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Which of the following investments is most likely to be considered an institutional quality alternative investment? A. Vintage Wine Collection B. Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund C. High-Yield Corporate Bond Fund D. Small Cap Equity Index Fund - ANSWER-B. Institutional-quality alternative investment...

An asset-pricing model that attempts to explain how investors should behave is a(n): - ANSWER-normative model. Normative models attempt to explain how investors should behave. Positive models attempt to explain how investors do behave. Theoretical models use assumptions and logic, while empirical...

What assets are often chracterized as traditional by some and alternatives by others in: hedge funds, private equity, and real assets - ANSWER-Hedge Funds: Liquid alternative mutual funds Private Equity: Closed-end funds with illiquid holdings Real Assets: Public real estate and public equitie...

Define investment - ANSWER-Investment is deferred consumption List the four major types of real assets other than land and other types of real estate. - ANSWER-Natural resources, commodities, infrastructure, and intellectual property. List the three major types of alternative investments other...

Standard I(A) - Knowledge of Law - ANSWER-Understand and comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations (including the CFA institutes code) of any government, regulatory organization, licensing agency, or professional association governing their professional activities. In the event of a con...

Define investment - ANSWER-Investment is deferred consumption. List four major types of real assets other than land and other types of real estate. - ANSWER-Natural resources, commodities, infrastructure and intellectual property List the three major types of alternative investments other than...

4 types of alternative assets - ANSWER-Alternatives are defined by inclusion: Real Assets Hedge Funds Private Equity Structred products Real Assets - ANSWER-Direct ownership of non financial assets: - natural resources - commodities - real estate - land - infrastructure - IP (intellectu...

Collar strategy consists of... - ANSWER-ownership of a risky asset with a long position in a put option on the underlying asset, and a short position in the call option on the underlying asset Hedging Bucket - ANSWER-within a plan's asset-liability framework seeks to track the plan's liabilitie...

Intuition of the Black-Derman-Toy interest rate model - ANSWER-Observed spot rates drive rate levels while implied rate volatilities drive rate spreads Understanding the intuition of imposing these two conditions helps in understanding the essence of the BDT model. The spot rates in the currently...

5th percentile vs 25th percentile performance - ANSWER-5th percentile managers outperform in every comparison BUT 25th percentile managers' performance is more volatile --> even if 25th percentile managers outperform they tend to mean revert --> demonstrates the perils of choosing managers ba...

What advantage do multi-factor models have over single-factor models, such as the Capital Asset Pricing Model? - ANSWER-Multi-factor models tend to explain systematic returns much better than do single-factor models. By doing so, multi-factor models are generally believed to produce better estimates...

CAGR - ANSWER-compound annual growth rate annualized return - ANSWER-(1+HPR)^number of holding periods in one year - 1 multiple hedge fund aggregation - ANSWER-equal weighted approach, asset weighted, and arbitrary weight approach Performance index - ANSWER-R index = Sum of wi * Ri in th...

Value of IP Investment - ANSWER-probability of generating large positive cash flows* cash flow expected in year 1 / investors required rate of return -g Operational Risk - ANSWER-In breaking down the impact of operational risks on hedge fund failures, fraud (i.e., lying about investments and/or p...

Primary economic role of structuring - ANSWER-Structured securities complete the market - structured to meet all different needs & helps investors prepare for all states of the world MBS - ANSWER-Mortgage-backed securities - security secured by pool of mortgages (mortgages are the collateral) ...