You are going to invest in a stock mutual fund with a front-end load of 6 percent and an expense ratio of 1.39 percent. You also can invest in a money market mutual fund with a return of 2.6 percent and an expense ratio of 0.10 percent. If you plan to keep your investment for 2 years, what annual return must the stock mutual fund earn to exceed an investment in the money market fund? What if your investment horizon is 9 years? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.

You are going to invest in a stock mutual fund with a front-end load of 6 percent and an expense ratio of 1.39 percent. You also can invest in a money market mutual fund with a return of 2.6 percent and an expense ratio of 0.10 percent. If you plan to keep your investment for 2 years, what annual return must the stock mutual fund earn to exceed an investment in the money market fund? What if your investment horizon is 9 years? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter your answers as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places.

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Suppose you purchase a 10-year bond with 6% annual coupons. You hold the bond for four years and sell it immediately after receiving the fourth coupon. If the bond's yield to maturity was 4.01% when you purchased and sold the bond, a. What cash flows will you pay and receive from your investment in the bond per $100 face value? b. What is the internal rate of return of your investment? Note: Assume annual compounding. The cash flow at time 1-3 is $ (Round to the nearest cent. Enter a cash outflow as a negative number.) (Round to the nearest cent. Enter a cash outflow as a negative number.) The cash outflow at time 0 is $ The total cash flow at time 4 (after the fourth coupon) is $ negative number.) b. What is the internal rate of return of your investment? (Round to the nearest cent. Enter a cash outflow as a
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You are a provider of portfolio insurance and are establishing a four-year program. The portfolio you manage is currently worth $70 million, and you promise to provide a minimum return of 0%. The equity portfolio has a standard deviation of 25% per year, and T-bills pay 6.2% per year. Assume that the portfolio pays no dividends. Required: a-1. How much of the portfolio should be sold and placed in bills? (Input the value as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final percentage answer to 2 decimal places.) a-2. How much of the portfolio should be sold and placed in equity? (Input the value as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations and round your final percentage answer to 2 decimal places.) b-1. Calculate the put delta and the amount held in bills if the stock portfolio falls by 3% on the first day of trading, before the hedge is in place? (Input the value as a positive value. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your…

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