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投资学第7版testbank答案24
MultipleChoiceQuestions
1.Tradingactivitybymutualfundsjustpriortoquarterlyreportingdatesisknownas
A)insidertrading.
B)programtrading.
C)passivesecurityselection.
D)windowdressing.
E)noneoftheabove.
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
Mutualfundsmustdiscloseportfoliocompositionquarterly,andtradingactivitythatimmediatelyprecedesthereportingdateisreferredtoas"windowdressing".Thespeculationisthatwindowdressinginvolveschangesinportfoliocomposition,whichgivestheappearanceofsuccessfulstockselection.
2.Thecomparisonuniverseis__________.
A)aconceptfoundonlyinastronomy
B)thesetofallmutualfundsintheworld
C)thesetofallmutualfundsintheU.S.
D)asetofmutualfundswithsimilarriskcharacteristicstoyourmutualfund
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
Amutualfundmanagerisevaluatedagainsttheperformanceofmanagersoffundsofsimilarriskcharacteristics.
3.__________didnotdevelopapopularmethodforrisk-adjustedperformanceevaluationofmutualfunds.
A)EugeneFama
B)MichaelJensen
C)WilliamSharpe
D)JackTreynor
E)AandB
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Easy
Rationale:
MichaelJensen,WilliamSharpe,andJackTreynordevelopedpopularmodelsformutualfundperformanceevaluation.
4.Henriksson(1984)foundthat,onaverage,betasoffunds__________duringmarketadvances
A)increasedverysignificantly
B)increasedslightly
C)decreasedslightly
D)decreasedverysignificantly
E)didnotchange
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
Portfoliobetasshouldhavealargevalueifthemarketisexpectedtoperformwellandasmallvalueifthemarketisnotexpectedtoperformwell;thus,theseresultsreflectthepoortimingabilityofmutualfundmanagers.
5.Mostprofessionallymanagedequityfundsgenerally__________.
A)outperformtheS&P500indexonbothrawandrisk-adjustedreturnmeasures
B)underperformtheS&P500indexonbothrawandrisk-adjustedreturnmeasures
C)outperformtheS&P500indexonrawreturnmeasuresandunderperformtheS&P500indexonrisk-adjustedreturnmeasures
D)underperformtheS&P500indexonrawreturnmeasuresandoutperformtheS&P500indexonrisk-adjustedreturnmeasures
E)matchtheperformanceoftheS&P500indexonbothrawandrisk-adjustedreturnmeasures
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
Mostmutualfundsdonotconsistently,overtime,outperformtheS&P500indexonthebasisofeitherraworrisk-adjustedreturnmeasures.
6.Supposetwoportfolioshavethesameaveragereturn,thesamestandarddeviationofreturns,butportfolioAhasahigherbetathanportfolioB.AccordingtotheSharpemeasure,theperformanceofportfolioA__________.
A)isbetterthantheperformanceofportfolioB
B)isthesameastheperformanceofportfolioB
C)ispoorerthantheperformanceofportfolioB
D)cannotbemeasuredasthereisnodataonthealphaoftheportfolio
E)noneoftheaboveistrue.
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
TheSharpeindexisameasureofaverageportfolioreturns(inexcessoftheriskfreereturn)perunitoftotalrisk(asmeasuredbystandarddeviation).
7.ConsidertheSharpeandTreynorperformancemeasures.Whenapensionfundislargeandhasmanymanagers,the__________measureisbetterforevaluatingindividualmanagerswhilethe__________measureisbetterforevaluatingthemanagerofasmallfundwithonlyonemanagerresponsibleforallinvestments.
A)Sharpe,Sharpe
B)Sharpe,Treynor
C)Treynor,Sharpe
D)Treynor,Treynor
E)Bothmeasuresareequallygoodinbothcases.
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
TheTreynormeasureisthesuperiormeasureiftheportfolioisasmallportionofmanyportfolioscombinedintoalargeinvestmentfund.TheSharpemeasureissuperioriftheportfoliorepresentstheinvestor'stotalriskyinvestmentposition.
8.Supposeyoupurchase100sharesofGMstockatthebeginningofyear1,andpurchaseanother100sharesattheendofyear1.Yousellall200sharesattheendofyear2.AssumethatthepriceofGMstockis$50atthebeginningofyear1,$55attheendofyear1,and$65attheendofyear2.AssumenodividendswerepaidonGMstock.Yourdollar-weightedreturnonthestockwillbe__________;yourtime-weightedreturnonthestock.
A)higherthan
B)thesameas
C)lessthan
D)exactlyproportionalto
E)moreinformationisnecessarytoanswerthisquestion
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
Inthedollar-weightedreturn,thestock'sperformanceinthesecondyear,when200sharesareheld,hasagreaterinfluenceontheoveralldollar-weightedreturn.Thetime-weightedreturnignoresthenumberofsharesheld.
9.Supposetherisk-freereturnis4%.Thebetaofamanagedportfoliois,thealphais1%,andtheaveragereturnis14%.BasedonJensen'smeasureofportfolioperformance,youwouldcalculatethereturnonthemarketportfolioas
A)%
B)14%
C)15%
D)16%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
1%=14%-[4%+(x-4%)];x=%.
10.Supposetherisk-freereturnis3%.Thebetaofamanagedportfoliois,thealphais0%,andtheaveragereturnis16%.BasedonJensen'smeasureofportfolioperformance,youwouldcalculatethereturnonthemarketportfolioas
A)%
B)%
C)%
D)%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
0%=16%-[3%+(x-3%)];x=%.
11.Supposetherisk-freereturnis6%.Thebetaofamanagedportfoliois,thealphais3%,andtheaveragereturnis18%.BasedonJensen'smeasureofportfolioperformance,youwouldcalculatethereturnonthemarketportfolioas
A)12%
B)14%
C)15%
D)16%
E)noneoftheabove
Answer:
ADifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
3%=18%-[6%+(x-6%)];x=12%.
12.Supposeaparticularinvestmentearnsanarithmeticreturnof10%inyear1,20%inyear2and30%inyear3.Thegeometricaveragereturnfortheyearperiodwillbe__________.
A)greaterthanthearithmeticaveragereturn
B)equaltothearithmeticaveragereturn
C)lessthanthearithmeticaveragereturn
D)equaltothemarketreturn
E)cannottellfromtheinformationgiven
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
Thegeometricmeanwillalwaysbelessthanthearithmeticmeanunlessthereturnsinallperiodsareequal(inwhichcasethetwomeanswillbeequal).
13.Supposeyoubuy100sharesofAbolishingDividendCorporationatthebeginningofyear1for$80.AbolishingDividendCorporationpaysnodividends.Thestockpriceattheendofyear1is$100,theprice$120attheendofyear2,andthepriceis$150attheendofyear3.Thestockpricedeclinesto$100attheendofyear4,andyousellyour100shares.Forthefouryears,yourgeometricaveragereturnis
A)%
B)%
C)%
D)%
E)%
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
[]1/4-=%
14.Youwanttoevaluatethreemutualfundsusingtheinformationratiomeasureforperformanceevaluation.Therisk-freereturnduringthesampleperiodis6%,andtheaveragereturnonthemarketportfoliois19%.Theaveragereturns,residualstandarddeviations,andbetasforthethreefundsaregivenbelow.
Thefundwiththehighestinformationratiomeasureis__________.
A)FundA
B)FundB
C)FundC
D)FundsAandBaretiedforhighest
E)FundsAandCaretiedforhighest
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Difficult
Rationale:
Informationratio=αP/σ(eP);A:
αP=20-6-.8(19-6)=;4=;B:
αP=21-6-1(19-6)=;2/=;C:
αP=23-6-(19-6)=;=.
15.YouwanttoevaluatethreemutualfundsusingtheSharpemeasureforperformanceevaluation.Therisk-freereturnduringthesampleperiodis6%.Theaveragereturns,standarddeviationsandbetasforthethreefundsaregivenbelow,asisthedatafortheS&P500index.
ThefundwiththehighestSharpemeasureis__________.
A)FundA
B)FundB
C)FundC
D)FundsAandBaretiedforhighest
E)FundsAandCaretiedforhighest
Answer:
CDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
A:
(24%-6%)/30%=;B:
(12%-6%)/10%=;C:
(22%-6%)/20%=;S&P500:
(18%-6%)/16%=.
16.YouwanttoevaluatethreemutualfundsusingtheSharpemeasureforperformanceevaluation.Therisk-freereturnduringthesampleperiodis4%.Theaveragereturns,standarddeviationsandbetasforthethreefundsaregivenbelow,asisthedatafortheS&P500index.
ThefundwiththehighestSharpemeasureis__________.
A)FundA
B)FundB
C)FundC
D)FundsAandBaretiedforhighest
E)FundsAandCaretiedforhighest
Answer:
BDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
A:
(18%-4%)/38%=;B:
(15%-4%)/27%=;C:
(11%-4%)/24%=;S&P500:
(10%-4%)/22%=.
17.YouwanttoevaluatethreemutualfundsusingtheSharpemeasureforperformanceevaluation.Therisk-freereturnduringthesampleperiodis5%.Theaveragereturns,standarddeviationsandbetasforthethreefundsaregivenbelow,asisthedatafortheS&P500index.
TheinvestmentwiththehighestSharpemeasureis__________.
A)FundA
B)FundB
C)FundC
D)theindex
E)FundsAandCaretiedforhighest
Answer:
DDifficulty:
Moderate
Rationale:
A:
(23%-5%)/30%=;B:
(20%-5%)/19%=;C:
(19%-5%)/17%=;S&P500:
(18%-5%)/15%=.
18.YouwanttoevaluatethreemutualfundsusingtheTreynormeasureforperformanceevaluation.Therisk-freereturnduringthesampleperiodis6%.Theaverageretu