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AAMS Practice Exam - Questions and Answers An employer plans to use corporate-owned life insurance to informally fund a nonqualified deferred compensation agreement and wants flexibility regarding investment choices. Which one of the following types of life insurance should this employer choose? Variable life insurance The latest economic reports have been gloomy, and the stock market is in a protracted slump. Most of your regular stock customers are selling out their positions. A new client, ...

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CAIA Level I Exam 2023 5th percentile vs 25th percentile performance - CORRECT 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 based on historical performance alternative asset performance evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER-unlike in traditional assets, alpha is difficult to define in alterna...

Diversification - correct answer Acquiring assets with low or negative correlations to each other with the goal of lowering overall risk Correlation - correct answer - a relative measure of the degree to which the returns of two assets move together - range from +1.0 to -1.0 - in practice negative correlations are rare - the further a correlation is from +1.0, the more diversified Asset allocation - correct answer - the apportioning of available funds among a number of asset clas...

CRPC Exam | Questions and Correct Answers | Latest Update 2024/2025 | Graded A+ Diversification - Answer -Acquiring assets with low or negative correlations to each other with the goal of lowering overall risk Correlation - Answer -- a relative measure of the degree to which the returns of two assets move together - range from +1.0 to -1.0 - in practice negative correlations are rare - the further a correlation is from +1.0, the more diversified Asset allocation - Answer -- the apporti...

CRPC Exam Questions & Answers 2023/2024 Diversification - ANSWER-Acquiring assets with low or negative correlations to each other with the goal of lowering overall risk Correlation - ANSWER-- a relative measure of the degree to which the returns of two assets move together - range from +1.0 to -1.0 - in practice negative correlations are rare - the further a correlation is from +1.0, the more diversified Asset allocation - ANSWER-- the apportioning of available funds among a numbe...

Diversification - ANSWER-Acquiring assets with low or negative correlations to each other with the goal of lowering overall risk Correlation - ANSWER-- a relative measure of the degree to which the returns of two assets move together - range from +1.0 to -1.0 - in practice negative correlations are rare - the further a correlation is from +1.0, the more diversified Asset allocation - ANSWER-- the apportioning of available funds among a number of asset classes in a way that meets the ne...

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 liabilities and minimize the volatility of the plan surplus Overlay approach - ANSWER-relies on derivatives contracts to create hedges growth bucket - ANSWER-invests the surplus in riskier investments to ...

CAIA Level II Exam I Questions and Answers 100% Verified Collar strategy consists of... - answerownership 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 - answerwithin a plan's asset-liability framework seeks to track the plan's liabilities and minimize the volatility of the plan surplus Overlay approach - answerrelies on derivatives contracts to create hedges growth bucket - a...

CAIA Level II Exam I Questions and Answers 100% Verified Collar strategy consists of... - answerownership 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 - answerwithin a plan's asset-liability framework seeks to track the plan's liabilities and minimize the volatility of the plan surplus Overlay approach - answerrelies on derivatives contracts to create hedges growth bucket - a...