FIL 242 - Investments

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Solutions to problems 1

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Chapter 1 - intro

1.1. 30,750
1.2. 35%
1.3. 30,750/125,000=24.6%
1.4. $350
1.5. $450
1.6. $75

Chapter 2 - overview of securities

  1. 1.$9,778.13, 2. $1,012.19, 3. $5,181.25

    1. $50 every 6 months plus $1,000 at the end of 4 years
    2. $300 every 6 months, 4 times, plus $10,000 at the end of 2 years
    3. $80 every year for 6 years, plus $1,000 at the end of 6 years
    4. $60 every 3 months plus $6,000 repaid in 10 years
  2. 1. 7.2%, corporate, 2. 4.95%, muni

Chapter 3 - economy

Chapter 4 - individual risk and return

1. gain, total dollar return=$7, or 14.89%
2. loss, +1.40 per share, or 4.70%

3.1.Income=$200, cg=$1200, total=$1400
3.2. HPR=15.22%
3.3. Div yield=2.17%, cg yield=13.04% (NOTE: when looking at quotes in the financial press, dividend yields are usually annualized).
3.4. APR=30.44%, EAR=32.76%

4.1. 12.68%
4.2. 10.38%
4.3. 6.09%
4.4. 15.72%

5. Income=$600, cap loss=$1500, total dollar return= -$900, HPR= -5.29%

6.1. (1) $3.80 (2) $15 (3) $18.80; 25.07%
6.2. (1) $24.30 (2) -$16 (3) $8.30; 6.06%
6.3. (1) $450 (2) -$400 (3) $50; 0.55%

7. Bob APR=58.13%; Steve APR=34.71%
8. Your APR=16.15%; Your friend APR=17.91%
9. 6.97%, invest if we only require 6%, but if we require 8%, we don't invest
10. 5.06%, don't invest

11.1. dollar return by year: 1,250.00; 1,412.50; 2,200.00; 0; 312.50; 2,237.50; 2,050.00, as a percent: 11.11%; 11.77%; 17.09%; 0%; 2.25%; 16.57%; 13.67%
11.2. income=$4,462.50; capital gains=$5,000; total dollar return=$9,462.50; HPR=84.11%
11.3. 10.16%

12. 4.16%
13. 3.73%
14. (1) 11.17% (2) 6.15% (3) 2.02%

15.1. Arithmetic: A=11%, B=11%; geometric: A=10.75%, B=10.98%
15.2. A's returns seem more volatile, higher hi's and lower lo's
15.3 A=8.17%, B=2.37%

16.1. Arithmetic: A=8%, B=9%, C=12%; geometric: A=8%, B=8.86%, C=11.76%
16.2. Arithmetic average risk premium: A=0%, B=1%, C=4% (note that security A is the risk free asset)
16.4. A=0%, B=6.20%, C=8.22%

17.1. 4.17%
17.2. 2.34
17.3. New value: 85.47; return=2.56%

18. 3.85%

19.1. 101.01; 1.01%
19.2. 163.20; 1.01%

20.1. 100
20.2. 226.75

21 and 22.
Transaction    Loan
Equity Margin (+10)
Margin (-10)
a 2700
4050
67.27%
48.57%
b 10560
 8640  48.99%  40.34%
c 891
 2409  81.44%  50.50%
d 510
990
 83.00% N/A
e 5418
7182
 61.57% 51.19%
f 2166
3534
 69.92%
 48.43%

23. 60
24. 35.42
25. New equity = 4173.60, return = 24.21%

26.1. Stock=7600, loan=3040, equity=4560
26.2. if you assume the stock price changes instantly so you can ignore interest and dividends for this question: i) 69.6%, ii) 45.71%, iii) 5.00%, iv) 66.22%. Only in (iii) will there be a margin call
26.3. i) ending equity = 3147.20, return =-30.98%, ii)-9.05%, iii) +12.88%, iv) +34.81%, v)+56.74%

27.1. Loan=7500, equity =4500, assets=cash=12,000
27.2. 81.82%
27.3. 20%
27.4. 29.63

28.1. 133.33%
28.2. 68%
28.3. 13.5%
28.4. wipes out equity completely

29.1. +50%
29.2. -50%

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