Provide 4 economic reasons as to why portfolio rankings should be inconsistent or consistent with each other.

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Q: Define “financial frictions” in your own terms

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Q: Explain the nature of the credit risks to a financial institution in a swap agreement.

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Q: Given two portfolios, one portfolio has a higher sharpe ratio than the other. Explain what this…

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Q: Consider a simple financial market where only two firms are traded, say firm A and firm B, with…

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Q: Market interest rates are established by the banks or any financial institutions. True or false?

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Q: “Foreign exchange rates, like stock prices, should follow arandom walk.” Is this statement true,…

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Q: compare and contrast the three portfolio management theories:  a) Modern Portfolio Theory by…

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Q: Which of the following apply to stocks?  Select all that apply. Earn gains from dividends Earn…

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Q: 1. Assume that there are two assets in the world, stocks and bonds.  If both sell at the same price,…

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Q: What has happened to the profitability of financial firms in the US economy in recent decades? Why…

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Q: Evaluate ways to manage interest rate risk with forward rate agreements, futures and swaps

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Q: Compare and contrast the Markowitz Portfolio Theory (MPT) with the Capital Asset Pricing Model…

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Q: Consider an economy with three assets and two dates (t-0,1) and three states at t=1. Let [1 2 3 (1.4…

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Q: When stock prices become less volatile, the _ curve for bonds shifts to the a. demand; right b.…

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Q: Consider the four stock market liquidity dimensions (width, depth, immediacy and resiliency). Which…

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Q: Do you think the stock market is efficient or not?  Explain by looking at the evidence. Why may the…

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Q: Smaller firms tend to rely more on financial intermediaries to obtain funds externally due to high…

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Q: DownUnder, is a publicly traded company, but it does not intend to raise any new capital in the next…

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Q: Explain why financial markets are increasingly becoming global.

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Q: Why are financial intermediaries willing to engagein information collection activities when…

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Q: Which of the following is TRUE about interest rates offered by financial Intermediaries? * A.The…

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Q: According to the efficient market hypothesis, stock prices represent a. overall GDP. b. price level.…

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Q: Explain how the following transactions affect Bangladeshi NCO? Does this transaction affect direct…

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Q: Identify the factorsunderlying the portfolio choice theory ofmoney demand

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Q: Explain how the following transactions affect Bangladeshi NCO? Does this transaction affect direct…

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