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3) If the risk-free rate of return is less than the inflation rate, the real rate of return is negative.
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4) It is not possible for the nominal risk-free rate of return to be lower than the rate of inflation.
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5) Short-term U. S. Treasury bills are yielding 0.5%. The expected inflation rate is 2%.
Therefore, the real rate of interest must be negative 1.5%.
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6) One reason that the holding period return should not be used to compare long-term
investments is that it does not consider the time value of money.
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7) The holding period return is especially useful comparing investments with unequal holding
periods.
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8) The closest approximation to the real, risk-free rate of interest is
A) the short-term Treasury bill rate plus the inflation rate.
B) the short-term Treasury bill rate minus the inflation rate.
C) the 10 year Treasury bond rate minus the inflation rate.
D) the 10 year Treasury bond rate minus the 1 year Treasury bill rate.
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9) The risk-free rate is equal to the real rate of return plus
A) an expected inflation premium.
B) a risk premium.
C) both an inflation and a risk premium.
D) the prevailing prime rate.
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10) The markets in general are paying a 2% real rate of return. Inflation is expected to be 3%.
ABC stock commands a 6% risk premium. What is the expected rate of return on ABC stock?
A) 2%
B) 5%
C) 8%
D) 11%
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11) The required rate of return on the Cosmos Corporation's common stock is 10%, the current
real rate of return in the market is 1%, and the inflation rate is 3%. In this case, the risk
premium associated with Cosmos stock is
A) 5%.
B) 6%.
C) 7%.
D) 8%.
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12) Which one following will lower required rates of return?
A) higher rates of inflation
B) higher risk premiums
C) lower rates of inflation
D) lower dividend yields
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13) The required return on Beta stock is 14%. The risk-free rate of return is 4% and the real rate
of return is 2%. How much are investors requiring as compensation for risk?
A) 8%
B) 10%
C) 12%
D) 14%
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14) Which of the following is(are) issue characteristics of an investment?
I. type of investment such as stocks or bonds
II. financial condition of the issuer
III. coupon or dividend payments
IV. time to maturity
A) I and II only
B) III only
C) I, III and IV only
D) I, II, III and IV
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15) A holding period return is calculated by adding the current income to the capital gains and
dividing this sum by the
A) average investment value.
B) beginning investment value.
C) total income received.
D) selling price of the investment.
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16) Lauren purchased a stock for $28 a share and sold it six months later for $31. While she
owned the stock, Lauren received two quarterly dividends of $0.35 per share. Brittany's holding
period return on this stock is
A) 13.2%.
B) 10.7%.
C) 11.9%.
D) 26.4%.
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17) In which of the following circumstances would it be most appropriate to use the holding
period return?
A) to compare the capital gains on a house held for 8 years and a mutual fund held for 6 years
B) to compare the calendar year performance of stocks purchased in March to stocks purchased
in September
C) to compare the dividend yield of stocks to the interest rate on bonds
D) to compare the performance of several stocks, each of which was held throughout an entire
year
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18) Christopher purchased 200 shares of ABC stock at $21.25 per share. After nine months, he
sold all of his shares at a price of $19.88 a share. Christopher received a total of $0.55 per share
in dividends during the time he owned the shares. Jake's holding period return is
A) -6.4%.
B) -3.9%.
C) 2.6%.
D) 9.7%.
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19) The holding period return (HPR) can appropriately be used to
A) compare the yield on investments held for any time period.
B) compare returns among investments that are held for the same period of time.
C) isolate realized capital gains.
D) determine the required reinvestment rate for long-term investments.
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20) Jason purchased ABC stock at $40 per share and DEF stock at $35 per share on the same
day in 2015. Exactly 6 months later, the ABC stock is worth $42.00 per share and has not paid
a dividend while the DEF stock is worth $36 per share and has paid 2 quarterly dividends of
$0.50 each. The holding period returns are
A) ABC, $2.00 and DEF $2.00.
B) ABC 5% and DEF 2.9%.
C) ABC 5% and DEF 5.7%.
D) The holding period return cannot be determined because we do not know the discount rate.
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21) Briefly explain the holding period return (HPR) and give several characteristics of this
measure.
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4.4 Learning Goal 4
1) The internal rate of return is the rate of return that causes a project to have a zero net present
value.
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2) The internal rate of return on an investment is the discount rate that produces a present value
of benefits greater than the cost of the investment.
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3) The internal rate of return is a less meaningful measure of an investment's performance than
holding period return if the holding period is other than 1 year.
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4) The present value of an investment must be computed by discounting cash flows at the
internal rate of return.
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5) When using a financial calculator or electronic spreadsheet to calculate an investment's
yield, the amount invested is expressed as a negative number.
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6) The internal rate of return is the correct method to use when an investor wants to determine
an investment's average annual yield.
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7) If you own an investment providing periodic returns, your actual yield on the investment will
depend on the reinvestment rate you are able to obtain.
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8) A suitable investment should have an internal rate of return equal to or greater than its
required rate of return.
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9) When computing an investment's internal rate of return using a financial calculator or
spreadsheet such as Excel, which of the following should be entered as a negative number?
A) the number of time periods
B) dividend or interest payments
C) the price at which the investment is sold
D) the initial cost of the investment
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Table 1
A
B
1
Year
Cash Flow
2
1
$(5,000)
3
2
$4,000
4
3
$3,000
10) Given a spreadsheet similar to the one shown in Table 1, the command to compute the
internal rate of return would be
A) =RATE(3,B3,B4,B2).
B) =IRR(B2:B4).
C) =IRR(B3:B4)-B2.
D) =TVM(A2:B4).
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11) Six years ago, Miguel invested $3,500. Today his investment is worth $5659. The internal
rate of return on this investment is
A) -7.69%.
B) error 5.
C) 8.34%.
D) 10.28%.
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12) Alexis bought a stock for $34 a share two years ago. The stock does not pay any dividends.
Today she sold the stock for $28.50 a share. What was her internal rate of return on this
investment?
A) 9.22%
B) -9.22%
C) 19.30%
D) -8.44%
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13) An investment costs $3,500 today. This investment is expected to produce annual cash
flows of $1,200, $1,400, $1,300 and $1,100, respectively, over the next four years. What is the
internal rate of return on this investment?
A) 8.1%
B) 9.33%
C) 14.6%
D) 16.2%
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14) The following investment cash flows have been entered into cells B5 through B9 of an
EXCEL spreadsheet. B5 $(5,200 ), B6 $2,100, B7 $1,300, B8 $1,800, B9 $1,200, where
$(5,200) is the cost of the investment and the following amounts are cash flows at the end of
years one through four. The correct function for computing the yield on this investment is
A) =irr(B6:B9)+B5.
B) =irr(B5:B9).
C) =rate(4,0,-5200, 1200).
D) =ytm(B5, B6:B9).
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15) The Sorka Corp. has paid annual dividends of $0.60, $0.63, $0.65, $0.68 and $0.72,
respectively, over the past five years. What is the dividend growth rate?
A) 4.7%
B) 5.2%
C) 5.4%
D) 5.9%
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