Finc 314 Chapter 4 Solution

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Chapter 4 Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies 1. The unit investment trust should have lower operating expenses. Because the investment trust portfolio is fixed once the trust is established, it does not have to pay portfolio managers to constantly monitor and rebalance the portfolio as perceived needs or opportunities change. 2. See key to HW. 3. See key to HW. 4. |Stock |Value held by fund | |A |$ 7,000,000 | |B |12,000,000 | |C |8,000,000 | |D |15,000,000 | |Total |$42,000,000 | Net asset value = [pic]= $10.49 5. Value of stocks sold and replaced = $15,000,000 Turnover rate = [pic]= 0.357 = 35.7% 6. a. NAV = [pic]= $39.40 b. Premium (or discount) = [pic] = [pic]= –0.086 = -8.6% The fund sells at an 8.6% discount from NAV 7. Rate of return = [pic] = [pic]= 0.0880 = 8.80% 8. a. Start of year price = $12.00 ( 1.02 = $12.24 End of year price = $12.10 ( 0.93 = $11.25 Although NAV increased, the price of the fund fell by $0.99. Rate of return = [pic] = [pic]= 0.0417 = 4.17% b. An investor holding the same portfolio as the fund manager would have earned a rate of return based on the increase in the NAV of the portfolio: Rate of return = [pic] = [pic]= 0.1333 = 13.33% 9. a. Unit investment trusts: diversification from large-scale investing, lower transaction costs associated with large-scale trading, low management fees, predictable portfolio composition, guaranteed low portfolio turnover rate. b. Open-end funds: diversification from large-scale investing, lower

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