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Assume that you manage a $2 million portfolio that pays no dividends and has a beta of 1.25 and an alpha of 2% per month. Also, assume that the risk-free rate is 0.05% (per month) and the S&P 500 is at 1,300. If you expect the market to fall within the next 30 days, you can hedge your portfolio by ______ S&P 500 futures contracts (the futures contract has a multiplier of $250) .


A) selling 1
B) selling 8
C) buying 1
D) buying 8
E) selling 6

F) A) and D)
G) A) and B)

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A hedge fund sets its fee at 2% and a 20% carry with an 8% benchmark. How much money will a hedge fun make in fees over the course of a year if AUM started at $1,000,000 and ended the year at 1,120,000?


A) $8,000
B) $22,400
C) $30,400
D) $38,000

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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A hedge fund sets its fee at 2% and a 20% carry with an 8% benchmark. How much money will a hedge fun make in fees over the course of a year if AUM started at $4,000,000 and ended the year at 5,300,000?


A) $68,300
B) $302,000
C) $80,400
D) $92,040

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Hedge fund performance may reflect significant compensation for ________ risk.


A) liquidity
B) systematic
C) unsystematic
D) default
E) unsystematic and default

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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Shares in hedge funds are priced


A) at NAV.
B) a significant premium to NAV.
C) a significant discount from NAV.
D) a significant premium to NAV or a significant discount from NAV.
E) None of the options are correct.

F) None of the above
G) A) and D)

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Hedge funds are typically set up as ______ and provide ______ information about portfolio composition and strategy to their investors.


A) limited liability partnerships; minimal
B) limited liability partnerships; extensive
C) investment trusts; minimal
D) investment trusts; extensive

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Assume newly-issued 30-year on-the-run bonds sell at higher yields (lower prices) than 29½-year bonds with a nearly identical duration. A hedge fund that sells 29½-year bonds and buys 30-year bonds is taking a


A) market neutral position.
B) conservative position.
C) bullish position.
D) bearish position.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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A bet on particular mispricing across two or more securities with extraneous sources of risk, such as general market exposure hedged away, is a


A) pure play.
B) relative play.
C) long shot.
D) sure thing.
E) relative play and sure thing.

F) B) and C)
G) A) and D)

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Hedge funds are prohibited from investing or engaging in


A) distressed firms.
B) convertible bonds.
C) currency speculation.
D) merger arbitrage.
E) None of the options are correct.

F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

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A hedge fund pursuing a ______ strategy is attempting to exploit temporary misalignments in relative pricing.


A) directional
B) nondirectional
C) stock or bond
D) arbitrage or speculation
E) None of the options are correct.

F) A) and B)
G) D) and E)

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An example of a ______ strategy is the mispricing of a futures contract that must be corrected by contract expiration.


A) market neutral
B) directional
C) relative value
D) divergence
E) convergence

F) B) and E)
G) B) and D)

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If the yield on mortgage-backed securities was abnormally low compared to Treasury bonds, a hedge fund pursuing a relative value strategy would


A) short sell the Treasury bonds and short sell the mortgage-backed securities.
B) short sell the Treasury bonds and buy the mortgage-backed securities.
C) buy the Treasury bonds and buy the mortgage-backed securities.
D) buy the Treasury bonds and short sell the mortgage-backed securities.

E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

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A ________ is an investment fraud in which a manager collects funds from clients, claims to invest those funds on their behalf, and reports extremely favorable investment returns, but in fact uses the funds for his or her own use.


A) Ponzi scheme
B) bonsai scheme
C) statistical arbitrage scheme
D) pairs trading scheme
E) None of the options are correct.

F) B) and C)
G) C) and D)

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Assume newly-issued 30-year on-the-run bonds sell at higher yields (lower prices) than 29½-year bonds with a nearly identical duration. A hedge fund that sells 29½-year bonds and buys 30-year bonds is taking a


A) market neutral position.
B) conservative position.
C) bullish position.
D) bearish position.

E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

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Alpha-seeking hedge funds typically ______ relative mispricing of specific securities and ______ broad market exposure.


A) bet on; bet on
B) hedge; hedge
C) hedge; bet on
D) bet on; hedge
E) None of the options are correct.

F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

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Assume that you manage a $2 million portfolio that pays no dividends and has a beta of 1.3 and an alpha of 2% per month. Also, assume that the risk-free rate is 0.05% (per month) and the S&P 500 is at 1,500. If you expect the market to fall within the next 30 days, you can hedge your portfolio by ______ S&P 500 futures contracts (the futures contract has a multiplier of $250) .


A) selling 1
B) selling 7
C) buying 1
D) buying 7
E) selling 11

F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

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Hedge funds often employ ______ that require investors to provide ________ notice of their desire to redeem funds.


A) redemption notices; several weeks to several months
B) redemption notices; several hours to several days
C) redemption notices; several days to several weeks
D) lock-up; several years
E) lock-up; several hours

F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

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If the yield on mortgage-backed securities was abnormally high compared to Treasury bonds, a hedge fund pursuing a relative value strategy would


A) short sell the Treasury bonds and short sell the mortgage-backed securities.
B) short sell the Treasury bonds and buy the mortgage-backed securities.
C) buy the Treasury bonds and buy the mortgage-backed securities.
D) buy the Treasury bonds and short sell the mortgage-backed securities.
E) None of the options are correct.

F) A) and E)
G) A) and D)

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______ bias arises when the returns of unsuccessful funds are left out of the sample.


A) Survivorship
B) Backfill
C) Omission
D) Incubation
E) None of the options are correct.

F) A) and E)
G) D) and E)

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______ are subject to the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 to protect unsophisticated investors.


A) Hedge funds
B) Mutual funds
C) ADRs
D) Hedge funds and ADRs
E) Mutual funds and ADRs

F) A) and D)
G) C) and D)

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