What are some comparative advantages of investing in the following? a) Unit investment trusts. b) Open-end mutual funds. c) Individual stocks and bonds that you choose for yourself.
1. What are some
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a) Unit investment trusts.
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b) Open-end mutual funds.
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c) Individual stocks and bonds that you choose for yourself.
2. You are considering two alternative two-year investments: You can invest in a risky asset with a positive risk premium and returns in each of the two years that will be identically distributed and uncorrelated, or you can invest in the risky asset for only one year and then invest the proceeds in a risk-free asset. Which of the following statements about the first investment alternative (compared with the second) are true?
a) Its two-year risk premium is the same as the second alternative.
b) c) d) e)
The standard deviation of its two-year return is the same.
Its annualized standard deviation is lower.
Its Sharpe ratio is higher.
It is relatively more attractive to investors who have lower degrees of risk aversion.
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Tabulate and draw the investment opportunity set of the two risky funds. Use investment proportions for the stock fund of 0% to 100% in increments of 20%.
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