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Mean Variance Efficient portfolio

Mean Variance Efficient portfolio
QUESTION 1

Explain the following terms in the context of portfolio theory and the CAPM (please use diagrams if necessary):

1) Mean Variance Efficient portfolio

2)Market Efficient Frontier

3)Capital Market line

4)Tangent Efficient Portfolio

5)Arbitrage Pricing Theory

QUESTION 2

“The greater number of securities in the portfolio the lower the risk “Is the statement true or false? Using a graph explain why?

QUESTION 3

  1. a) I currently have £20,000 but require £35,000 in 5 years’ time.
  2. What rate of interest payable annually, must I receive on the £25,000 to make this possible?
  3. Discuss the difference between nominal interest rate and effective interest rate.
  • What is the equivalent rate payable weekly? Show your workings including the rate timeline with cash flows.
  1. b) you wish to have £30,000 in 4 years’ time for the deposit on a property. You can invest at of 8% compounded quarterly. How much should you save each quarter beginning immediately? Show your workings including the timeline with cash flows.

QUESTION 4

  1. Explain what is meant by convexity with regard to the price-yield relationship, and how it varies between callable and non-callable bonds. Also, what is meant by the yield to call?
  2. A non-callable 5 years UK government bond pays semi-annually coupons. The face value is £10,000, the annual coupon rate is 8% and the yield to maturity is 10% per year.

Calculate the annualised values for both Macaulay’s duration and the modified duration, and show how the latter may be used to estimate the pricing impact of a change in the yield from 8% to 4%.

QUESTION 5

A European put option on a non-dividend paying stock with a strike price of £40 ad an expiration date in six months’ costs £1. The stock price is £37 and the risk-free interest rate is 5% per annual compounded continuously.

  1. what is the lower bound for this put option?
  2. Identify the arbitrage opportunity open to a trader
  3. What is the minimum profit you would realise by arbitraging?

 

 

Writing Research Proposal Assignment

Writing Research Proposal Assignment

For class exercise, please pretend you are interested in people’s decisions to use face coverings in public settings.
Step 1 (5 points): Short, but to the point!
• Identify a research purpose (i.e., descriptive, exploratory, explanatory, or evaluation study).
• Describe why your research study is worthwhile to conduct (i.e., study significance). You may need to do a brief literature review to justify your study significance.
Step 2 (3 points): Based on the purpose, develop a research question and, if relevant, develop a research hypothesis.
Step 3 (14 points): Short, but to the point!
• Using a survey data collection method (e.g., mail, telephone, email, web-site based), please identify from whom (i.e., sample and sampling method) and what information (i.e., variables), and how (i.e., data collection method) you are going to collect quantitative data.
• Using a qualitative data collection method (e.g., focus group, interview, photo voice, observation, etc), please identify from whom (i.e., sample and sampling method) and what information (i.e., variables) you are going to collect qualitative data.
Step 4 (3 points): Discuss implications of your proposed study.
Step 5 (5 points): Discuss pros and cons of conducting a mixed method research for your proposed study.
This is a hypothetical and brief class exercise.

Your proposal will be addressed in 5 double-spaced pages, writing in APA style format,

Cultural Competence in the Workplace Dissertation Topics

Cultural Competence in the Workplace Dissertation Topics

Learners and committee members should also note the following important information about dissertation topics:

1. The College of Doctoral Studies recognizes the diversity of learners in our programs and the varied interests in research topics for their dissertations in the Social Sciences.

2. Dissertation topics must, at a minimum, be aligned to General Psychology in the Ph.D. program, Leadership in the Ed.D. Organizational Leadership program, Adult Instruction in the Ed.D. Teaching and Learning program, Management in the DBA program, and Counseling Practice, Counselor Education, Clinical Supervision or Advocacy/Leadership within the Counseling field in the Counselor Education Ph.D. program.

3. If there are questions regarding appropriate alignment of a dissertation topic to the program, the respective program chair will be the final authority for approval decisions.

4. Specifically, although the College prefers a learner’s topic align with the program emphasis, this alignment is not “required.” The College will remain flexible on the learner’s dissertation topic if it aligns with the degree program in which the learner is enrolled. The Ph.D. program in General Psychology does not support clinically based research.