Investing: Inverse ETFS (Exchange Traded Funds) Inverse ETFS, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, are designed to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or catego they track, and so can be used by traders to bet against the stock market. The following table shows the performance of three such funds as of August 5, 2015.t Year-to-Date Loss (%) MYY (ProShares Short Midcap 400) 6 SH (ProShares Short S&P 500) 5 REW (ProShares UltraShort Technology) You invested a total of $12,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2011, including an equal amount in SH and REW. Your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $510. How much did you invest in each of the three funds? MYY SH REW

Investing: Inverse ETFS (Exchange Traded Funds) Inverse ETFS, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, are designed to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or catego they track, and so can be used by traders to bet against the stock market. The following table shows the performance of three such funds as of August 5, 2015.t Year-to-Date Loss (%) MYY (ProShares Short Midcap 400) 6 SH (ProShares Short S&P 500) 5 REW (ProShares UltraShort Technology) You invested a total of $12,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2011, including an equal amount in SH and REW. Your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $510. How much did you invest in each of the three funds? MYY SH REW

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Investing: Inverse Mutual Funds Inverse mutual funds, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or category they track, and can thus be used by traders to bet against the stock market. This question is based on the following table, which shows the performance of three such funds as of February 27, 2015.+ SHPIX (Short Smallcap Profund) Year-to-date Loss 4% RYURX (Rydex Inverse S&P 500) RYCWX (Rydex Inverse Dow) 3% 6% You invested a total of $9,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2015, including an equal amount in RYURX and RYCWX. Your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $260. How much did you invest in each of the three funds? SHPIX RYURX RYCWX
Investing: Inverse Mutual Funds Inverse mutual funds, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or category they track, and can thus be used by traders to bet against the stock market. This question is based on the following table, which shows the performance of three such funds as of February 27, 2015.† Year-to-date Loss SHPIX (Short Smallcap Profund) 4% RYURX (Rydex Inverse S&P 500) 3% RYCWX (Rydex Inverse Dow) 6% You invested a total of $12,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2015, including an equal amount in RYURX and RYCWX. Your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $330. How much did you invest in each of the three funds?
Investing: Inverse Mutual Funds Inverse mutual funds, sometimes referred to as "bear market" or "short" funds, seek to deliver the opposite of the performance of the index or category they track, and can thus be used by traders to bet against the stock market. This question is based on the following table, which shows the performance of three such funds as of September 30, 2021.1 Year-to-Date Loss (%) SHPIX (ProFunds Short Small Cap) 17 RYURX (Rydex Inverse S&P 500) RYCWX (Rydex Inverse Dow) 16 25 You invested a total of $8,000 in the three funds at the beginning of 2021, including an equal amount in RYURX and RYCWX. As of the end of September, your year-to-date loss from the first two funds amounted to $1,000. How much did you invest in each of the three funds? SHPIX $ RYURX $ RYCWX $
Suppose you manage an equity fund with the following securities. Use the following data to calculate the information ratio of each stock. Input Data Vogt Industries Isher Corporation Hedrock, Incorporated Alpha 0.012 0.006 0.016 Beta 0.277 1.015 1.630 Standard Deviation 0.156 0.168 0.181 Residual Standard Deviation 0.117 0.048 0.113 Required: Using the information in the table above, please calculate the information ratio for each stock. (Use cells A5 to D8 from the given information to complete this question.) Vogt Industries Isher Corporation Hedrock, Incorporated Information Ratio
Consider the information below on 3 mutual funds: Fund Fund Return Beta S 14.05 % 1.19 D 17.05 % 1.44 M 13.65% 0.98 During the same time period, the return on the market stock index (rM) was 12.35% and the risk - free rate ( rRF) was 2.25%. Based on this information, which statement below is Correct? Group of answer choices After adjusting for risk, mutual fund S outperformed the other two funds. On a risk - adjusted basis, all of the mutual funds had a postive Alpha. After adjusting for risk, mutual fund M outperformed the other two funds. Mutual fund D had the best Treynor ratio for the period.
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You are given the following information concerning several mutual funds: Fund Return in Excess of the Treasury Bill Rate Beta A 12.4% 1.14 B 13.2% 1.22 C 11.4% 0.90 D 9.8% 0.76 E 12.6% 0.95 During the time period, the Standard & Poor's stock index exceeded the Treasury bill rate by 10.5 percent (i.e., r(m) - r(f) = 10.5%) a. Rank the performance of each fund without adjusting for risk and adjusting for risk using the Treynor index. Which, if any, outperformed the market? (Remember, the beta of the market is 1.0.) b. The analysis in part (a) assumes each fund is sufficiently diversified so that the appropriate measure of risk is the beta coefficient. Suppose,…
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QUESTION 1 Which of the following data best represents a sample? The daily returns of SABIC'S stock for the year 2021. The daily S&P 500 returns for the year 2021 as a representative of U.S. stock returns. The daily returns of stocks trading above $100 for the year 2021. None of the above QUESTION 2 Which of the following is measured with a categorical nominal scale? Mutual funds' investment style. Mutual funds' asset allocation weights. Mutual funds' age class. None of the above. 0000
You have been given the following return information for a mutual fund, the market index, and the risk-free rate. You also know that the return correlation between the fund and the market is .97. Year 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Fund -15.06% 25.10 12.60 6.60 -1.32 Market -26.50% 19.70 10.00 7.60 -2.20 Jensen's alpha Information ratio Risk-Free 3% 5 2 4 3 Calculate Jensen's alpha for the fund, as well as its information ratio. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Enter the alpha as a percent rounded to 2 decimal places. Round the ratio to 4 decimal places.) %
Shown below are the investment weights for the securities held in four different portfolios: three mutual funds and the benchmark index that each of those funds uses. % Security Investment Weight: Fund X: Fund Y: Fund Z: % a. Calculate the active share (AS) measure for Fund X, Fund Y, and Fund Z relative to the benchmark index. Do not round intermediate calculations. Round your answers to one decimal place. % Security Benchmark Index 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 % 10 10% 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 Fund X Fund Y Fund Z 7% 35% 11% 13 0 11 15 5 11 0 11 0 11 0 11 25 9 30 9 0 9 0 9 5 7 10 5 11 11 11

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