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Week #6:
Chapter 18
Mutual Funds – Features & Types
Q #1:
An investor currently has $120,000 remaining in a mutual fund
account subject to a withdrawal plan. He wishes to protect the
principal for his estate but would also like some income. What type
of withdrawal plan would be best?
Options:
1. A contractual withdrawal plan.
2. A low-ratio withdrawal plan
.
3. A fixed-period withdrawal plan.
4. A high constant-dollar withdrawal plan.
Q #2:
What expectation would you have as an investor if you purchased
units of an index mutual fund relative to its appropriate market
benchmark?
Options:
1. The index fund returns would be greater than its benchmark.
2. The index fund returns would be lower than its benchmark
.
3. The index fund returns would be equal to its benchmark.
4. The index fund returns would be the inverse of its benchmark.
Q #3:
Dino purchases $25,000 of Rocket Mutual Fund units on January
1
st
with money he received from Santa Claus. On April 1
st
, Dino
received a dividend cheque for $580. He reinvests this money in
additional units. On July 1
st
, he purchases another $5,000 in units
with some birthday money. By December 31, the value of his
mutual fund account is $31,000. Assuming no other transactions
have occurred, what would his capital gain be if he sold his entire
account for $31,000?
Options:
1. $210.
2. $420.
3. $5,420.
4. $5,000. Calc:
ACB = ($25,000 + $580 + $5,000) = $30,580
Capital Gain
= $31,000 - $30,580 = $420
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Q #4:
How are asset allocation funds unique from balanced funds?
Options:
1. The asset allocation fund manager must strictly follow the stated asset class weightings.
2. Asset allocation funds are not subject to market risk as they do not hold equities inside their portfolios.
3. Distributions from asset allocation funds are only in the form of
capital gains.
4. Asset allocation funds are not required to hold a specified minimum in any asset class.
Q #5:
What is the primary investment objective of an index fund
manager?
Options:
1
. To closely match the performance of a specific market.
2. To achieve above-average returns in a concentrated portfolio.
3. To earn tax-advantaged income with potential for capital gains.
4. To out-perform the market with an active management strategy
Q #6:
What feature of money market funds is different from all other
types of mutual funds?
Options:
1
. They typically have a constant share or unit value.
2. The value is guaranteed.
3. They are CDIC insured.
4. They invest only in Canadian fixed-income securities.
Q #7:
Joshua is a real risk-taker. He is looking for a mutual fund that
will offer the potential for the greatest return. Based only on the
relationship between risk and return for various types of mutual
funds that we have been talking about in class, which of the
following funds would be most suitable for Joshua?
Options:
1. An asset allocation fund.
2. A dividend fund.
3. An equity fund.
4. A specialty fund.
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Q #8:
Ibrahim purchased $5,000 in units of CHEAP Mutual Funds. Over
the following two years, Ibrahim chose to reinvest the income into
additional fund units. At the end of two years, the total value of
Ibrahim’s portfolio had risen to $7,225. Over that same period, he
had received re-invested dividends of $125 (year 1) and $1,000
(year 2). What would be the ACB for Ibrahim’s mutual fund
portfolio at the end of year 2?
Options:
1. $5,000.
2. $2,225.
3
. $6,125.
4. $1,100. Calc:
ACB = Original Purchase + Value of Reinvested Dividends
= $5,000 + $125 + $1,000 = $6,125
Q #9:
Sofi has $15,000 invested in a mutual fund. She has set up a
withdrawal plan in which she withdraws 10% of the value of the
account at the beginning of each year. Assume the portfolio grows
at 8% per year. What is the value of Sofi’s portfolio at the end of
the second year?
Options:
1. $13,500.00
2. $14,171.76.
3. $14,246.40.
4. $14,500.00 (A) (B)
(C)
(A) – (B) x 1.08
Calc:
Value at Start
Withdrawal
Value at End
of Year
%
Amount
of Year
Year 1
$15,000.00
10%
$1,500.00
$14,580.00
Year 2
$14,580.00
10%
$1,458.00
$14,171.76
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Q #10:
What is “survivorship bias”?
Options:
1. The failure of a fund’s rate of return to reflect a change in portfolio manager and may be attributable to the previous manager only.
2. The tendency for “peer group” rates of return to be artificially high because they no longer include rates of return for funds which have been discontinued or merged.
3. The failure of a fund’s performance to take into account changes in investment objectives over time.
4. The tendency for investors to believe that past performance predicts future performance.
Feedback:
The term describes the typical pattern of poorly performing mutual funds being discontinued or merged into better-
performing ones. Therefore, average returns of surviving funds may be artificially high because they do not reflect the past performance of the entire range of “peer group” funds.
Q #11:
Gracielita invests $5,000 in the Espania Mutual Fund at $5.00 per
unit and takes advantage of the automatic dividend re-investment
plan. On December 30
th
, the NAVPS for Espania is $6.00 per share
and it pays a distribution of $1.00 per unit. How many fund units
will Gracielita own after the distribution?
Options:
1. $1,000.00
2. $1,142.85.
3
. $1,666.67.
4. $1,200.00. Calc:
(1) NAVPS will fall by an amount proportionate to the dividend.
(2) Since most investors receive dividends in the form of more units rather than cash, the net result of the distribution is that investors own more units, but the value of each unit is less.
(3) With a $1.00 distribution, NAVPS falls from $6.00 to $5.00
Gracielita’s original purchase = 1,000 units ($5,000 / $5 per unit)
Gracielita’s re-invested distribution = $1,000 (1,000 units x $1.00)
Additional fund units received = 200 ($1,000 x $5.00 per unit)
Gracielita’s new fund holding = 1,200 units
Gracielita’s new portfolio value = $6,000 (1,200 units x $5.00)
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