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BUS 405 Ash Course Tutorial / tutorialoutlet

For more course tutorials visit<br>www.tutorialoutlet.com<br>BUS 405 Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns Chapter 3 problem 18 (Ash)<br>BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping Chapter 10 Problem 31 (Ash)<br>BUS 405 Week 5 Final Project Construct a well-diversified portfolio (Ash)

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BUS 405 Ash Course Tutorial / tutorialoutlet

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  1. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com

  2. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 1 Assignment Annualized Returns Chapter 3 problem 18(Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete problem 18 in Chapter 3 (shown below) and submit to the instructor. Show your work to find the annualized return for each of the listed share prices. Write a 100 word analysis of the process to calculate these annualized returns. Suppose you have $28,000 to invest. You’re considering Miller-Moore Equine Enterprises (MMEE), which is currently selling for $40 per share. You also notice that a call option with a $40 strike price and six months to maturity is available.

  3. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 1 Blumes Formula, Allocation, and Selection (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com From Chapter 1, answer Concept Question 5: What is Blume’s formula? When would you want to use it in practice? Also, from Chapter 2, answer Concept Question 4: What is the difference between asset allocation and security selection? Remember to complete all parts of the questions and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.

  4. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 1 DQ 2 Money Market Funds (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com From Chapter 4, complete Problem 4: The Aqua Liquid Assets Money Market Mutual Fund has a NAV of $1 per share. During the year, the assets held by this fund appreciated by 2.5 percent. If you had invested $50,000 in this fund at the start of the year, how many shares would you own at the end of the year? What will the NAV of this fund be at the end of the year? Why? Remember to complete all parts of the question, show your work, and report the results of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.

  5. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4 (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com BUS 405 Week 1 Quiz Chapters 1-4

  6. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 1 Primary and Secondary Markets (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Concept Question 1 from Chapter 5: If you were to visit your local Chevrolet retailer, there is both a primary and a secondary market in action. Explain. Is the Chevy retailer a dealer or a broker? Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread. 

  7. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 2 DQ 2 Contrarian Investing (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Concept Question 9 from Chapter 8: What does it mean to be a contrarian investor? How would a contrarian investor use technical analysis? Post your answers to the discussion board. Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread.

  8. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8 (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com BUS 405 Week 2 Quiz Chapters 5-8

  9. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 3 Assignment Bootstrapping Chapter 10 Problem 31 For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete problem 31 of Chapter 10 (shown below), and submit to your instructor. Show your calculations and the algebraic manipulation of the price equation for the bond. In addition to solving the problem, write a 100 to 200 word essay on the term structure of fixed income securities. One method used to obtain an estimate of the term structure of interest rates is called bootstrapping. Suppose you have a one-year zero coupon bond with a rate of r1 and a two-year bond with an annual coupon payment of C. To bootstrap the two-year rate, you can set up the following equation for the price (P) of the coupon bond:

  10. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 3 DQ 1 Forward Interest Rates (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Problem 16 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 9: According to the pure expectations theory of interest rates, how much do you expect to pay for a one-year STRIPS on February 15, 2011? What is the corresponding implied forward rate? How does your answer compare to the current yield on a one-year STRIPS? What does this tell you about the relationship between implied forward rates, the shape of the zero coupon yield curve, and market expectations about future spot interest rates? Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and report the results of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread. 

  11. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10 (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com BUS 405 Week 3 Quiz Chapters 9-10

  12. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 4 Assignment Performance Metrics Chapter 13 Problem 22 For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Problem 22 in the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 13 (shown below). When you pick the best choice for your portfolio, defend your decision in a 100 - 200 word essay. You have been given the following return information for two mutual funds (Papa and Mama), the market index, and the risk-free rate. Year Papa Fund Mama Fund Market Risk-Free

  13. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 1 Expected Returns and Deviation (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Problems 1, 2, and 3 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 11 (shown below). Remember to complete all parts of the questions, and report the results of your analysis. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread. a. Use the following information on states of the economy and stock returns to calculate the expected return for Dingaling Telephone.

  14. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 4 DQ 2 Portfolio Weights (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Portfolio Weights. Complete Problem 10 from the Questions and Problems section of Chapter 12: A stock has a beta of .9 and an expected return of 9 percent. A risk-free asset currently earns 4 percent. a. What is the expected return on a portfolio that is equally invested in the two assets?

  15. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13 (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com BUS 405 Week 4 Quiz Chapters 11-13

  16. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 1 Hedging with Futures For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Concept Question 7 from Chapter 14: The town of South Park is planning a bond issue in six months and Kenny, the town treasurer, is worried that interest rates may rise, thereby reducing the value of the bond issue. Should Kenny buy or sell Treasury bond futures contracts to hedge the impending bond issue? Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread. 

  17. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 5 DQ 2 Option Strategies (Ash) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com Complete Concept Question 7 from Chapter 14: The town of South Park is planning a bond issue in six months and Kenny, the town treasurer, is worried that interest rates may rise, thereby reducing the value of the bond issue. Should Kenny buy or sell Treasury bond futures contracts to hedge the impending bond issue? Remember to complete all parts of the question and support your answers with examples from the text and other resources. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings outside of your own thread. 

  18. BUS 405 Ash CourseTutorial BUS 405 Week 5 Final Project Construct a well-diversified portfolio For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialoutlet.com The student will construct a well-diversified portfolio using an initial investment stake of $50,000 (the portfolio should use 95% of the fund, but they may not use more than $50,000). The student may include stocks, common or preferred; bonds, corporate or U.S. Treasury bonds; mutual funds; and futures contract or options. The student will use the closing prices from the first day of the class to determine the price of each issue. Only whole lots of any issues may be acquired, that is no less than 100 shares of common or preferred stock; no less than 5 corporate bonds or $10,000 for U.S. Treasury Bonds; no fewer than the minimum required investment for any mutual fund; and no fewer than 5 contracts for any option or futures position.

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