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You have a bond that entitles you to a one-time payment of $10,000 one year from now. The interest rate is 10 percent per year. How much is the bond worth today?


A) $9,090.91
B) $10,000.00
C) $8,264.46
D) $9,523.81

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

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Historically, stocks have offered higher rates of return than bonds.

A) True
B) False

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Svetlana is risk averse. Which of the following is correct about Svetlana?


A) Her marginal utility of wealth increases as her income increases.
B) She will always accept a bet if the probability of winning a dollar is the same as the probability of losing a dollar.
C) Her utility function is a straight line.
D) None of the above are correct.

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

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A bond promises to pay $500 in one year and $10,500 in two years. What is the correct way to find the present value of this bond?


A) $5001 + r) + $10,500/1 + r) 2
B) $500/1 + r) + $10,500/1 + r) 2
C) $11,000/1 + r) 2
D) $5001 + r) + $10,5001 + r) 2

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

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Which of the following actions best illustrates moral hazard?


A) A person adds risky stock to his portfolio.
B) A person who has narrowly avoided many accidents applies for automobile insurance.
C) A person is unwilling to buy a stock when she believes its price has an equal chance of rising or falling $10.
D) A person purchases homeowners insurance and then checks his smoke detector batteries less frequently.

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

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A payment of $10,000 is to be made in the future. The interest rate 3%. Is this payment worth more if it is paid in 5 years or 10 years? How much more is it worth?

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You have been promised a payment of $100,000 in the future. In which case is the present value of this future payment highest?


A) You receive the payment 2 years from now and the interest rate is 6 percent.
B) You receive the payment 2 years from now and the interest rate is 4 percent.
C) You receive the payment 3 years from now and the interest rate is 6 percent.
D) You receive the payment 3 years from now and the interest rate is 4 percent.

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

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Stockholders of ComfortAir Corporation, an air conditioner and furnace manufacturer, are concerned that the companies executives may take on greater risks than stockholders desire. This example illustrates


A) moral hazard and market risk.
B) moral hazard and firm specific risk.
C) adverse selection and market risk.
D) adverse selection and firm specific risk.

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

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Suppose you place $1,000 into a savings account that will pay you 4% interest per year. What will be the future value of the savings account in 10 years?

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Which of the following is correct?


A) Risk-averse people will not hold stock.
B) Diversification cannot reduce firm-specific risk.
C) The larger the percentage of stock in a portfolio, the greater the risk, but the greater the average return.
D) Stock prices are determined by fundamental analysis rather than by supply and demand.

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

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At which interest rate is the present value of $196.85 three years from today equal to $175 today?


A) 2 percent
B) 4 percent
C) 6 percent
D) 8 percent

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

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Imagine that someone offers you $100 today or $200 in 10 years. You would prefer to take the $100 today if the interest rate is


A) 4 percent.
B) 6 percent.
C) 8 percent.
D) All of the above are correct.

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

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Which of the following is correct concerning stock market irrationality?


A) Bubbles could arise, in part, because the price that people pay for stock depends on what they think someone else will pay for it in the future.
B) Economists almost all agree that the evidence for stock market irrationality is convincing and the departures from rational pricing are important.
C) Some evidence for the existence of market irrationality is that informed and presumably rational managers of mutual funds generally beat the market.
D) All of the above are correct.

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

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Write the rule of 70. Suppose that your great-great-grandmother put $50 in a savings account 100 years ago and the account is now worth $1,600. Use the rule of 70 to determine about what interest rate she earned.

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$1,600/$50 = 32. The rule of 70 says tha...

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Diversification reduces


A) only market risk.
B) only firm-specific risk.
C) neither market or firm-specific risk.
D) both market and firm-specific risk.

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

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Which of the following has the highest future value?


A) $100 saved for 2 years at 10 percent interest
B) $110 saved for 2 years at 9 percent interest
C) $120 saved for 2 years at 8 percent interest
D) $130 saved for 2 years at 7 percent interest

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

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Discounting refers directly to


A) finding the present value of a future sum of money.
B) finding the future value of a present sum of money.
C) calculations that ignore the phenomenon of compounding for the sake of ease and simplicity.
D) decreases in interest rates over time, while compounding refers to increases in interest rates over time.

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

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According to the efficient market hypothesis


A) changes in the prices of stocks are predictable. Evidence shows that managed funds typically do better than indexed funds.
B) changes in the prices of stocks are predictable. Evidence shows that indexed funds typically do better than managed funds.
C) changes in the prices of stocks are not predictable. Evidence shows that managed funds typically do better than indexed funds.
D) changes in the prices of stocks are not predictable. Evidence shows that indexed funds typically do better than managed funds.

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

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Jarrod says that the future value of $250 saved for one year at 6 percent interest is less than the future value of $250 saved for two years at 3 percent interest. Simon says that the present value of a $250 payment to be received in one year when the interest rate is 6 percent is less than the value of a $250 payment to be received in two years when the interest rate is 3 percent.


A) Jarrod and Simon are both correct.
B) Jarrod and Simon are both incorrect.
C) Only Jarrod is correct.
D) Only Simon is correct.

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

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To diversify, a homeowner with a variable-rate mortgage should choose investments that


A) pay higher returns when interest rates rise and lower returns when interest rates fall.
B) pay lower returns when interest rates rise and higher returns when interest rates fall.
C) provide a higher return than the market average.
D) provide a lower return than the market average.

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

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