment projects. For example, if the stock price rises considerably, managers might conclude that the marketbelieves the firm's future prospects are bright. This might be a useful signal to thefirm to proceed with an investment such as an expansion of the firm's business.In addition, shares that can be traded in the secondary market are more attractive toinitial investors since they know that they will be able to sell their shares. This inturn makes investors more willing to buy shares in a primary offering and thusimproves the terms on which firms can raise money in the equity market.Remember that stock exchanges like those in New York, London, and Paris are theheart of capitalism, in which firms can raise capital quickly in primary marketsbecause investors know there are liquid secondary markets.6. a. No. The increase in price did not add to the productive capacity of the economy.b. Yes, the value of the equity held in these assets has increased.c. Future homeowners as a whole are worse off, since mortgage liabilities havealso increased. In addition, this housing price bubble will eventually burst andsociety as a whole (and most likely taxpayers) will suffer the damage.7. a. The bank loan is a financial liability for Lanni, and a financial asset for the bank.The cash Lanni receives is a financial asset. The new financial asset created isLanni's promissory note to repay the loan.b. Lanni transfers financial assets (cash) to the software developers. In return,Lanni receives the completed software package, which is a real asset. Nofinancial assets are created or destroyed; cash is simply transferred from one partyto another.c. Lanni exchanges the real asset (the software) for a financial asset, which is 1,500shares of Microsoft stock. If Microsoft issues new shares in order to pay Lanni,then this would represent the creation of new financial assets.d. By selling its shares in Microsoft, Lanni exchanges one financial asset (1,500shares of stock) for another ($120,000 in cash). Lanni uses the financial asset of$50,000 in cash to repay the bank and retire its promissory note. The bank mustreturn its financial asset to Lanni. The loan is "destroyed" in the transaction, since it is retired when paid off and no longer exists.8. a.AssetsLiabilities & Shareholders’ EquityCash $ 70,000 Bank loan $ 50,000 Computers 30,000 Shareholders’ equity50,000 Total $100,000 Total $100,000 Ratio of real assets to total assets = $30,000/$100,000 = 0.30b.AssetsLiabilities & Shareholders’ EquitySoftware product* $ 70,000 Bank loan $ 50,000 Computers 30,000 Shareholders’ equity50,000 Total $100,000 Total $100,000 *Valued at costRatio of real assets to total assets = $100,000/$100,000 = 1.0c.AssetsLiabilities & Shareholders’ EquityMicrosoft shares $120,000 Bank loan $ 50,000Computers 30,000 Shareholders’ equity100,000Total $150,000 Total $150,000 Ratio of real assets to total assets = $30,000/$150,000 = 0.20Conclusion: when the firm starts up and raises working capital, it is characterized bya low ratio of real assets to total assets. When it is in full production, it has a highratio of real assets to total assets. When the project "shuts down" and the firm sells it off for cash, financial assets once again replace real assets.9. For commercial banks, the ratio is: $166.1/$13,926.0 = 0.0119For nonfinancial firms, the ratio is: $15,320/$30,649 = 0.4999The difference should be expected primarily because the bulk of thebusiness of financial institutions is to make loans and the bulk of non-financial corporations is to invest in equipment, manufacturing plants, andproperty. The loans are financial assets for financial institutions, but theinvestments of non-financial corporations are real assets.10. a. Primary-market transaction in which gold certificates are being offered topublic investors for the first time by an underwriting syndicate led by JW KorthCapital.b. The certificates are derivative assets because they represent an investment inphysical gold, but each investor receives a certificate and no gold. Note thatinvestors can convert the certificate into gold during the four-year period.c. Investors who wish to hold gold without the complication, risk, and cost ofphysical storage.11. a. A fixed salary means that compensation is (at least in the short run)independent of the firm's success. This salary structure does not tie the manager’simmediate compensation to the success of the firm, so a manager might not feeltoo compelled to work hard to maximize firm value. However, the managermight view this as the safest compensation structure and therefore value it morehighly.b. A salary that is paid in the form of stock in the firm means that the manager earnsthe most when the shareholders’ wealth is maximized. Five years of vesting helpsalign the interests of the employee with the long-term performance of the firm. Thisstructure is therefore most likely to align the interests of managers and shareholders.If stock compensation is overdone, however, the manager might view it as overlyrisky since the manager’s career is already linked to the firm, and this undiversifiedexposure would be exacerbated with a large stock position in the firm.c. A profit-linked salary creates great incentives for managers to contribute to thefirm’s success. However, a manager whose salary is tied to short-term profits will be risk seeking, especially if these short-term profits determine salary or if thecompensation structure does not bear the full cost of the project’s risks. Shareholders, in contrast, bear the losses as well as the gains on the project and might be lesswilling to assume that risk.12. Even if an individual shareholder could monitor and improve managers’ performanceand thereby increase the value of the firm, the payoff would be small, since theownership share in a large corporation would be very small. For example, if you own $10,000 of Ford stock and can increase the value of the firm by 5%, a very ambitious goal, you benefit by only: 0.05 $10,000 = $500. The cost, both personal andfinancial to an individual investor, is likely to be prohibitive and would typicallyeasily exceed any accrued benefits, in this case $500.In contrast, a bank that has a multimillion-dollar loan outstanding to the firm has a big stake in making sure that the firm can repay the loan. It is clearly worthwhile for thebank to spend considerable resources to monitor the firm.13. Mutual funds accept funds from small investors and invest, on behalf of theseinvestors, in the domestic and international securities markets.Pension funds accept funds and then invest in a wide range of financial securities, on behalf of current and future retirees, thereby channeling funds from one sector of theeconomy to another.Venture capital firms pool the funds of private investors and invest in start-up firms.Banks accept deposits from customers and loan those funds to businesses or use thefunds to buy securities of large corporations.14. Treasury bills serve a purpose for investors who prefer a low-risk investment.The lower average rate of return compared to stocks is the price investors payfor predictability of investment performance and portfolio value.15. With a top-down investing style, you focus on asset allocation or the broadcomposition of the entire portfolio, which is the major determinant of overallperformance. Moreover, top-down management is the natural way to establish aportfolio with a level of risk consistent with your risk tolerance. The disadvantage ofan exclusive emphasis on top-down issues is that you may forfeit the potential highreturns that could result from identifying and concentrating in undervalued securitiesor sectors of the market.With a bottom-up investing style, you try to benefit from identifying undervaluedsecurities. The disadvantage is that investors might tend to overlook the overallcomposition of your portfolio, which may result in a nondiversified portfolio or aportfolio with a risk level inconsistent with the appropriate level of risk tolerance. Inaddition, this technique tends to require more active management, thus generatingmore transaction costs. Finally, the bottom-up analysis may be incorrect, in which case there will be a fruitlessly expended effort and money attempting to beat a simple buy-and-hold strategy.16. You should be skeptical. If the author actually knows how to achieve such returns, onemust question why the author would then be so ready to sell the secret to others.Financial markets are very competitive; one of the implications of this fact is thatriches do not come easily. High expected returns require bearing some risk, andobvious bargains are few and far between. Odds are that the only one getting rich from the book is its author.17. Financial assets provide for a means to acquire real assets as well as an expansionof these real assets. Financial assets provide a measure of liquidity to real assetsand allow for investors to more effectively reduce risk through diversification.18. Allowing traders to share in the profits increases th e traders’ willingness toassume risk. Traders will share in the upside potential directly in the form ofhigher compensation but only in the downside indirectly in the form of potentialjob loss if performance is bad enough. This scenario creates a form of agencyconflict known as moral hazard, in which the owners of the financial institutionshare in both the total profits and losses, while the traders will tend to share more of the gains than the losses.19. Answers may vary, however, students should touch on the following: increasedtransparency, regulations to promote capital adequacy by increasing the frequency of gain or loss settlement, incentives to discourage excessive risk taking, and thepromotion of more accurate and unbiased risk assessment.。