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C)conventionalfinancialtheoryshouldignorehowtheaveragepersonmakesdecisionsbecausethemarketisdrivenbyinvestorsthataremuchmoresophisticatedthantheaverageperson.
D)BandC
E)noneoftheabove
ADifficulty:
3.Someeconomistsbelievethattheanomaliesliteratureisconsistentwithinvesto'
rsand.
A)abilitytoalwaysprocessinformationcorrectlyandthereforetheyinfercorrectprobabilitydistributionsaboutfutureratesofreturn;
givenaprobabilitydistributionofreturns,theyalwaysmakeconsistentandoptimaldecisions
B)inabilitytoalwaysprocessinformationcorrectlyandthereforetheyinferincorrectprobabilitydistributionsaboutfutureratesofreturn;
C)abilitytoalwaysprocessinformationcorrectlyandthereforetheyinfercorrectprobabilitydistributionsaboutfutureratesofreturn;
givenaprobabilitydistributionofreturns,theyoftenmakeinconsistentorsuboptimaldecisions
D)inabilitytoalwaysprocessinformationcorrectlyandthereforetheyinferincorrectprobabilitydistributionsaboutfutureratesofreturn;
4.Informationprocessingerrorsconsistof
I)
forecastingerrors
II)
overconfidence
III)
conservatism
IV)
framing
A)
IandII
B)
IandIII
C)
IIIandIV
D)
IVonly
E)
I,IIandIII
EDifficulty:
Moderate
5.Forecastingerrorsarepotentiallyimportantbecause
A)researchsuggeststhatpeopleunderweightrecentinformation.
B)researchsuggeststhatpeopleoverweightrecentinformation.
C)researchsuggeststhatpeoplecorrectlyweightrecentinformation.
D)eitherAorBdependingonwhethertheinformationwasgoodorbad.
E)noneoftheabove.
6.DeBondtandThalerbelievethathighP/Eresultfrominvestors
A)earningsexpectationsthataretooextreme.
B)earningsexpectationsthatarenotextremeenough.
C)stockpriceexpectationsthataretooextreme.
D)stockpriceexpectationsthatarenotextremeenough.
7.Ifapersongivestoomuchweighttorecentinformationcomparedtopriorbeliefs,theywouldmakeerrors.
A)framing
B)selectionbias
C)overconfidence
D)conservatism
E)forecasting
8.Singlementradefarmoreoftenthanwomen.Thisisduetogreateramong
men.
B)regretavoidance
CDifficulty:
9.mayberesponsiblefortheprevalenceofactiveversuspassive
investmentsmanagement.
A)Forecastingerrors
B)Overconfidence
C)Mentalaccounting
D)Conservatism
E)Regretavoidance
10.BarberandOdean(2000)rankedportfoliosbyturnoverandreportthatthedifferenceinreturnbetweenthehighestandlowestturnoverportfoliosis7%peryear.Theyattributethisto
A)overconfidence
B)framing
C)regretavoidance
D)sampleneglect
E)alloftheabove
11.biasmeansthatinvestorsaretooslowinupdatingtheirbeliefsinresponseto
evidence.
12.Psychologistshavefoundthatpeoplewhomakedecisionsthatturnoutbadlyblamethemselvesmorewhenthatdecisionwasunconventional.Thenameforthisphenomenonis
A)regretavoidance
C)mentalaccounting
D)overconfidence
E)obnoxicity
Rationale:
Aninvestmentsexamplegiveninthetextisbuyingthestockofastart-upfirmthatshowssubsequentpoorperformance,versusbuyingbluechipstocksthatperformpoorly.Investorstendtohavemoreregretiftheychosethelessconventionalstart-upstock.DeBondtandThalersaythatsuchregrettheoryisconsistentwiththesizeeffectandthebook-to-marketeffect.
13.Anexampleofisthatapersonmayrejectaninvestmentwhenitisposedin
termsofrisksurroundingpotentialgainsbutmayacceptthesameinvestmentifitisposedintermsofrisksurroundingpotentiallosses.
14.Statman(1977)arguesthatisconsistentwithsomeinvestors'
irrational
preferenceforstockswithhighcashdividendsandwithatendencytoholdlosingpositionstoolong.
A)mentalaccounting
15.Anexampleofisthatitisnotaspainfultohavepurchasedablue-chipstock
thatdecreasesinvalue,asitistolosemoneyonanunknownstart-upfirm.
16.Arbitrageursmaybeunabletoexploitbehavioralbiasesdueto
fundamentalrisk
implementationcosts
modelrisk
V)
regretavoidance
IandIIonly
I,II,andIII
I,II,III,andV
II,III,andIV
IVandV
17.aregoodexamplesofthelimitstoarbitragebecausetheyshowthatthe
lawofonepriceisviolated.
SiameseTwinCompanies
Unittrusts
Closedendfunds
Openendfunds
Equitycarveouts
I,III,andV
V
18.wasthegrandfatheroftechnicalanalysis.
A)HarryMarkowitz
B)WilliamSharpe
C)CharlesDow
D)BenjaminGraham
CharlesDow,theoriginatoroftheDowTheory,wasthegrandfatheroftechnicalanalysis.BenjaminGrahammightbeconsideredthegrandfatheroffundamentalanalysis.HarryMarkowitzandWilliamSharpemightbeconsideredthegrandfathersofmodernportfoliotheory.
19.ThegoaloftheDowtheoryisto
A)identifyheadandshoulderpatterns.
B)identifybreakawaypoints.
C)identifyresistancelevels.
D)identifysupportlevels.
E)identifylong-termtrends.
TheDowtheoryusestheDowJonesIndustrialAverageasanindicatoroflong-termtrendsinmarketprices.
20.Along-termmovementofprices,lastingfromseveralmonthstoyearsiscalled
A)aminortrend
B)aprimarytrend
C)anintermediatetrend
D)trendanalysis
E)BandD
Minortrendsaremerelyday-to-daypricemovements;
intermediatetrendsareoroffsettingmovementsinonedirectionafterlonger-termmovementsinanotherdirection;
trendslastingfortheperioddescribedaboveareprimarytrends.
21.Adailyfluctuationoflittleimportanceiscalled
D)amarkettrend
22.Pricemovementsthatarecausedbyshort-termdeviationsofpricesfromtheunderlyingtrendlinearecalled
A)primarytrends.
B)secondarytrends.
C)tertiarytrends.
D)Dowtrends.
E)contrarytrends.
Thesecondarytrendiscausedbythesedeviations,whichareeliminatedbycorrectionsthatbringthepricesbacktothetrendlines.
23.TheDowtheorypositsthatthethreeforcesthatsimultaneouslyaffectstockpricesare
primarytrend
intermediatetrend
momentumtrend
minortrend
contrariantrend
A)I,II,andIII
B)II,III,andIV
C)III,IVandV
D)I,II,andIV
E)I,III,andV
DDifficulty:
24.TheElliotWaveTheory.
A)isarecentvariationoftheDowTheory
B)suggeststhatstockpricescanbedescribedbyasetofwavepatterns
C)issimilartotheKondratieffWavetheory
D)AandB
E)A,B,andC
BoththeElliotWaveTheoryandtheKondratieffWaveTheoryarerecentvariationsontheDowTheory,whichsuggeststhatstockpricesmoveinidentifiablewavepatterns.
25.Atrinratiooflessthan1.0isconsideredasa.
A)bearishsignal
B)bullishsignal
C)bearishsignalbysometechnicalanalystsandabullishsignalbyothertechnicalanalysts
D)bullishsignalbysomefundamentalists
E)CandD
Atrinratiooflessthan1.0isconsideredbullishbecausethedecliningstockshaveloweraveragevolumethantheadvancingstocks,indicatingnetbuyingpressure.
26.OnOctober29,1991therewere1,031stocksthatadvancedontheNYSEand610thatdeclined.Thevolumeinadvancingissueswas112,866,000andthevolumeindecliningissueswas58,188,000.Thetrinratioforthatdaywasandtechnicalanalysts
werelikelytobe.
A)0.87,bullish
B)0.87,bearish
C)1.15,bullish
D)1.15,bearish
(1,031/610)/(112,866,000/58,388,000)=0.87.Atrinratiolessthan1isconsideredbullishbecauseadvancingstockshaveahighervolumethandecliningstocks,indicatingabuyingpressure.
27.Inregardtomovingaverages,itisconsideredtobeasignalwhen
marketpricebreaksthroughthemovingaveragefrom.
A)bea