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CAIA Level 1 Practice Questions with Complete Solutions Which of the following investments is most likely to be considered an institutional quality alternative investment? A. Vintage Wine Collection B. Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund C. High-Yield Corporate Bond Fund D. Small Cap Equity Index Fund B. Institutional-quality alternative investments exhibit risk and return characteristics that are acceptable to institutional investors. Institutional investors have risk and return objective...

What type of risk is unique to a specific industry, business enterprise, or investment type? - ANSWER-Nonsystematic risk Under which of the following circumstances is an investor in a position to acquire stock? - ANSWER-Buy a call, sell a call (The holder of a call has the right to buy stock at the strike price if exercised. The seller of a put is obligated to buy stock at the strike price if exercised) Options- a premium - ANSWER-the cost of an option contract, expressed in dollars per sh...

Test Bank for Essentials of Investments 12e 12th Edition by Zvi Bodie and Alex Kane and Alan Marcus. ISBN-13: 2166 Full chapters test bank in PDF Part ONE: ELEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS  Chapter 1: Investments: Background and Issues Chapter 2: Asset Classes and Financial Instruments Chapter 3: Securities Markets  Chapter 4: Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies  Part TWO: PORTFOLIO THEORY  Chapter 5: Risk, Return, and the Historical Record  Chapter 6: Efficie...

In a corporate liquidation, the last to get paid is: A. Unpaid wages and taxes B. Bondholders C. Preferred stockholders D. Common stockholders D. Common stockholders All of the following are types of oil and gas direct participation programs EXCEPT: A. Balanced B. Income C. Exploratory D. Developmental A. Balanced The term "publicly traded fund" is the common name for a(n): A. open end management company B. closed end management company C. fixed unit investme...

CAIA Practice Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update What assets are often characterized as traditional by some and alternatives by others in: hedge funds, private equity, and real assets - Hedge Funds: Liquid alternative mutual funds Private Equity: Closed-end funds with illiquid holdings Real Assets: Public real estate and public equities of corporations with performance dominated by stable positions in real assets 4 major methods of analysis that distingui...

Define investment - Investment is deferred consumption List the four major types of real assets other than land and other types of real estate. - Natural resources, commodities, infrastructure, and intellectual property. List the three major types of alternative investments other than real assets in the CAIA curriculum. - Hedge funds, Private Equity, and Structured Products Name the five structures that differentiate traditional and alternative investments - Regulatory Structures, Securiti...

TEST BANK for Essentials of Investments, 12th Edition ISBN13: 2166 By Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane and Alan Marcus. Complete Chapters 1-22. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part ONE: ELEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS  Chapter 1: Investments: Background and Issues Chapter 2: Asset Classes and Financial Instruments Chapter 3: Securities Markets  Chapter 4: Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies  Part TWO: PORTFOLIO THEORY  Chapter 5: Risk, Return, and the Historical Record  Chapter 6: Efficient Diversification  C...

TEST BANK for Essentials of Investments, 12th Edition ISBN13: 2166 By Zvi Bodie, Alex Kane and Alan Marcus. Complete Chapters 1-22. TABLE OF CONTENTS Part ONE: ELEMENTS OF INVESTMENTS  Chapter 1: Investments: Background and Issues Chapter 2: Asset Classes and Financial Instruments Chapter 3: Securities Markets  Chapter 4: Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies  Part TWO: PORTFOLIO THEORY  Chapter 5: Risk, Return, and the Historical Record  Chapter 6: Efficient Diversification  C...

CAIA Practice Questions & Answers 100% Verified!! What assets are often chracterized as traditional by some and alternatives by others in: hedge funds, private equity, and real assets - ANSWER-Hedge Funds: Liquid alternative mutual funds Private Equity: Closed-end funds with illiquid holdings Real Assets: Public real estate and public equities of corporations with performance dominated by stable positions in real assets 4 major methods of analysis that distinguish the analysis of...

CAIA level 1 - Topic 2 Introduction to alts with Complete Solutions(Rated A+) 4 types of alternative assets - ANSWER-Alternatives are defined by inclusion: Real Assets Hedge Funds Private Equity Structred products Real Assets - ANSWER-Direct ownership of non financial assets: - natural resources - commodities - real estate - land - infrastructure - IP (intellectual property) 5 Structures of Alternatives - ANSWER-TRICS: - trading - marked by high skill & complex strategy (hedge ...