HEC Paris Financial Markets Spring 2012 Final Exam “Cheat Sheet” 0. Basic Statistics (a) Consider an n-outcome probability space with probabilities p1 ‚ p2 ‚ . . . ‚ pn . Consider two discrete random variables X and Y with outcomes (X1 ‚ X2 ‚ . . . ‚ Xn ) and (Y1 ‚ Y2 ‚ . . . ‚ Yn ). 2 The we have the following formulas for means (µX ‚ µY )‚ variance (σX )‚ standard deviation (σX )‚ covariance (σX‚Y )‚ and correlation (ρX‚Y ) µX = EX = E(X) = p1 X1 + p2 X2 + · · · + pn Xn µY = EY = E(Y ) =
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Chapter 08 The Efficient Market Hypothesis Answer Key M ultiple Choice Questions 1. Which of the following beliefs would not preclude charting as a method of portfolio management? A. The market is strong-form efficient. B. The market is semistrong-form efficient. C. The market is weak-form efficient. D. Stock prices follow recurring patterns. 2. In a 1953 study of stock prices
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Does not change b. Price falls c. Yield rises. 2. a. If the coupon rate is higher than the yield‚ then investors must be expecting a decline in the capital value of the bond over its remaining life. Thus‚ the bond’s price must be greater than its face value. b. Conversely‚ if the yield is greater than the coupon‚ the price will be below face value and it will rise over the remaining life of the bond. 3. The yield over 6 months is 3.965/2 = 1.79825%. Therefore
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market overreact?” The Journal of Finance‚ 40(3)‚ 789-805. Fama‚ Eugene F.‚ 1970. “Efficient Capital Markets: A Review and Theory of Empirical Work”‚ The Journal of Finance‚ 25(2)‚ 383-417 Fama‚ Eugene F.‚ 1998 Fama‚ E.‚ and K. French.‚ “Dividend Yields and Expected Stock Returns”. Journal of Financial economics‚ 22‚ (1988)‚ pp. 3-25. Friedman‚ M.‚ (1953)‚ “ The case for flexible exchange rates”‚ in: Essays in Positive Economics (University of Chicago Press)‚ pp. 157-203 Hillier‚ David; Stephen Ross
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How far the Capital Asset Pricing Model has been successful in explaining asset returns‚ defining its approach and assumptions. Semester 2013 Department of Accounting and Finance Lord Ashcroft International Business School Anglia Ruskin University Table of Contents Introduction…………………………………………………………………………......... 3 What’s Capital Asset Pricing Model…………………………………………………..... 3 1. Definition………………………………………………………………………………
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Efficient market hypothesis and stock price movements Corporate finance‚ Lecturer-David Mutlow‚ 31/10/13
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Business Finance- Final Assessment | Naturally Fresh Plc | A report to the directors of Naturally Fresh Plc evaluating the financial position of a new project. The proposal concerns converting a number of farms in southern Europe into camp sites with effect from the 2012 holiday season. | | | Section 1: The required rate of return on equity of naturally Fresh Plc at 31st December 2012 The rate of return on equity represents the percentage return a company needs to achieve to be worth
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Econ 461 International Trade Spring Quarter Prof. Giorgio Canarella MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Answer the question(s) below based upon the following diagram. 1) Refer to the figure above. With free trade‚ the total quantity of imports would equal 1) __d____ A) 30‚000 units. B) 10‚000 units. C) 22‚000 units. D) 20‚000 units. 2) Refer to the figure above
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EASY (definitional) 20.1 The value of the multinational financial system is NOT based on the ability to take advantage of a) tax arbitrage b) financial market arbitrage c) regulatory system arbitrage d) differing political systems between subsidiaries Ans: d Section: The value of the multinational financial system Level: Easy 20.2 Tax arbitrage a) arises when subsidiary profits vary due to local regulations b) occurs when firms move funds to lower tax jurisdictions c) arises
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learned from the demise of Long Term capital Management. Provide a brief summary of what happened and what were the strategies used by the fund. The most well know strategy which hedge fund managers or practitioners undertake was “market neutral arbitrage”‚ thus‚ from this particular trading strategy‚ of course what they are doing is not like what the name suggested “hedging”‚ instead‚ hedge fund participants are trying to speculate from every financial markets. More specific‚ the trading strategy
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