Commercial paper is a short-term security issued by ________to raise funds.

Which of the following is/are not characteristic of a money market instrument?

You sold a futures contract on oats at a futures price of 233.75 and at the time of expiration the price was 261.25. What was your profit or loss?

You buy 300 shares of Qualitycorp for \$30 per share and deposit initial margin of 50%. The next day Qualitycorp's price drops to \$25 per share.

What is your actual margin

You purchased 300 shares of common stock on margin for \$60 per share. The initial margin is 60% and the stock pays no dividend. What would your rate of return be if you sell the stock at \$45 per share? Ignore interest on margin.

Given the capital allocation line, an investor's optimal portfolio is the portfolio that

The first major step in asset allocation is:

Which of the following statements regarding the Capital Allocation Line (CAL) is false?

You are considering investing \$1,000 in a T-bill that pays 0.05 and a risky portfolio, P, constructed with 2 risky securities, X and Y. The weights of X and Y in P are 0.60 and 0.40, respectively. X has an expected rate of return of 0.14 and variance of 0.01, and Y has an expected rate of return of 0.10 and a variance of 0.0081. If you want to form a portfolio with an expected rate of return of 0.11, what percentages of your money must you invest in the T-bill and P, respectively?

You invest \$100 in a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 0.12 and a standard deviation of 0.15 and a T-bill with a rate of return of 0.05. What percentages of your money must be invested in the risky asset and the risk-free asset, respectively, to form a portfolio with an expected return of 0.09?

Consider two perfectly negatively correlated risky securities A and B.

A has an expected rate of return of 10% and a standard deviation of 16%.

B has an expected rate of return of 8% and a standard deviation of 12%. The risk-free portfolio that can be formed with the two securities will earn _____rate of return.