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Chp 5

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In the definition of HPR (holding period return) when is the dividend paid?   at then end of the holding period.  
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dividend yield   the percentage return from dividends  
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Can you determine the HPR for a bond?   yes, this is done the same way as for a stock except you would use the coupon payments for the bond in place of dividends.  
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arithmetic average   the sum of the returns in each period divided by the number of periods.  
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what is the best forecast of performance in future quarters?   arithmetic average  
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geometric average   the single per-period return that gives the same cumulative performance as the sequence of actual returns. (also called time-weighted average)  
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What is the best forecast when we want to ignore money under management?   geometric avg or the time weighted average  
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investor net cash flows   dollar amount the investor put into a mutual fund in a given period  
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IRR   internal rate of return, is the interest rate that sets the PV of the cash flows realized on the portfolio = to the cost of establishing the portfolio.  
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true or false, portfolio returns are higher when less money is under management.   true  
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dollar weighted return   the internal rate of return on an investment.  
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APR   Annual percentage rates.  
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EAR   effective annual rate  
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scenario analysis   process of devising a list of possible economic scenarios and specifying the likelihood of each one, as well as the HPR that will be realized in each case.  
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probability distribution   list of possible outcomes with associated probabilities.  
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expected return   the mean (or average) value of the distribution of HPR. This is the reward from the investment  
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mean return   also called the expected return  
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Surprise return   the difference between the actual return and the expected return.  
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variance   the expected value of the squared deviation from the mean.  
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standard deviation   the square root of the variance, this is to give the measure of risk the same dimension as expected return (%)  
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well known bell shaped curve   represents the distribution of returns that are approximately normal.  
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reward   the difference between the expected HPR and the index stock fund and the risk free rate (ex. rf rate = 6%, expected fund rtn 14%, then reward or risk premium = 8%.)  
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risk free rate   the rate you can earn by leaving money in risk-free assets like t-bills, money mkt, or the bank  
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excess return   rate of return in excess of the treasury bill rate  
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risk aversion   reluctance to accept risk  
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what distinguishes gambling from speculation?   risk premium  
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speculating   investors who are willing to take on risk because they expect to earn a risk premium  
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t or f he more risk averse an investor is the greater the risk premium will be   true  
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