_________were designed to concentrate the credit risk of a bundle of loans on one class of investor, leaving the other investors in the pool relatively protected from that risk.

Which of the following is used extensively in foreign trade when the creditworthiness of one trader is unknown to the trading partner?

Assume you sold short 100 shares of common stock at \$50 per share. The initial margin is 60%. What would be the maintenance margin if a margin call is made at a stock price of \$60?

You purchased 100 shares of common stock on margin at \$40 per share. Assume the initial margin is 50% and the stock pays no dividend. What would the maintenance margin be if a margin call is made at a stock price of \$25? Ignore interest on margin.

You sell short 100 shares of Loser Co. at a market price of \$45 per share. Your maximum possible loss is

Which one of the following statements regarding open-end mutual funds is false?

You have been given this probability distribution for the holding- period return for KMP stock:

Stock of the Economy Probability HPR

Boom 0.30 18 %

Normal growth 0.50 12 %

Recession 0.20 5 %

What is the expected variance for KMP stock?

Steve is more risk-averse than Edie. On a graph that shows Steve and Edie's indifference curves, which of the following is true? Assume that the graph shows expected return on the vertical axis and standard deviation on the horizontal axis. I) Steve and Edie's indifference curves might intersect; II) Steve's indifference curves will have flatter slopes than Edie's; III) Steve's indifference curves will have steeper slopes than Edie's; IV) Steve and Edie's indifference curves will not intersect; V) Steve's indifference curves will be downward sloping and Edie's will be upward sloping.

The variable (A) in the utility function represents the:

An investor invests 40 percent of his wealth in a risky asset with an expected rate of return of 0.18 and a variance of 0.10 and 60 percent in a T-bill that pays 4 percent. His portfolio's expected return and standard deviation are _____and ______, respectively.

Consider a T-bill with a rate of return of 5% and the following risky securities:

Security A: E(r) = 0.15; Variance = 0.04 Security B: E(r) = 0.10; Variance = 0.0225 Security C: E(r) = 0.12; Variance = 0.01 Security D: E(r) = 0.13; Variance = 0.0625

From which set of portfolios, formed with the T-bill and any one of the four risky securities, would a risk-averse investor always choose his portfolio?