SEC Chapter 18 Questions (F23)

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FIN 2062 Chapter 18 Fall 2023 Page 1 Review Questions for Chapter 18: Features of Mutual Funds Question 1: Explain why specialty funds have both a higher potential risk and a higher potential return than balanced funds. Question 2: Briefly describe two characteristics of target-date funds. Question 3: Explain the difference between indexing and closet indexing. specilty funds usually focus on specific indutries and also use narrow investment focus to beat the market vs balanced funds is a mix of capital, income and safety bonds typicly having 60% equity and 40% binds Glide path ; changes in asset allocation depending on risk as fund approces maturity and target date ; investors select dates that match the clients goals indxing tries to relicate the market preformance closet indexing tries to stay near market without replicating
FIN 2062 Chapter 18 Fall 2023 Page 2 Question 4: You own 800 units of an aggressive growth mutual fund with a NAVPS of $24.80. If the fund distributes $3.80 as a capital gains dividend or distribution, what is the value of the portfolio after the distribution and the tax consequences if the investor is in the 29% marginal tax bracket? Question 5: A mutual fund with 2 million units outstanding has a NAVPS of $14.00 before it pays a dividend of $0.70 per share. a) How many units will be outstanding after the distribution? b) If the distribution is reinvested, what are the assets of the fund? h 24.80 - 3.80 = 21 3.80 x 50% x 29% = 0.551 0.551 x 800 = 440.80 2,000,000 x 0.70 = 1,400,000 1,400,000/ 14-0.7 = 105,263.158 before distridution ; 2,000,000 x 14 = 28,000,000 after distribution ; 14-0.70 = 13.30 x 2,105,263.158 = 28,000
FIN 2062 Chapter 18 Fall 2023 Page 3 Question 6: Calculate the value of a $250,000 mutual fund after the third year if you withdraw 12 percent of the assets each year and the remaining assets are invested at 6 percent annually. Beginning Value Withdrawal Ending Value Year 1 250,000 × 12% 30,000 220,000 × 1.06 = 233,200 Year 2 Year 3 Question 7: Calculate the annual withdrawals from a $250,000 mutual fund using a four-year fixed-period withdrawal plan if the remaining assets are invested at 6 percent annually. Beginning Value Withdrawal Ending Value Year 1 250,000 × ¼ 62,500 187,500 × 1.06 = 198,750 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 233,200 x 12% 27,984 205,216 x 1.06= 217,528.96 217,528.96 x12% 26,103.48 191,425.48 X 1.06 = 202,911.01
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FIN 2062 Chapter 18 Fall 2023 Page 4 Question 8: Calculate the value of a $250,000 mutual fund after the third year if you use a life expectancy withdrawal plan for an 80 year-old client with a life expectancy to age 95. Assume the remaining funds are invested at 6 percent annually. Begin Value Withdrawal Ending Value Year 1 250,000 ÷ (95 80) 16,667 233,333 × 1.06 = 247,333 Year 2 Year 3 Question 9: What is purpose of benchmark and peer group comparisons? Question 10: What is meant by survivorship bias as it applies to measuring mutual fund performance? bench marks indexes is somthing all stocks have to measure thier growth peer group is made up of simialar mutal funds to measure preformance of a fund this term describes a tendency for poorly performing funds to be discontinued or merged.